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εἷς, μίᾰ, ἕν
(μίη only in late Ionic dialect Prose): genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός:—Epic dialect ἕεις [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 145, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.341 (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus), conjecture in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.603 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect ἧς [[ 3rd c.BC: Rhinthon Comicus 12, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.136] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—Epic dialect, Aeolic dialect, and Ionic dialect feminine ἴᾰ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.354, probably in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.37; _accusative_ ἴαν 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33.6 (probably), 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 69.1 (compare μηδεΐα), 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.56, “IG” 9(2).517.22(Thess.); _genitive_ ἰῆς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.173, 24.496; _dative_ ἰῇ 9.319, 11.174, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: neuter dative (ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) [[ 6.422. (In Comedy texts οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 302, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 927, “Pl.” 37, 138, +others)] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Orig. ἕνς, assim. ἔν (δ) probably in [[ “Leg.Gort.” 9.50, from *εμς,] Refs] Indo-European sem-(compare ὁμός); μία from sm-ί; ἴα is not related to μία, but probably to pronominal stem i-(Latin is), compareἰός.)
__1 as a Numeral, εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.204, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; strengthened, εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, a single
__A one, one alone,[[ 4.397, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.65; μία μούνη 23.227; εἷς μοῦνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1053, etc.; εἷς καὶ μόνος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.74; εἷς ὤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 247, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 894, etc.; opposed to πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1456, compare 1465, “Ch.” 299, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b emphatically with a superlative, εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.243, etc.: frequently in Trag., εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 327; πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 460; κάλλιστ᾽ ἀνὴρ εἷς [prev. author] “OT” 1380; ἕνακριθέντ᾽ ἄριστον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1344 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Prose, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68; Μυτιληναίους μάλιστα δὴ μίαν πόλιν [prev. author] 3.39; πάντων εἷς ἀνὴρ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.143 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a superlative, Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ᾽ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__c in oppos., made emphatic by the Article, ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.272, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48a; τοῦ ἑνὸς οἱ δύο ἀγαθοὶ βελτίους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b13, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.22. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__d with a negative, εἷς οὐδείς no single man, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; ἓν οὐδὲ ἓν ἴαμα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ in no other single country, [[ [prev. author] 1.80 ] Refs]; οὐχ εἷς, i.e. more than one, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 103, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 96 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.., emphatic for οὐδείς, μηδείς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 549, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; more emphatic, οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς, see at {οὐδείς},{μηδείς}.
__e εἷς ἕκαστος each one, each by himself, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.123, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 332c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴσθησις μία ἑνός (i.e. γένους) one of each, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1003b19: _plural_, ἑκάτεροι ἕνες “POxy.” 276.8 (1st c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__f with κατά, καθ᾽ ἓν ἕκαστον each singly, piece by piece, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν one by one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 217a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν, τό, list, [[ 5th c.BC: Elephantine Papyri 20.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν᾽ ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν to deprive each of us singly, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.142, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 164, 186 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἷς κατὰ εἷς one by one, [[NT.Mark.14.19] NT]; but καθ᾽ ἓν γίγνεσθαι, εἶναι, to be united, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__g with other Preps., ἓν ἀνθ᾽ ἑνός above all,[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331b, “Phlb.” 63c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς alternately, [[ PStrassb. 25.13 ] Refs], etc.; ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι one by one, separately, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67; ἐπὶ ἑνός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 157a; ἓν ἐφ᾽ ἑνί [prev. author] “Sph.” 229b, “Lg.” 758b: ἓν πρὸς ἕν, with or without συμβάλλειν, in comparisons, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647b; πρὸς ἕν᾽ εἷς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.131: παρ᾽ ἕνα ] Refs 5th c.BC+]alternately, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 12; εἰς ἓν συναγαγεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1640; ἰσχὺς τοσαύτη εἰς ἓν ξυστᾶσα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.85; εἰς ἓν μοίρας συνέκυρσας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1172; ἐς μίαν βουλεύειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.379; in full, ἐς μίαν βουλήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.111; εἰς μίαν νοεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.9; ἓν ἐξ ἑνὸς ἐπισεσώρευκεν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.10.5, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 54 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς with one accord, [[NT.Luke.14.18; ὑφ᾽ ἕν ] NT]at once, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.124; also ὑφ᾽ ἓν θέσθαι τὸ ὂν τῷ μὴ ὄντι 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ὑφέν.
__h in compound numerals, as an ordinal, τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.89, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.109, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect Inscrr., [[ “IG” 2.660.30, +others,: later εἷς] Refs] alone,=first, [[ LXX.Gen.1.5; μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός [prev. work] 8.13. ] LXX]
__i μίαν μίαν, ={κατὰ μίαν}, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 201; εἷς εἷς LXX.1Ch.24.6. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__i.2 one, i.e. the same, τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.238, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός one and the same, ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1039a28, etc.; ὑπὸ μίαν καὶ τὰν αὐτὰν ἀρχάν Perictione Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.121; ταὐτὸν καὶ ἕν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 201b3; so ἓν καὶ ὅμοιον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 271a; εἷς καὶ κοινός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.699f: with _dative_, ἐμοὶ μιᾶς ἐγένετ᾽ ἐκ ματρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 156; ἐκ μιᾶς οἰνοχόης Ἐπικούρῳ πεπωκότες 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1089a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__i.2.b possessing unity, ἧττον μία ἡ μίμησις ἡ τῶν ἐποποιῶν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1462b3; λίαν ἓν ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν [prev. author] “Pol.” 1263b7; τὰ κυρίως ἕνα 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 437. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__i.3 one, opposed to another, ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1139a6, “Pol.” 1285b38, etc.; ὁ μὲν..εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ᾽ αὖ.. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.421 {εἷσα}, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.23. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__i.4 indefinitely, εἷς τις some one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 118, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 471e, etc.; ἐξ ἑνός γέ του τρόπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34; rarely τις εἷς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος each single one was suspected, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 262; εἷς ὁστισοῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325b28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς ὁ πρῶτος, [[ \{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus ] Refs 1st c.BC+] der erste beste, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.33, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.9, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 61 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: alone, like our indefinite Article, a, an, Κάδμου θυγατέρων μιᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 917 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1292, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.50; εἷς Ἀθηναίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.87, cf. LXX.Gen.21.15, NT.Matt.21.19, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; εἷς ἀπό.. [[ LXX.Lev.6.3(22). ] LXX]
__i.5 οὐχ εἷς many, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 103, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο not one or two only, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο not once nor twice, [[ LXX.4Ki.6.10; ἓν ἢ καὶ δύο ληφθὲν μαρτύριον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.38.10; εἷς ἢ δεύτερος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.190d: proverbial, εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ] LXX+2nd c.BC+] one man's no man, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 48.10. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__i.6 in Mathematics texts, τὸ ἕν unity, opposed to πλῆθος, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus “fragment” 5, etc.: _plural_, ἕνα ] Refs 4th c.BC+]units, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1056b21; ὁ ἀριθμός ἐστιν ἕνα πλείω [prev. author] “Ph.” 207b7; τῶν προτέρων ἑνῶν 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 460. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__i.7 Philos., ἕν, τό, unity, the One, ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 10, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: later indeclinable, ἓν εἶναι τοῦ ἓν παρουσίᾳ [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.6.14, compare 5.5.5. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
