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ἐγώ G1698
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of me, my (genitive); to me (dative); me (accusative) - oblique cases of first person pronoun
The oblique case forms of the first-person pronoun, enabling references to 'me' in various grammatical relationships. The genitive ἐμοῦ (enclitic μου) means 'of me' or serves as the possessive 'my.' The dative ἐμοί (enclitic μοι) means 'to me' or 'for me,' indicating the indirect object or beneficiary. The accusative ἐμέ (enclitic με) serves as the direct object 'me.' These forms (descended from a different root than the nominative ἐγώ) appear in various dialectal spellings throughout Greek literature. Enclitic forms provide unstressed variants used when emphasis is not needed. Together they enable the speaker to position themselves in various grammatical roles within discourse.

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐγώ, I: pronoun of the first person:—Epic dialect mostly ἐγών before vowels (so in Doric dialect, before consonants, Refs 5th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect ἱών Refs 2nd c.AD+:— strengthened ἔγωγε, I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more frequently in Attic dialect than in Refs 8th c.BC+: Doric dialect ἐγώνγα Refs 7th c.BC+: Boeotian dialect ἱώνγα Refs 6th c.BC+; ἱώνει Refs; ἰώγα Refs 5th