Greek pronoun
ἐκεῖνος
ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο
ἐκεῖνος is a Greek pronoun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “her” (once), “to her” (once) and “to that one” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ἐκεῖνος to the words it goes with.
ἔδοξε δὲ αὐτοῖς ἐκείνῳ τὴν νίκην ἀπονεῖμαι, ὃς ἂν αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπον ὁδοιπόρον ἐκδύσῃ.
It seemed good to them to assign the victory to him, whichever of them should strip a traveling man.
ἐκείνῳ: indirect object of ἀπονεῖμαι, to or for whom it is done.
…χρόνον οὕτω διεκείμην ὥστε μήτε λυπεῖν μήτε λίαν ἐπ’ ἐκείνῃ εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν ἐθέλῃ ποιεῖν, ἐφύλαττόν τε ὡς…
For I, O Athenians, since it seemed good to me to marry and I brought a wife into the house, for all the other time I behaved so as neither to grieve nor to be overly dependent on her to do whatever she might wish, and I kept watch as much as was possible, and I paid attention as was fitting.
ἐκείνῃ: object of the preposition ἐπ’; the phrase goes with εἶναι.
ἐπειδὴ δέ μοι παιδίον γίγνεται, ἐπίστευον ἤδη καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐκείνῃ παρέδωκα, ἡγούμενος ταύτην οἰκειότητα μεγίστην εἶναι·
But since a child was born to me, I now trusted her and handed over all my belongings to her, believing this to be the greatest bond of kinship.
ἐκείνῃ: indirect object of παρέδωκα, to or for whom it is done.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ἐκείνῃ | Dative · Singular · Feminine | 2 |
| ἐκείνῳ | Dative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ἐκεῖνος by an arc in these lines, most often first.