"σφώ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σφώ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /spʰɔ̌ː/, /sɸo/, /sfo/, /spʰɔ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /spʰo/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /sɸo/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /sfo/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sfo/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: PIE word *swé A conflation of the consonantism of σφεῖς (spheîs, “they”) with the vocalism of νώ (nṓ, “we two”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|grc|swé}} PIE word *swé Head templates: {{head|grc|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} σφώ • (sphṓ) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|σφώ|σφῷν|dial=att|form=X-dual}}, {{grc-decl|irreg|σφῶῐ̈, σφώ|σφῶῐ̈ν, σφῷν|dial=epi|form=X-dual}} Forms: sphṓ [romanization], Attic irregular [table-tags], σφώ [dual, nominative], σφῷν [dual, genitive], σφῷν [dative, dual], σφώ [accusative, dual], σφώ [dual, vocative], Epic irregular [table-tags], σφῶῐ̈ [dual, nominative], σφώ [dual, nominative], σφῶῐ̈ν [dual, genitive], σφῷν [dual, genitive], σφῶῐ̈ν [dative, dual], σφῷν [dative, dual], σφῶῐ̈ [accusative, dual], σφώ [accusative, dual], σφῶῐ̈ [dual, vocative], σφώ [dual, vocative]
  1. second person dual personal pronoun: you two, both of you, you both Synonyms: σφῶῐ̈ (sphôï) [Epic] Related terms: σφωΐτερος (sphōḯteros) (english: second person dual possessive adjective)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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