με

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

Ancient Greek

first person pronoun ^(edit)

case	singular		dual	plural
	str.	encl.	str.	str.
nominative	ἐγώ		νώ, νῶϊ	ἡμεῖς
genitive	ἐμοῦ	μου	νῷν	ἡμῶν
dative	ἐμοί	μοι	νῷν	ἡμῖν
accusative	ἐμέ	με	νώ, νῶϊ	ἡμᾶς
adjective	ἐμός		νωΐτερος	ἡμέτερος

Alternative forms

• ἐμέ (emé) — stressed
• ἔμεγε (émege) — emphatic
• μ’ (m’) — apocopic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me/ → /me/ → /me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me/

Pronoun

με • (me)

1. enclitic accusative of ἐγώ (egṓ)

References

• με in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• με in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

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Greek

Alternative forms

• (contraction): μ' (m')

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞]

Etymology 1

From a metanalysis of the Byzantine Greek phrase μεταῦτα (itself from μεταταῦτα by haplology, from μετά (metá) + ταῦτα (taûta)), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “with”).

Preposition

με • (me) (+ accusative)

1. with

   μίλησε με την Ελένη ― mílise me tin Eléni ― he talked with Eleni

2. by

   πουλάει με το κιλό ― pouláei me to kiló ― she sells by the kilo

3. by, on

   με το αυτοκίνητο ― me to aftokínito ― by car

   με τα πόδια ― me ta pódia ― on foot

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek με (me, “me”).

Pronoun

1. me  (1st person singular, accusative)

   Με μισεί … μ' αγαπά! ― Me miseí … m' agapá! ― She hates me … she loves me!

Related terms

First person forms

Number (style)	singular (familiar)		plural (formal)
	strong	weak	strong	weak
nominative	εγώ •	—	εμείς •	—
genitive	εμένα •	μου • †	εμάς •	μας • †
accusative	εμένα •	με •	εμάς •	μας •
There is no 1st person vocative case. † These terms double as possessive pronouns.   All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).

Further reading

• “με”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998