τοι, prop. ethical dative ofσύ(q. v.), but used as an enclit. Particle,
A. let me tell you, mark you, look you(in Engl. we freq. convey the impression by means of emphasis or tone), implying a real or imagined audience, freq. in Hom. and always in speeches (exc. ὃς δή τοι
Il. 10.316
, Od. 20.289 ), αἰσχρόν τοι δηρόν τε μένειν κτλ.
Il. 2.298
; ἀλλ' ἐφομαρτεῖτε: πλεόνων δέ τοι ἔργον ἄμεινον
12.412
codd.;τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέουσα ἔπος . . εἶμι surelyI will go, 1.419 ;ταύτης τοι γενεῆς . . εὔχομαι εἶναι(recapitulating) 6.211 (so at the close of a narrative, Theoc. 11.80 );οὗτός τοι . . ἀπὸ στρατοῦ ἔρχεται ἀνήρhere comes,look you. . , Il. 10.341 (vulg., οὗτός τις
Aristarch.
, etc.); freq. it is hard to dist. from the Ep. dat., as in ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται;
13.219
; so in Hes. Op. 287 (addressed to Perses), 347 , 719 , cf. Emp. 17.14 (addressed to Pausanias), Pi. P. 2.72 (addressed to Hiero), al.; and so in Trag. dialogue, A. Eu. 729 , etc.; σέτοι κικλήσκω