ὅ γε

ὅ γε, ἥ γε, τό γε, the demonstr. Pron. ὁ, ἡ, τό, made slightly (if at all) more emphatic by the addition of γε,

• he, she, it:
• • I Τεῦκρον . . καὶ Λήϊτον . ., τοὺς ὅ γʼ ἐποτρύνων Il. 13.94; πάντες ἄρʼ οἵ γʼ ἔθελον 7.169; κεῖνος ὅ γε . . ἧσται there he sitteth, 19.344; with a Subst., ὅ γʼ ἥρως he the hero, 5.327; τόν γε ἄνακτα ib. 794.
  • II in one clause of a disjunctive sentence, either the former, πατὴρ δʼ ἐμός . . ζώει ὅ γʼ ἦ τέθνηκε Od. 2.132, cf. 3.90, 4.821; or the latter, ἤ τινας ἐκ Πύλου ἄξει . ., ἢ ὅ γε καὶ Σπάρτηθεν 2.327; so λάθοι ἂν ἤτοι μανεὶς ἢ ὅ γε ἀπόπληκτος γενόμενος Hdt. 2.173: so also in an adversative clause, Θέτις δʼ οὐ λήθετʼ ἐφετμέων . ., ἀλλʼ ἥ γʼ ἀνεδύσετο Il. 1.496, cf. 11.226.
  • III after ὥς (thus), ib. 136, al.
  • IV Adverbial usages:
  • • 1 dat. τῇ γε, there, at that point, 6.435.
    • 2 acc. neut. τό γε, on that account, 5.827, Od. 17.401.

ὅ γε (ὅ γε, etc.): the demonstr. ὅ, ἥ, τό intensified, and yet often employed where we should not only expect no emphasis, but not even any pronoun at all, as in the second of two alternatives, Il. 3.409, Il. 12.240, Od. 2.327. ὅ γε serves, however, to keep before the mind a person once mentioned (and perhaps returned to after an interruption), thus usually the very opp. of ὃ δέ, which introduces a new person in antithesis.

ὅ γε

• • Iὅ γε, ἥ γε, τό γε, the demonstr. Pron. ὁ, ἡ, τό, made more emphatic by the addition of γε, like Lat. hicce, haecce, hocce, he, she, it, Hom., Hes., etc.:— γε may be rendered sometimes by indeed or at least, Lat. quidem.
  • IIAdverbial usages:
  • • 1dat. τῇγε, of place, here, on this very spot, Il.
    • 2acc. neut. τόγε, on this account, for this very reason, Hom.