ἑός

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See also: -εος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Hellenic *héwos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewo-, from *swé. Cognates include Latin suus. Compare ὅς (hós).

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

ἑός (heós)

  1. (possessive) his/her own

Inflection

References

  • ἑός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἑός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἑός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἑός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἑός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἑός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter