A. such as, of what sort,relat. and indirect interrog. Pron., correl. to direct interrog.ποῖος,indef.ποιός,demonstr.τοῖος: ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε
Il. 24.630
; ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον
5.758
: c. acc.,οἶδ' ἀρετὴν οἷός ἐσσι what a manfor valour, 13.275 : freq. to be rendered by anAdv.,οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισιas he rushes into war, ib. 298 , etc. :—Usage:
I. οἷοςin an independent sentence as an exclam. of astonishment, ὢ πόποι . . , οἷον ἔειπες
Il. 7.455
;οἷ. τὸ πῦρ whata fire is this ! A. Ag. 1256 , cf. Pers. 733 , al. ; οἷ. εἰργάσασθε
2. in indirect sentences, S. OT 624 , 1402 , 1488 , etc. ; ὁρᾶτε δὴ ἐν οἵῳ ἐστέ
X. Cyr. 3.2.12
; ὁρῶν ἐν οἵοις ἐσμέν
Id. An. 3.1.15
.
II. more freq. as relat. to a demonstr.τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος,or toὁ , ὅδε,as τῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν
Il. 18.591
; θέαμα τοιοῦτον οἷ. καὶ στυγοῦντ' ἐποικτίσαι
S. OT 1296
: but the demonstr. Pron. is freq. omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ' οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν
Il. 11.669
, etc. ;οἷ. καὶ Πάρις . . ᾔσχυνε like asParis also . . , A. Ag. 399 (lyr.), cf. Pers. 21 , al. : withδήadded,τοιόνδ', οἷ. δὴ σύ such asyousurelyare, Il. 24.376 ,v.infr.v.
2 : withπερadded, οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν just such as . . ,
6.146
, cf. A. Ag. 607 , 1046 , X. Cyr. 1.6.19 : very freq. withτεadded (thisοἷός τεmust be distd. fromοἷός τεc.inf.,v.infr. 111.2 ), οἷός τε πελώριος ἔρχεται Ἄρης
Il. 7.208
, cf. 17.157 , Od. 7.106 , etc. ; οἷός που
20.35
:οἷός τις, οἷόν τιgeneralizes a Comparison,the sort of person who . . , thing which . . ,
Il. 5.638 , Od. 9.348 ;οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει . .; Pl. Prt. 313a ; with attraction ofοἷοςto the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding), οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις
D. 24.185
; and with further attraction of the subject of the relat. clause,οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας . . , οἷον Πειρίθοον(forοἷος Πειρίθοος) Il. 1.263 ; πρὸς ἄνδρας τολμηρούς, οἵους καὶ Ἀθηναίους
2. οἷος, οἵα, οἷονfreq. introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes,ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε because of whathe heard, Il. 6.166 , cf. Od. 17.479 ;ἐμακάριζον
6. never usedlike Adv. οἷον(infr. V. I) with anAdj. = how,for in Il. 11.653 ,οἶσθα . . οἷ. ἐκεῖνος δεινὸς ἀνήρ = what manner of man,namely dread, cf. 15.94 , 21.108 , Od. 19.493 , etc.
7. as indef.,a sortorkind of . . , ὁ δ' ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνονonlya kind ofwatch-dog, Ar. V. 970 ; so withAdj.,ἀφόρητος οἷος . . κρυμός of anintolerablekind,
Hdt. 4.28 ;θαυμαστὸς οἷος of awonderfulnature,
Luc. Zeux. 6 ;οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου ratherskilled in war, D. 2.18 ;οἷον τετανότριχα ratherstraight-haired, Pl. Euthphr. 2b ; freq. with Sup. ,χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατονcountryof avery difficultkind,
X. An. 4.8.2 , cf. Ar. Eq. 978 , Ach. 384 , Pl. Ap. 23a ; ἀνὴρ οἷος κράτιστος
Arist. EN 1165b27
; κόλπος οἷος βαθύτατος
Ael. NA 14.26
: in some of these passages with Sup. it is possible to takeοἷοςas relat., supplyingδυνατόν,cf. ξύμμαχος ἔσομαι οἷος ἂν δύνωμαι ἄριστος
IG 12.39.28
.
III. οἷοςc.inf.implies fitness or ability for a thing,οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν fitfor watering, X. An. 2.3.13 , cf. Pl. Grg. 487d ;οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν,etc., D. 25.2 , etc. : freq. withτοιοῦτοςexpressed, τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι
Pl. Cra. 395a
, cf. R. 415e ;τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα . . καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαιnotproperfor a young man to advise upon, Th. 6.12 : withoutinf., λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια
Pl. Euthd. 272a
.
b. οἷός εἰμιIintend,
ἐβιάζετο . . καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν
Lys. Fr. 159
S. , cf. D. 4.9 , al., Is. 8.21 ;οἷος ἦν κατεσθίεινwason the point ofeating, Antig. Car. ap. Ath. 7.345d .
(dub. l.) ;ὡς οἷόν τεsts.so far as possible,of what cannot be done completely, D. 8.75 , Arist. Pol. 1313a39 , Luc. Im. 3 .
IV. sts. twice in the same clause,οἷ' ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακάafterwhatdeedswhatsufferings are his ! S. El. 751 ;ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω whatthanksfor whatofferings ! Id. Tr. 994 , cf. 1045 , E. Alc. 144 : so in Prose, X. Cyr. 4.5.29 , Pl. Smp. 195a .
V. asAdv.in neut. sg.οἷον,in Poets and Ion. Prose also pl.οἷα, how,
οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται
Od. 1.32
, cf. Il. 5.601 , 13.633 , 15.287 : also with Adjs.,οἷον ἐερσήεις howfresh, 24.419 ;οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας seeing howthou didst shrink from M., Il. 17.587 , cf. 21.57 . (Regul.Adv. οἵωςis rare, as in Hp. Epid. 6.7.2 ,f.l. in
Ar. V. 1363 ;οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις in what a stateart thou for such a man! S. Aj. 923 ; οἵως τέ σφ' ἐσάωσα
A.R. 4.786
.)
2. as, just as,
οἷον ὅτε . .
Il. 14.295
: also neut. pl. οἷα, οἷά τις . . ἀηδών
A. Ag. 1142
(lyr.), cf. S. Tr. 105 (lyr.), etc.: soοἷά τεin Hom. , οἷά τε ληϊστῆρες
Pl. Sph. 218e , Arist. GC 333a11 , etc.;οἷον τί λέγεις;as for example,what do you mean ? Pl. Tht. 207a , cf. Od. 4.271 , whereοἷονisAdj.
c. in numerical estimates,about,
οἷον δέκα σταδίους
Th. 4.90
; μῆκος οἷον ἐπὶ δέκα δακτύλους
IG 22.1457.17
.
d. οἷονparenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase,as it were, so to speak,
οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους
Pl. Phdr. 278a
, cf. Cra. 396a , Arist. HA 532a6 , GA 753a33 ; τῶν οἷον προγυμναζομένων
M.Ant. 6.20
; τοῦ οἷον δόγματος
D.L. 9.69
;τὴν . . οἷον φάττανthe ring-doveof my parable,
Pl. Tht. 199b .
e. οἷονexplanatory,that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον . .what I am about to mention,viz.,
Arist. PA 639b6 , cf. GC 333a11 , al. ;κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίωνin the middle,i. e.at the intersection of their diagonals, Procl. Hyp. 3.16 , cf. 22 , Hsch.
s.v. οἰοφάγῳ , al.
3.
like ὡς, ἅτε , with apart., οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ γενομένου
Th. 2.5
, cf. 8.95 , Pl. Smp. 203b .
4. οὐχ οἷονorμὴ οἷον,folld. byἀλλ' οὐδέorἀλλὰ μηδέ, not only not . . , but not even . . ,
Plb. 1.20.12 , D.S. 3.18 , Phld. Rh. 2.249
S. , etc.
VI. strengthd. with various Particles,οἷος δή, v.supr. 11.4 :οἱοσδήποτε,οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε, of such and such a kind,
Arist. EN 1114b17 ;οἱοσδηποτοῦν,of whatever kind,
Hero
*Geom.
12.30 , al., BGU 895.28
(ii A. D.), Paul.Aeg. 6.88 ;οἱοσδήπως, OGI 521.4 (Abydos,v/vi A. D.) ;οἱοσδητισοῦν, ib. 515.16 (Mylasa,iii A. D.) ;οἱοσοῦν, Just. Nov. 30.7.1 ;οἱοσποτοῦν, Arist. Top. 146b26 ;οἱοστισοῦν,v.l. in Dsc. 2.76.13 . [οῐis found in Il. 13.275 , Od. 7.312 ; and sts. in Trag., as A. Ag. 1256 , esp. in the form οἷός τε
