A. this,formed by adding the enclit.-δεto the old demonstr. Pron.ὁ,ἡ,τό, and declinedlikeit through all cases : Ep. dat. pl.τοῖσδεσσι, τοῖσδεσσιν,as well asτοῖσδε,
(vi B. C.): nom. pl. neut.ταδήνibid., IG 4.506.1 ;ταδήSch. Ar. Ach. 744 :—ὅδε,
like οὗτος , is opp.ἐκεῖνος,to designate what isneareras opp. to what ismore remote; butὅδεrefers more distinctly towhat is present,towhat can be seenorpointed out,though this distinction is sts. not observed, e.g. ξύμπας Ἀχαιῶν λαός, ἐν δὲ τοῖσδ' ἐγώ
( v.l. τοῖς ), cf. Ant. 449 , and on the other hand,ἦ τόνδε φράζεις;— τοῦτον, ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷς
Id. OT 1120
: the formsὁδί, ἡδί,etc.[ῑ], are freq. in Com. and Oratt., but are not used in Trag. : theῑmay be separated from theὅδεby the adversativeδέ,as τὸν μὲν . . , τηνδεδί
Ar. Av. 18
, cf. Ec. 989 .
I. of Place, to point outwhat is presentorbefore one, Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνή this is,orhere is,the wife of Hector, Il. 6.460 : very freq. in Trag., ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε Λήμνου
S. Ph.
I, cf. E. Tr. 4 , Ion 5 ,Hel.I, HF 4 , Ba. 1 ; in Com.,ἐγὼ σιωπῶ τῷδε; Ar. Ra. 1134 , etc.; and in Prose, ὧν Θεόδωρος εἷς ὅδε
Pl. Tht. 164e
; of what belongs tothisworld, Id. Phdr. 250a , Smp. 211c .
2. with Verbs of action,= here, ἀνδρί, ὅστις ὅδε κρατέειwho holds swayhere,
Ar. Av. 23 : freq. in Trag., esp. to indicate the entrance of a person on the stage,καὶ μὴν Ἐτεοκλῆς . . ὅδε χωρεῖ herecomes . . , E. Ph. 443 , cf. S. OT 297 , 531 , 632 , OC 32 , 549 ;f.l. in
E. Heracl. 80 .
3. with a pers. Pron.,ὅδ' ἐγὼ . . ἤλυθον heream I come, Od. 16.205 ;ἡμεῖς οἵδε περιφραζώμεθαlet ushere . . ,
1.76 ;δῶρα δ' ἐγὼν ὅδε . . παρασχέμεν heream I [ready] to provide . . , Il. 19.140 : with a pr. n., ὅδ' εἰμ' Ὀρέστης
E. Or. 380
: with αὐτός, ὅδ' αὐτὸς ἐγώ
Od. 21.207
, 24.321 .
4. also withτίςand other interrog. words,τίς δ' ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who isthisfollowing her? 6.276 , cf. 1.225 ;τί κακὸν τόδε πάσχετε; what isthisevil ye are suffering? 20.351 ;πρὸς ποῖον ἂν τόνδ' . . ἔπλει; S. Ph. 572 , cf. 1204 .
