σφῶν

Lemma: σφεῖς

personal pronoun (3rd person, refle... personal pronoun (3rd person, reflexive/oblique stem)

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Definition

Third‑person reflexive pronoun (plur.), “themselves, their own persons,” used especially of the subject; in Homeric and Ionic usage also simply “they” (often emphatic).

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Grammatical Analysis

"σφῶν"

Type: personal pronoun (3rd person)

Case: genitive

Number: plural

Gender: common (masculine/feminine; neuter by context)

Person: 3rd

Notes: Form of the 3rd-person pronoun (also used as a reflexive in indirect discourse depending on context): σφῶν = ‘of them, their’.

Related Forms of σφεῖς

5 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

σφ' accusative, plural, common (masculine/feminine) σφῷν genitive, dual, common (masculine/feminine) σφίσι dative, plural, common (masculine/feminine; can al... σφεῖς nominative, plural, common (masculine/feminine; ne... σφεας accusative, plural, common (masculine/feminine)

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