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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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Possessive Pronouns.—Possessive pronouns, formed from the stems of the personal pronouns, are declined like ἀγαθός, ἄξιος ( ^cross287).

ἐμός ἐμή ἐμόν my, my own; mine ἡμέτερος -α_ -ον our, our own; ours

σός σή σόν thy, thine own; thine ὑ_μέτερος -α_ -ον your, your own; yours

[ὅς ἥ ὅν his (her, its) own] σφέτερος -α_ -ον their own

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a. Distinguish the adjectival from the pronominal use: ὁ ἐμὸς φίλος or ὁ φίλος ὁ ἐμός my friend (adj.) from φίλος ἐμός a friend of mine (pron.). See ^cross1196 a.

b. ὅς is not used in Attic prose. For his, her, its, αὐτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ are used.

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

ἐμός ἐμή ἐμόν	my, my own; mine	ἡμέτερος -α_ -ον	our, our own; ours
σός σή σόν	thy, thine own; thine	ὑ_μέτερος -α_ -ον	your, your own; yours
[ὅς ἥ ὅν	his (her, its) own]	σφέτερος -α_ -ον	their own