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Ancient Greek
Etymology Cf. Homeric Greek ἐγών ( egṓn ) . From Proto-Indo-European *eǵóH *eǵh₂óm Latin ego Sanskrit अहम् ( ahám ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /e.ɡɔ̌ː/ → /eˈɣo/ → /eˈɣo/
Pronoun ἐγώ • (egṓ )( Epic , Attic , Ionic , Thessalian , Koine )
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
ἐγώ ἐγών egṓ(n)
ἐμεῖο ἐμέο ἐμεῦ μευ ἐμέθεν emeîo / eméo / emeû / meu† / eméthen
ἐμοί μοι emoí / moi†
ἐμέ με emé / me†
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
ἐγώ egṓ
ἐμέο ἐμεῦ μευ eméo / emeû / meu†
ἐμοί μοι emoí / moi†
ἐμέ με emé / me
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
ἐγών ἐγώνγᾱ egṓn / egṓngā‡
ἐμέος ἐμοῦς ἐμεῦς ἐμέθεν eméos / emoûs / emeûs / eméthen
ἐμῐ́ν μοι ἐμίνγα emín / moi† / emínga‡
ἐμέ με emé / me†
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
ἔγω égō
ἔμεθεν ἐμεῖο μεθέν émethen / emeîo / methén
ἔμοι μοι émoi / moi†
ἔμε με éme / me†
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
ἰώ ἰών ἰώνγα ἰώνει ἰώγᾱ iṓ / iṓn / iṓnga‡ / iṓnei‡ / iṓgā‡
ἐμοῦς ἐμῶς ἐμῐ́ο ἐμίω ἐμίως emoûs / emôs / emío / emíō / emíōs
ἐμοί μοι emoí / moi†
ἐμέ με emé / me†
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
ἐγώ egṓ
ἐμοῦ μου emoû / mou†
ἐμοί μοι emoí / moi†
ἐμέ με emé / me†
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Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
† enclitic‡ emphatic
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
See also
References “ἐγώ Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon
“ἐγώ Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἐγώ Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐγώ Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français ἐγώ Diccionario Griego–Español “ἐγώ Slater, William J. (1969 ) Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1473 in Strong, James (1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920 ) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges , Cambridge: American Book Company, § 325 William W. Goodwin, A Greek Grammar. Revised and enlarged , Boston, 1900, p.82f.