Question: Greek Intensive Pronoun
A forum poster asked the following:
I was wondering if αυτος is like the Latin is.
Answer: The answer is that the Greek pronoun αυτος
can be used in various ways.
- Αυτος can be an intensive adj/pronoun like the Latin ipse/ipsa/ipsum 'self';
- It can be used as an adjective like the Latin idem/eadem/idem 'same';
- It can be used as a personal pronoun is/ea/id 'he, she, it.'
