οἷος, οἵα,
Ionic dialect οἵη, οἷον, (ὅς)
such as, of what sort, relative and indirect
interrogative pronoun,
correlative to direct
interrogative ποῖος,
indefinite ποιός,
demonstrative τοῖος: ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
what a man for valour, [
Refs]
adverb, οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, [
Refs] —Usage:
I οἷος in an independent sentence as an exclamation of astonishment, ὢ πόποι.., οἷον ἔειπες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ
what a fire is this ! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb, see below see [
Refs]
I.2 in indirect sentences, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II more frequently as
relative to a
demonstrative τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, as τῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: but the
demonstrative pronoun is frequently omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ᾽ οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις.. ᾔσχυνε
like as Paris also.., [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
such as you
surely are, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with περ added, οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν
just such as.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: very frequently with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distinguished from οἷός τε with
infinitive, see[
Refs 8th c.BC+] generalizes a Comparison,
the sort of person who.., thing which.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει..; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with attraction of οἷος to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding), οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; and with further attraction of the subject of the
relative clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας.., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοος) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2 οἷος, οἵα, οἷον frequently introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε
because of what he heard, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμακάριζον τὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 sometimes in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] introduces the reason for saying what is said, ὠκύμορος.. ἔσσεαι, οἷ᾽ ἀγορεύεις [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.4 οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying
so and so, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5 οὐδὲν οἷον.. there's nothing
like.., ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing
like hearing the verses, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6 never used like
adverb οἷον (infr. V. I) with an
adjective =
how, for in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] =
what manner of man, namely dread, compare [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.7 as
indefinite,
a sort or
kind of.., ὁ δ᾽ ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only
a kind of watch-dog, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so with
adjective, ἀφόρητος οἷος.. κρυμός
of an intolerable
kind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαυμαστὸς οἷος
of a wonderful
nature, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου
rather skilled in war, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἷον τετανότριχα
rather straight-haired, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with
superlative, χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country
of a very difficult
kind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III οἷος with
infinitive implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν
fit for watering, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., [
Refs 4th c.BC+] expressed, τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα.. καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not
proper for a young man to advise upon, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: without
infinitive, λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b οἷός εἰμι I
intend, ἐβιάζετο.. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was
on the point of eating, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.2 more frequently οἷός τε with
infinitive,
fit or
able to do, λιποίμην οἷός τ᾽.. ἀέθλια κάλ᾽ ἀνελέσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
inclined to.., [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] it is
possible to.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3 without
infinitive, πάνυ προθύμως ὡς οἷός τ᾽ ἦν ἐπήραξεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+] it is
possible, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
superlative, καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: without
superlative, φρίττειν.. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας [
Refs]; ὡς οἷόν τε sometimes
so far as possible, of what cannot be done completely, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV sometimes twice in the same clause, οἷ᾽ ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακά after
what deeds
what sufferings are his ! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω
what thanks
for what offerings ! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V as
adverb in
neuter singular οἷον, in Poets and
Ionic dialect Prose also
plural οἷα,
how, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
how fresh, [
Refs]; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας
seeing how thou didst shrink from M., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις
in what a state art thou for such a man! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2 as, just as, οἷον ὅτε.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: later a double form occurs, οἷον ὡς.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2.b as for instance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷον τί λέγει;
as for example, what do you mean ? [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
adjective V.2.c in numerical estimates,
about, οἷον δέκα σταδίους [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2.d οἷον parenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase,
as it were, so to speak, οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν.. οἷον φάτταν the ring-dove
of my parable, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2.e οἷον explanatory,
that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον.. what I am about to mention,
i.e. , [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in the middle,
i. e. at the intersection of their diagonals, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
V.3 likeὡς, ἅτε, with a
participle, οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ γενομένου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.4 οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, followed by ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ μηδέ,
not only not.., but not even.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI strengthened with various Particles, οἷος δή, see above 11.4:
οἱοσδήποτε, οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε,
of such and such a kind, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
οἱοσδηποτοῦν,
of whatever kind, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
οἱοσδήπως, [
Refs 5th c.AD+];
οἱοσδητισοῦν, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+];
οἱοσοῦν, [
Refs 6th c.AD+];
οἱοσποτοῦν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
οἱοστισοῦν, see reading in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], especially in the form οἷός τε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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