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From Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

  • IPA(key): /eˈɣo/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧γώ

εγώ • (egó)  strong personal pronoun

  1. I

    Εγώ πάλεψα με αίμα, δάκρυα και ιδρώτα …

    Egó pálepsa me aíma, dákrya kai idróta …
    I fought with blood, sweat and tears …
  • May become the colloquial ’γώ (’gó) when following a vowel.

    Ξέρω ’γώ;

    Xéro ’gó;
    How should I know?
    (literally, “Do I know?”)

Personal and possessive pronouns

1-s 2-s 3-ms 3-fs 3-ns 1-p 2-p 3-mp 3-fp 3-np
nominative strong 1 εγώ 3 εσύ 3 αυτός αυτή αυτό εμείς 3 εσείς 3 αυτοί αυτές αυτά
weak 2 τος τη το τοι τες τα
genitive strong εμένα / εμού εσένα αυτού αυτής αυτού εμάς εσάς αυτών αυτών αυτών
weak † μου σου του της του μας σας τους τους τους
accusative strong εμένα 4 εσένα 4 αυτόν 5 αυτήν 5 αυτό εμάς 4 εσάς 4 αυτούς αυτές αυτά
weak με σε τον την το μας σας τους τις / τες 6 τα
vocative strong   εσύ         εσείς      
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.

1. Strong or emphatic personal pronouns are used to emphasise and are pronounced with greater stress. They can be used independently of a verb or other word.
2. Weak or clitic personal pronouns are monosyllabic. They will be dependent upon another word.
3. In colloquial speech nominative forms may lose their initial ε, the use of an apostrophe in the written form is optional.   e.g. ήρθα 'γώ (I came)
4. Accusative forms lose their initial ε when following από or για, no apostrophe is used. The plural forms become monosyllabic and therefore lose the accent.   e.g. για μας (for us)
5. The final ν is optional, often being used before a following vowel.
6. τις is used before a verb, τες after a verb.   e.g. Αν τις δεις, χαιρέτα τες. (If you see them, greet them.)

εγώ • (egó) n (indeclinable)

  1. (psychology) ego

    Έχει ένα μεγάλο εγώ.

    Échei éna megálo egó.
    He has a big ego.
  2. selfishness

From Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. As Modern Greek εγώ (egó).

εγώ (egó)

  1. I