Σύ γε
Lemma: σύ
personal pronoun
personal pronoun
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Added Mar 01, 2026
Definition
Second-person singular pronoun: “you” (nominative; subject form), used for addressing one person. Often contrasted with ἐγώ “I” and ὑμεῖς “you (pl.).”
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Grammatical Analysis
"Σύ γε"
Σύ: {'type': 'personal pronoun (2nd person)', 'case': 'nominative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'common (not morphologically distinguished)'}
Γε: {'part_of_speech': 'particle (enclitic)', 'function': 'emphatic/limitative particle; adds emphasis to the immediately preceding word (here: σύ), often ‘at least / indeed / for your part’ depending on context'}
Related Forms of σύ
18 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:
σε
accusative, singular, masculine or feminine (depen...
ὑμῖν
dative, plural, common (used for all genders), 2nd
υμας
accusative, plural, common (used for any gender), ...
σοι
dative, singular, common (used for all genders)
soi
dative, singular, common (masculine or feminine)
σύ
nominative, singular, common (masculine/feminine)
Soi
dative, singular, common (masculine / feminine / n...
ὑμᾶς
accusative, plural, common (masculine/feminine; ge...
Σοι
dative, singular, common (masculine/feminine; gend...
σοῦ
genitive, singular, common (masculine/feminine; no...
ὑμᾶς,
accusative, plural, common (masculine/feminine; no...
σευ
unknown
'σύ
nominative, singular, common (masculine/feminine)
ὑμῖν
dative, plural, common (not morphologically distin...
συ
genitive, singular, common (masculine/feminine/neu...
sethen
genitive, singular, common (not distinguished)
σὲ
accusative, singular, common (masculine/feminine)
Σὺ
nominative, singular, common (masculine/feminine; ...