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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European oblique *n̥sm- (from *éǵh₂ ), with regular Attic-Ionic η- ( ē- ) < ᾱ- ( ā- ) and initial ῾ ( h ) from ῡ̔μεῖς ( hūmeîs ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /hɛː.mêːs/ → /iˈmis/ → /iˈmis/
Pronoun
ἡμεῖς • (hēmeîs ) ( Attic , Epic , Ionic )
( first person plural, personal pronoun ) we , us , our
Usage notes
When unemphatic, sometimes accented ἥμων , ἧμιν , etc. in poetry. Singular and dual are ἐγώ ( egṓ ) and νώ ( nṓ ) .
Inflection
ἡμεῖς / ᾰ̓́μμες hēmeîs / ámmes
ἡμείων / ἡμέων hēmeíōn / hēméōn
ἡμῖν / ᾰ̓́μμῐ / ᾰ̓́μμῐν hēmîn / ámmi(n)
ἡμέᾰς / ᾰ̓́μμε hēméas / ámme
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
ἡμεῖς hēmeîs
ἡμέων hēméōn
ἡμῖν hēmîn
ἡμέᾰς hēméas
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
ᾱ̔μές hāmés
ᾱ̔μέων / ᾱ̔μίων / ᾱ̔μῶν hāméōn / hāmíōn / hāmôn
ᾱ̔μίν / ἇμῐν hāmín / hâmin
ᾱ̔μέ hāmé
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
ᾰ̓́μμες ámmes
ᾰ̓μμέων amméōn
ᾰ̓́μμι / ᾰ̓́μμιν ámmi(n)
ᾰ̓́μμε ámme
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
ᾱ̔μές hāmés
ᾱ̔μίων hāmíōn
ᾱ̔μίν hāmín
ᾱ̔μέ hāmé
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
ᾰ̓μμές ammés
ᾰ̓μμέουν amméoun
ᾰ̓μμίν ammín
ᾰ̓μμέ ammé
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
Further reading
“ἐγώ ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἡμεῖς ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
ἡμεῖς in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
ἡμεῖς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924 ) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition , Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
G2249 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited . i idem, page 413.ourselves idem, page 581.we idem, page 969.
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920 ) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges , Cambridge: American Book Company, § 325 , 325 D
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995 ) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin , Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
ἡμεῖς - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago .