Enclitics

§181, 181 DENCLITICSEnclitics (from ἐγκλῑ́νω lean on, upon) are words attaching themselves closely to the preceding word, after which they are pronounced rapidly. Enclitics usually lose their accent. …

§325, 325 DPRONOUNSThe Personal Pronouns.—The pronouns of the first, second, and third person are declined as follows: SINGULAR Nom. ἐγώ I σύ thou — he, she, it (325 d) Gen. ἐμοῦ; μου enclitic σοῦ; σ…

§334, 334 DPRONOUNSInterrogative and Indefinite Pronouns.—The interrogative pronoun τίς, τί who, which, what? never changes its accent to the grave (154). The indefinite pronoun τὶς, τὶ any one, some…

§1195THE PERSONAL PRONOUNSHomer uses ἕο, οἷ, etc., as personal pronouns ( = αὐτοῦ, αὐτῷ, etc., in Attic), in which case they are enclitic: διὰ μαντοσύνην, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβος by the art of divination, which …

§§182–186ENCLITICSThe accent of an enclitic, when it is thrown back upon the preceding word, always appears as an acute: θήρ τε (not θῆρ τε) from θήρ + τέ.

§185ENCLITICSWhen several enclitics occur in succession, each receives an accent from the following, only the last having no accent: εἴ πού τίς τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρόν if ever any one saw an enemy any…

§186ENCLITICSSometimes an enclitic unites with a preceding word to form a compound (cp. Lat. -que, -ve), which is accented as if the enclitic were still a separate word. Thus, οὔτε (not οὖτε), …

§187ENCLITICSAn enclitic retains its accent (is orthotone, cp. 181 N.): a. When it is emphatic, as in contrasts: ἢ σοὶ ἢ τῷ πατρί σου either to you or to your father (ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ are emphat…

§338 cPRONOUNSRelative Pronouns.—The relative pronoun ὅς, ἥ, ὅ who, which, that is declined thus: SINGULAR DUAL PLURAL Nom. ὅς ἥ ὅ N. A. ὥ ὥ ὥ Nom. οἵ αἵ ἅ Gen. οὗ ἧς οὗ G. D. οἷν οἷν οἷν Gen. ὧ…

§338 dPRONOUNSRelative Pronouns.—The relative pronoun ὅς, ἥ, ὅ who, which, that is declined thus: SINGULAR DUAL PLURAL Nom. ὅς ἥ ὅ N. A. ὥ ὥ ὥ Nom. οἵ αἵ ἅ Gen. οὗ ἧς οὗ G. D. οἷν οἷν οἷν Gen. ὧ…

§340PRONOUNSCorrelative Pronouns.—Many pronominal adjectives correspond to each other in form and meaning. In the following list poetic or rare forms are placed in (). Interrogative: Relative …

§346ADVERBSCorrelative Adverbs.—Adverbs from pronominal stems often correspond in form and meaning. In the list on p. 102 poetic or rare words are in (). a. The demonstratives in () are forei…

§424 aACCENTTo this general rule there are exceptions. a. Enclitics.—All the forms of φημί say, and εἰμί am, except φῄς and εἶ. b. Imperatives.—(1) The second person sing. of the second aorist…

§784IRREGULAR MI-VERBSAll the forms of the present indicative except φῄς are enclitic (181 c). —In composition σύμφημι, σύμφῃς (but the Mss. often have συμφῄς and συμφῇς), συμφῶ, σύμφαθι.