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σφωέ

σφωέ

Ancient Greek

Pronoun

σφωέ (sphōé)

  1. Epic enclitic third person dual personal pronoun: they two, the two of them, both of them, these two
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.8
      τίς τ᾽ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι;
      So which one of the gods brought these two [Achilles and Agamemnon] together to fight in a quarrel?

Inflection

References

  • σφωέ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • «σφωέ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963