ἐμαυτοῦ, ἐμαυτῆς,
reflexive pronoun of first person, of me, of myself: only genitive, dative, and accusative singular, both masculine and feminine: not found in early Epic dialect; Aeolic dialect ἔμ᾽ αὔτῳ, ἔμ᾽ αὔτᾳ, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 72, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 15.11, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 80.10 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐμαυτόν is uncertain in [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus (“PLG” 2p.116B.) and 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 64 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἐμεωυτοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.97 (but ἐμωυτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 74.4), ἐμεωυτῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, ἐμεωυτόν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμᾱτοῦ, ἐμᾱτόν, [[ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 4.23, “SIG” 741.12 (1st c.BC): in _plural_ always separated, ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐν ἐμαυτῷ συννοεῖσθαι in or with oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 634; πρὸς ἐμαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 53, etc.; strengthened, ἴσχυόν τ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐμαυτοῦ [prev. author] “V.” 357, compare “Lys.” 1125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐν ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. οἴκῳ) εἶναι, metaphorically, to be master of oneself, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 155d: _nominative_ ἐμαυτός, com. formation in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 78. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]