σός
See also: σος
Ancient Greek
| case | singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| str. | encl. | str. | str. | |
| nominative | σύ | σφώ, σφῶϊ | ῡ̔μεῖς | |
| genitive | σοῦ | σου | σφῷν | ῡ̔μῶν |
| dative | σοί | σοι | σφῷν | ῡ̔μῖν |
| accusative | σέ | σε | σφώ, σφῶϊ | ῡ̔μᾶς |
| adjective | σός | σφωΐτερος | ῡ̔μέτερος | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *twós; cognate with Vedic Sanskrit त्व (tvá) and Old Armenian քո (kʻo).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sos/
Adjective
σός • (sós) m (feminine σή, neuter σόν); first/second declension (second person singular possessive adjective)
- (modifying noun) your, of yours
- ὁ σός φίλος / ὁ φίλος ὁ σός / ὁ φίλος σου ― ho sós phílos / ho phílos ho sós / ho phílos sou ― your friend
- φίλος σός / φίλος σου ― phílos sós / phílos sou ― a friend of yours
- (as substantive, often with article) yours
- (in the plural) your people, family, friends; your possessions
Usage notes
- The possessive pronouns can be replaced by enclitic personal pronouns in the genitive. See examples above.
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | σός sós |
σή sḗ |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σοί soí |
σαί saí |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Genitive | σοῦ soû |
σῆς sês |
σοῦ soû |
σοῖν soîn |
σαῖν saîn |
σοῖν soîn |
σῶν sôn |
σῶν sôn |
σῶν sôn | |||||
| Dative | σῷ sōî |
σῇ sēî |
σῷ sōî |
σοῖν soîn |
σαῖν saîn |
σοῖν soîn |
σοῖς soîs |
σαῖς saîs |
σοῖς soîs | |||||
| Accusative | σόν són |
σήν sḗn |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σούς soús |
σᾱ́ς sā́s |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Vocative | σέ sé |
σή sḗ |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σοί soí |
σαί saí |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Notes: |
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| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | σός sós |
σή sḗ |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σοί soí |
σαί saí |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Genitive | σοῦ / σοῖο / σόο soû / soîo / sóo |
σῆς sês |
σοῦ / σοῖο / σόο soû / soîo / sóo |
σοῖν / σοῖῐν soî(ĭ)n |
σαῖν / σαῖῐν / σῇῐν saî(ĭ)n / sēîĭn |
σοῖν / σοῖῐν soî(ĭ)n |
σῶν sôn |
σᾱ́ων / σέ͜ων / σῶν sā́ōn / sé͜ōn / sôn |
σῶν sôn | |||||
| Dative | σῷ sōî |
σῇ sēî |
σῷ sōî |
σοῖν / σοῖῐν soî(ĭ)n |
σαῖν / σαῖῐν / σῇῐν saî(ĭ)n / sēîĭn |
σοῖν / σοῖῐν soî(ĭ)n |
σοῖς / σοῖσῐ / σοῖσῐν soîs / soîsĭ(n) |
σῇς / σῇσῐ / σῇσῐν / σαῖς sēîs / sēîsĭ(n) / saîs |
σοῖς / σοῖσῐ / σοῖσῐν soîs / soîsĭ(n) | |||||
| Accusative | σόν són |
σήν sḗn |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σούς soús |
σᾱ́ς sā́s |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Vocative | σέ sé |
σή sḗ |
σόν són |
σώ sṓ |
σᾱ́ sā́ |
σώ sṓ |
σοί soí |
σαί saí |
σᾰ́ sắ | |||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- σὴ λᾰμπρότης f (sḕ lămprótēs)
Further reading
- “σός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4674 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.