σεαυτοῦ, -ῆς,
also σαυτοῦ, -ῆς, Ionic dialect σεωυτοῦ, ῆς, reflexive pronoun of 2nd pers., of thyself, etc., in masculine and feminine of genitive, dative, and accusative singular, first in [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 87, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 97, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, 108 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐν σαυτοῦ (variant{-ῷ}) γενοῦ contain thyself, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 950 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in neuter, φίλον ξύλον, ἔγειρέ μοι σεαυτὸ καὶ γίγνου θρασύ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 693:—the Trag. use the longer form (but not so frequently as the shorter), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 547, “OT” 312, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —in _plural_ always separated, ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, etc.: and originally separated in singular, as in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who always has σοὶ αὐτῷ, σ᾽ αὐτό; and so τὰ σ᾽ αὐτοῦ, τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς for τὰ σά αὐτοῦ, etc., see at {σός} I.3.] Refs 8th c.BC+] —The separated forms, σοῦ αὐτοῦ, αὐτοῦ σοῦ, etc., were used in Attic dialect, not as reflexive, but as emphatic personal pronouns,[[compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472b, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 632. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]