σφεῖς , FORMS: nom. σφεῖς Hdt. 7.168 , Th. 5.46 , 65 , X. An. 7.5.9 , HG 5.2.8 , Pl. R. 487c :—the uncontr, form σφέες is never found, cf. A.D. Pron. 93.1 , though recognized by Greg.Cor. p.479 S. :—t
σφεῖς,
A. FORMS: nom. σφεῖς
Hdt. 7.168
, Th. 5.46 , 65 , X. An. 7.5.9 , HG 5.2.8 , Pl. R. 487c :—the uncontr, formσφέεςis never found, cf. A.D. Pron. 93.1 , though recognized by Greg.Cor. p.479
S. :—the obl. cases only are used by Hom.
2. Gen.σφέων, in Hom. a monosyll., and sts. enclitic, Il. 18.311 , Od. 3.134 ; poet.σφείωνonly in Il. , and always in phraseὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων, 4.535 , 5.626 , 13.148 ;σφέωνalso in Hdt. 2.4 , 4.35 , al.; Att.
σφῶν
IG 12.39.67
, al., Th. 1.120 , al., Antipho 6.23 , etc., also in Hom. in the phraseσφῶν αὐτῶν, Il. 12.155 , 19.302 .
3. Dat.σφίσι(ν) orσφισι(ν) 4.2 , 17.453 , 22.288 , 474 , A. Pr. 481 , Hdt. 1.4 , al., Th. 1.19 , al., X. HG 1.7.5 , etc.; more freq. in the formsσφι , σφιν, Il. 2.612 , 614 , al., A. Pr. 254 , al., Hdt. 1.31 , al. (not in Att. Prose); in Trag. neverσφι; sts. elidedσφ', Il. 3.300 , 8.4 , etc.;σφινalso in Dor. Prose, SIG 56.48 (Argos,v B.C.), IG 22.1126.25 (Delph. Amphict.,iv B.C.), Schwyzer 92.5 (Argos,iii B.C.), Anon. in PSI 9.1091.21 :—σφίσι(ν) is not enclitic acc. to A.D. Pron. 98.12 , sts. enclitic acc. to Hdn.Gr. 2.42 (who says elsewh. ( 2.57 ) that pronouns beginning withσφ-are always enclitic);σφι(ν) is enclitic, exc. at the beginning of a phrase, as σφὶν δ' αὐτοῖς
σφέᾰς(enclit.σφεας) Hom. (v. infr.), Archil. 27.2 , Hdt. 1.4 , 5 , al.; freq. to be pronounced as one long syllable, as in οὐ μέν σφεας ἔτ' ἔολπα
Od. 8.315
, cf. 480 , 13.213 , 276 ; but also as a disyll., Il. 12.43 , Od. 12.225 , al.;σφᾰςenclit. in Il. 5.567 , Parm. 1.12 , Theoc. 21.16 , not enclit. in Opp. C. 1.471 , H. 2.231 ; Att.
σφᾶς
IG 12.101.3
, Th. 1.24 , E. Med. 1378 , Or. 1127 , etc.; enclit.σφας [ᾱ, cf. S. Ant. 128 (anap.)] S. OT 1470 , 1508 , OC 486 ; alsoσφε
Il. 19.265 , Simon. 99 , Pi. P. 5.86 , A. Th. 630 (lyr.), 788 (lyr.), 864 (anap.), S. OT 1505 , OC 605 , 1669 , E. Med. 394 , etc.; never in Com. (for Ar. Eq. 1020 is a burlesque oracle), nor in Att. Prose; once in Hdt. ( 7.170 , sed leg.σφέας): neut.σφεα(v. infr. 111 ).
II. Rare dialectic forms:— Lacon. dat.φιν, EM 702.41 ; used also by Emp. 22.3 , Call. Dian. 125 , 213 , Fr. 183 , Nic. Th. 725 : Aeol. dat. and acc.ἄσφι, ἄσφε, Sapph. 43 , Alc. 73 : Syrac. dat. and acc.ψιν , ψε, Sophr. 93 , 94 , Theoc. 4.3 ;ψεandψεαυτόνςalso Cretan,Rendic.Pont. Accad.Rom. di Arch.
IG 5(2).6.10 , 18 (Tegea).-- For the dual v. σφωέ :likeother pl. formsσφεcan be used with reference to two persons, Il. 11.111 , Od. 8.271 , 21.192 , 206 ; soσφεας, Il. 11.128 .
III. Gender:—in Hom. this Pron. has no neut.; in Od. 9.70 , 10.355 , it refers to things, denoted by feminine nouns: but in Ion. Prose occurs the neut. pl.σφεα, Hdt. 1.46 , 89 , 2.119 , 3.53 (σφεcodd.), 7.50 , Abyd. 9 ;σφεis acc. pl. neut. in Theoc. 15.80 .
B. MEANINGS:
I. they, them, pl. ofοὗB.I, ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη
Il. 18.311
; τῶ σφεων πολέες κακὸν οἶτον ἐπέσπον
Od. 3.134
; μετὰ δέ σφισι πότνια Ἥβη νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει
Il. 4.2
; οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει
2.614
; ἐγώ σφισιν ἔδειξα κράσεις ἠπίων ἀκεσμάτων
A. Pr. 481
, cf. 443 , 457 , S. OT 1470 , al., E. Med. 1378 ; this use is not found in Prose, exc. in dialects, SIG 56.48 (Argos,v B.C.), IG 22.1126.25 (Delph. Amphict.,iv B.C.), Hdt. 1.3 , 2.15 , al.
b. παρὰ δέ σφιν ἑκάστῳ δίζυγες ἵπποι ἑστᾶσιbeside each ofthem, Il. 5.195 .
2. reflexively, as pl. of οὗ
B. 11.1
, ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων
4.535
, al.; αἵ ἑ μετὰ σφίσιν εἶχον
22.474
, cf. Th. 2.76 ; later with the same restriction as for οὗ
II. as sg.,= him, her, in the dat. and acc. formsσφἱν̓, σφε; σφινis so used in h.Pan. 19 , h.Hom. 30.9 , A. Pers. 759 , S. OC 1490 (in Od. 15.524
σφινrefers to all the suitors, and in Hes. Sc. 113 to Ares and Cycnus);σφιin Lyc. 1242 ;σφε = him, her, in Pi. I. 6(5).74 , A. Pr. 9 , Th. 469 , al., S. OT 761 , Ant. 44 , Ph. 200 (anap.), al., E. Alc. 107 (lyr.), 149 , 200 , Med. 33 , al.;= it(of a masc. noun) in S. OC 40 :f.l. for σφεαin Hdt. 3.52 , 53 , and forσφεας
Id. 1.71 , al.
III. once as 2 pers. pl. reflex., ἠνώγει δέ μ' ἰόντα . . πυθέσθαι ἠὲ . . ἦ . . φύξιν βουλεύοιτε μετὰ σφίσιν
