ἐμός

A. mine; contr. with the Art., οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Com., τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is paratrag. in Ar. Ec. 393), rarely in Prose, οὑμός Pl. Ep. 354c; τἀμά Id. Plt. 258b; οὑμός even in Il. 8.360; and (acc. to some Gramm.) τὠμῷ 11.608, Od. 4.71; τἠμῇ Il. 9.654:—poet. ἀμός (q.v.):

I. with a Subst.:

1. subjectively, mine, of me, ἐμὰ δάκρυα Il. 1.42; χεῖρες ἐμαί ib.166; ἐμός τε πατὴρ καὶ σός Hes. Op. 633: with the Art., τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον Il. 4.42, etc.: in Poets sts. joined with gen., to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own, 6.446, Od. 2.45; δαὴρ . . ἐμὸς ἔσκε κυνώπιδος Il. 3.180; θρῆνον ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς A. Ag. 1323; τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακά S. OC 344, cf.El. 252; τὸν ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ . . βίον Ar. Pl. 33.

b. mine, i.e. favourable to me, τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων Antipho 2.4.10.

2. objectively, relating to me, against me, ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη Il. 19.336; τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον Od. 2.97; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, A. Pers. 699 (troch.); τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings to me, S. El. 343; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love for me, Id. OT 969; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, Th. 6.90; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift to me, X. Cyr. 8.3.32; sts. with another gen. added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L. by me, S. OT 572; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, ib.1400; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις) her gifts to me, E. Hel. 364 (anap.).

II. without a Subst., mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον my word, Il. 1.526; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis my counsel, Pi. I. 8(7).42: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, E. Ion 1020, Pl. Lg. 664b.

2. ἐμοί my friends, Il. 20.205; οἱ ἐμοί X. Cyr. 3.2.28, etc.; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος my dear Heraclitus, Arr. Epict. 2.2.17.

3. τὰ ἐμά my property, Pl. Prt. 310e, etc.; of children, S. El. 538, OC 922; τὸ τύπτειν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ ἀδίκως Pl. Grg. 508e; of servants. PEdgar 4.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, Hdt. 4.127; τὰ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμόν S. Aj. 124; ἔρρει τἀμὰ παντελῶς X. Cyr. 6.1.3; τὸ ἐμὸν εὖ πράττει Pl. R. 463e, etc.; in full, τοὐμὸν μέρος S. Tr. 1215: hence in Trag. and Att., my conduct (almost periphr. for ἐγώ), Id. El. 1302, Tr. 1068, Ar. Th. 105; τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐμὸν οὐκ ἐμποδὼν ὑμῖν ἔσται Lys. 8.19, cf. Pl. Grg. 452c, etc.: abs., τό γε ἐμόν for my part, as far as concerns me, Hdt. 1.108, Pl. Prt. 338c, Sph. 237b.

4. ἡ ἐ. (sc. γῆ) my country, Th. 6.78; also (sc. γνώμη) my opinion, ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ Pl. R. 397d; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. Ar. Ec. 153, Pl. Plt. 277a.