- σφεῖς
- σφεῖςGrammatical information: anaphor. a. reflex. pron. 3. pl.Meaning: `they, them(selves)'Other forms: n. (Att.) σφέα, acc. σφᾶς, n. σφέα, Ion. Hom. σφέας, Aeol. Hom. Dor. σφε, Cret. Syrac. ψε, gen. σφῶν, Ion. Hom. σφέων, Hom. also σφείων, dat. σφίσι(ν), Aeol. Ion. Hom. dor. σφι(ν), Cret. Syrac. ψιν, Lac. etc. φιν, (σφι(ν), σφε also 3. sg.); ep. 3. du. σφωε, -ϊν, 2. du. σφῶϊ, -ϊν, Att. σφώ, σφῳ̃ν.Derivatives: From these the possessives σφέτερος, σφωΐτερος (Il.), ep. also σφός `their' (rarely `his, my, thy, your'), with σφετερίζομαι, -ίζω `to make one's own' (Att. hell. a. late), -ισμός, -ιστής (Arist.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [882] *se- `him self'Etymology: The above system is prob. built upon *σ-φει, σ-φι(ν) with σ- as zero grade of IE *se- in Lat. si-bī, Osc. sí-feí, OCS se-bě; to the after ἄμμι(ν) etc. reformed σφ-ι(ν) were joined ἄμμε, ἡμεῖς etc. σφε, σφεῖς, σφᾶς, σφῶν etc. From σφιν with loss of the σ- resp. metathesis φιν, ψιν. -- Details w. rich lit. and discussion in Schwyzer 600 ff.; further Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 266ff., 273.Page in Frisk: 2,829
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