ἐγώ

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Ancient Greek

first person pronoun (edit)
case singular dual plural
str. encl. str. str.
nominative ἐγώ νώ, νῶϊ ἡμεῖς
genitive ἐμοῦ μου νῷν ἡμῶν
dative ἐμοί μοι νῷν ἡμῖν
accusative ἐμέ με νώ, νῶϊ ἡμᾶς
adjective ἐμός νωΐτερος ἡμέτερος

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cf. Homeric Greek ἐγών (egṓn). From Proto-Indo-European *eǵóH, *eǵh₂óm. Compare for example Latin ego, Sanskrit अहम् (ahám).

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

ἐγώ (egṓ) (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Thessalian, Koine)

  1. first person singular personal pronoun: I, me, my

Usage notes

ἐγών (egṓn) is used in Epic mostly before vowels, and is used in Doric also before consonants. The dual and plural are νώ (nṓ) and ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: εγώ (egó)
  • Tsakonian: εζού (ezoú)
  • Italiot Greek:
    Greek: εβώ
    Latin: evò
  • Mariupol Greek: го (ho), эго́ (ehó)
  • Pontic Greek: εγώ (egó)
  • Yevanic: אֶגֿוֹ (ʾeḡo)
  • → Old Sicilian: igù
    • >? Sicilian:

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