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σφεῖς
σφεῖς
Ancient Greek
Pronoun
σφεῖς • (spheîs)
- (personal pronoun, third person) they
- (reflexive pronoun, third person) themselves
Usage notes
Oblique cases (not nominative) used frequently by Homer. In Attic, the plurals of αὐτός (autós) and ἑαυτός (heautós) are more commonly used as personal pronoun and reflexive.
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | σφεῖς | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | σφῶν | ||||||||||||
| Dative | σφῐ́σῐ(ν) | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | σφᾶς | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | σφεῖς | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | σφεῖς | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | σφέων; σφεων† | ||||||||||||
| Dative | σφῐ́σῐ(ν); σφῐσῐ(ν)† | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | σφέᾰς; σφεᾰς†; σφεᾰ† (neuter) | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | σφεῖς | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
References
σφεῖς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «σφεῖς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette