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σεαυτοῦ

seautou

of thyself

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What it meant

σεαυτοῦ · seautou — LSJ

of thyself

of thyself, etc., in masc. and fem. of gen., dat., and acc. sg., first in Alc. 87, Pi. Fr. 97, Hdt. 1.45, 108; ἐν σαυτοῦ (v.l. -ῷ) γενοῦ contain thyself, S. Ph. 950: rarely in neut., φίλον ξύλον, ἔγειρέ μοι σεαυτὸ καὶ γίγνου θρασύ E. Fr. 693:—the Trag. use the longer form (but not so freq. as the shorter), S. Ant. 547, OT 312, etc.:—in pl. always separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and orig. separated in sg., as in Hom., who always has σοὶ αὐτῷ, σʼ αὐτόν; and so τὰ σʼ αὐτοῦ, τὰ σʼ αὐτῆς for τὰ σὰ αὐτοῦ

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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