, al.), reflexive Pron.,self:—in oblique cases used for the personal Pron.,him, her, it:—with Art.,ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό(alsoταὐτόν), etc.,the very one, the same.
I. self, myself, thyself,etc., acc. to the person of the Verb: freq. joined withἐγώ, σύ,etc. (v. infr. 10 ),
1. one's true self,thesoul,not the body, Od. 11.602 ; reversely,body,not soul, Il. 1.4 ;oneself,as opp. others who are less prominent, as king to subject, 6.18 ; Zeus to other gods, 8.4 ; bird to young, 2.317 ; man to wife and children, Od. 14.265 ; warrior to horses, Il. 2.466 , or to weapons, 1.47 ; shepherd to herd, Od. 9.167 , cf. Il. 1.51 ; Trojans to allies, 11.220 ; seamen to ships, 7.338 : generally, whole to parts, ib. 474 ; so later ἡ σίδη καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὰ φύλλα
.—In these sensesαὐτόςin Prose either precedes both the Art. andSubst., or follows both, e.g.αὐτὸς ὁ υἱόςorὁ υἱὸς αὐτός.The Art. is sts. omitted with proper names, or Nouns denoting individuals, αὐτὸς Μένων
X. An. 2.1.5
;αὐτὸς βασιλεύςib. 1.7.11 .
2. of oneself, of one's own accord,
ἀλλά τις αὐ. ἴτω
Il. 17.254
; σπεύδοντα καὶ αὐτὸν ὀτρύνεις
8.293
; καταπαύσομεν: οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ παυέσθων
Od. 2.168
; ἥξει γὰρ αὐτά
S. OT 341
; also,in person,
τῶν πραγμάτων ὑμῖν . . αὐτοῖς ἀντιληπτέον
D. 1.2
.
3. by oneselforitself, alone, αὐτός περ ἐώνalthoughalone,
Il. 8.99 ;αὐτὸς ἐγείναο παῖδ',i.e.without a mother,
4. in Philosophy,byorin itself,of an abstract concept or idea, δίκαιον αὐτό
Pl. Phd. 65d
; αὐτὸ τὸ ἕν
Id. Prm. 143a
, al., cf. Arist. Metaph. 997b8 : neut.,αὐτόis freq. in this sense, attached to Nouns of all genders, οὐκ αὐτὸ δικαιοσύνην ἐπαινοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὰς ἀπ' αὐτῆς εὐδοκιμήσεις
Pl. R. 363a
; less freq. with Art., τί ποτ' ἐστὶν αὐτὸ ἡ ἀρετή
Id. Prt. 360e
; more fully,εἰ αὐτὸ τοῦτο πατέρα ἠρώτων, ἆρα ὁ πατήρ ἐστι πατήρ τινος, ἢ οὔ; Id. Smp. 199d ;ἀδελφός, αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅπερ ἔστιν the ideal, abstractbrother, ibid.e: later, in compos.,αὐτοαγαθόν, αὐτοάνθρωπος,etc. (q. v.), cf. Arist. Metaph. 1040b33 ; less freq. agreeing with theSubst., ἵνα αὐτὴ δικαιοσύνη πρὸς ἀδικίαν αὐτὴν κριθείη
Pl. R. 612c
, etc.; doubled, ἐκ τῆς εἰκόνος μανθάνειν αὐτήν τε αὐτήν, εἰ καλῶς εἴκασται its very self,
Id. Cra. 439a
.
5. in dat. withSubst.,in one, together, ἀνόρουσεν αὐτῇ σὺν φόρμιγγιhe sprang up lyrein hand,
Il. 9.194 ;αὐτῇ σὺν πήληκι κάρηhelmetand all,
14.498 , cf. Od. 13.118 ; αὐτῷ σὺν ἄγγει
E. Ion 32
, cf. Hipp. 1213 ; also without σύν, αὐτῇ κεν γαίῃ ἐρύσαι
Il. 8.24
: so freq. in Prose and Poetry,αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσιmenand all,
Hdt. 6.93 ;αὐτοῖσι συμμάχοισιalliesand all,
A. Pr. 223 (lyr.); αὐτοῖς μελάθροις διακναιομένους
E. Med. 164
: with Art., αὐτοῖσι τοῖσι ἱματίοισι ἀπ' ὦν ἔβαψε ἑωυτόν
Hdt. 2.47
; αὐτοῖσι τοῖς πόρπαξι
Ar. Eq. 849
, etc.; αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἵπποις κατακρημνισθῆναι
X. Cyr. 1.4.7
.
6. added to ordinal Numbers, e.g.πέμπτος αὐτός himselfthe fifth, i. e.himselfwith four others, Th. 1.46 , cf. 8.35 , X. HG 2.2.17 , Apoc. 17.11 , etc.:—αὐτόςalways being the chief person.
7. freq. coupled with οὗτος, τοῦτ' αὐτό ἐστι τὸ ζητηθέν
Pl. Plt. 267c
, etc.; αὐτὸ τοῦτο μόνον
Id. Grg. 500b
; also λεγόντων ἄλλο μὲν οὐδέν . . αὐτὰ δὲ τάδε
Th. 1.139
; πόλεις ἄλλας τε καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ Βυζάντιον
X. An. 7.1.27
;ταῦτα ἥκω αὐτὰ ἵνα. . Pl. Prt. 310e .
8. καὶ αὐτός himselftoo, Od. 7.73 , 14.45 , X. An. 5.5.9 , etc.
9. repeated in apodosi for emphasis, αὐτὸς ἐπαγγειλάμενος σώσειν . . αὐτὸς ἀπώλεσεν
Lys. 12.68
, cf. A. Fr. 350 , X. An. 3.2.4 .
10. in connexion with the person. Pron., ἐγὼν αὐτός
Od. 2.194
; σέθεν αὐτοῦ
Il. 23.312
; νωί̈τερον αὐτῶν
15.39
(always divisim in Hom. ); folld. by an enclit. Pron., αὐτόν μιν
Od. 4.244
; so αὐτὸν γάρ σε δεῖ Προμηθέως
A. Pr. 86
; also αὐτὸς ἔγωγε
Pl. Phd. 59b
, etc.:— after Hom. in the oblique casesαὐτόςcoalesces with the Pron.,ἐμαυτοῦ, σεαυτοῦ(these not in Alc. or Sapph. , A.D. Pron. 80.10 sqq.),ἑαυτοῦ,etc. (q. v.).
b. with person. Pron. omitted,αὐτός . . ἧσθαι λιλαίομαι,forἐγὼ αὐτός,
Il. 13.252 ;αὐτὸν ἐλέησον,forἐμὲ αὐτόν,
24.503 ; αὐτῶν γὰρ ἀπωλόμεθ' ἀφραδίῃσιν
Od. 10.27
; in 2.33
οἱ αὐτῷis simply a strengthd. form ofοἱ; and so in Att. , whenσὲ αὐτόν, ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ,etc., are read divisim, they are emphatic, not reflexive; in this caseαὐτόςgenerally precedes the person. Pron., cf. X. Cyr. 6.2.25 with 6.1.14 .
c. with the reflexiveἑαυτοῦ, αὑτοῦ,etc., to add force and definiteness, αὐτὸς καθ' αὑτοῦ
A. Th. 406
;αὐτοὶ ὑφ' αὑτῶνib. 194 ; αὐτοὶ καθ' αὑτούς
X. Mem. 3.5.4
; αὐτὸ καθ' αὑτό
Pl. Tht. 201e
; sts. between the Art. and reflex. Pron., τοῖς αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πήμασιν βαρύνεται
A. Ag. 836
, cf. Pr. 762 ; τούς γ' αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πολεμίους
S. Aj. 1132
: alsoκατ' αὐτὺ( Boeot. forαὐτοὶ) αὐτῶν
IG 7.3172.121
(Orchom. Boeot. ).
d. αὐτοῦ, αὐτῶνwith possess. Pron., πατρὸς κλέος ἠδ' ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ
Il. 12.225 , Od. 8.107 , 16.138 , Pi. N. 5.1 (never in Trag.), and in later Prose, αὐταῖς ταῖς ἡμέραις
IG 14.966
(ii A. D.), cf. Ev.Luc. 23.12 .
12.
Comp.
αὐτότερος
Epich. 5
: Sup.
αὐτότατος his very self,
Ar. Pl. 83
: neut. pl.αὐτόταταdub. in Phld. Piet. 80 .Adv., Comp.
αὐτοτέρως
Gal. 18(2).431
.
II. he, she, it,for the simple Pron. of 3 pers., only in oblique cases (exc. in later Gk., Ev.Luc. 4.15 , etc.), and rarely first in a sentence, Pl. La. 194e , and later, Ep.Eph. 2.10 , etc.: rare in Ep. , Il. 12.204 (where Hdn. treated it as enclitic), and mostly emphatic, ib. 14.457 , Od. 16.388 ; so in Trag., E. Hel. 421 : in Prose, to recall a Noun used earlier in the sentence, ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν βασιλέα . . οὐκ οἶδα ὅ τι δεῖ αὐτὸν ὀμόσαι
, cf. Pl. Chrm. 168e ; later, pleonastically after a Relative, ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν
Call. Epigr. 43
, cf. Ev.Luc. 3.16 , Apoc. 7.2 , etc.: in S. Ph. 316
αὐτοῖςis emphatic 'in their own persons'.
III. with Art.ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό,and Att.
contr.
αὑτός, αὑτή, ταὐτόandταὐτόν(as required by the metre, cf. S. OT 734 with 325 , and in Prose to avoid hiatus) : gen.ταὐτοῦ,dat.ταὐτῷ,pl. neut.ταὐτά;
Ion.
ὡυτός, τὠυτό:—the very one, the same,rare in Hom. , Il. 6.391 , Od. 7.55 , 326 ; ὁ αὐ. εἰμι τῇ γνώμῃ
Th. 3.38
, cf. 5.75 ; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐ. αἱ γνῶμαι ἔφερον
Id. 1.79
: c. dat., to denote sameness or agreement, esp. in Prose, τὠυτὸ ἂν ὑμῖν ἐπρήσσομεν
Hdt. 4.119
; τὸν αὐτὸν χῶρον ἐκλιπὼν ἐμοί
A. Ch. 543
;ὁ αὐτὸς τῷ λίθῳ the same asthe stone, Pl. Euthd. 298a ;ἐν ταὐτῷ εἶναί τινιto bein the place with. . , X. An. 3.1.27 ;προσίεσθαί τινα ἐς ταὐτὸ ἑαυτῷto have a personmeetone, ib. 30 , cf. A. Ch. 210 ; κατὰ ταὐτὰ τῷ Νείλῳ
