ἡμῖν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἡμῖν

   hê-MEEN

   for us
2. sentence🔊 οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι μέλλειν τε καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς ἣν ὅλη ἡ Ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται

   ou MO-non de TOU-to kin-dy-NEU-ei hê-MEEN to ME-ros eis a-pe-leg-MON el-THEIN al-LA KAI to tês me-GA-lês the-AS ar-TE-mi-dos hi-e-RON eis ou-THEN lo-gis-THÊ-nai MEL-lein te KAI ka-thai-reis-THAI tês me-ga-lei-O-tê-tos au-TÊS hên HO-lê hê a-SI-a KAI hê oi-kou-ME-nê SE-be-tai

   not only and this is in danger for us the trade into disrepute to come but also the of the great goddess Artemis temple into nothing to be considered to be about both and to be deposed from the magnificence of her whom all the Asia and the inhabited world worships

Exegesis

The finite verb kindyneuei {κινδυνεύει | kin-du-neú-ei} “is in danger” governs both, first with the infinitive elthein {ἐλθεῖν | el-theîn} linked to the prepositional phrase eis apelegmon {εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν | eis a-pe-leg-món}, describing the risk that “our part” (hēmin to meros {ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος | hē-mîn tò mé-ros}) might “come into disgrace.” The dative hēmin functions as a dative of interest, highlighting the economic concern of the speakers.