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οὕτως, and before a consonantοὕτω(but sts.οὕτωςbefore a consonant, Ar. Av. 63 , Pl. Grg. 522c , D. 23.34 , PPetr. 2p.20
(iii B. C.), PTeb. 124.18
(ii B. C.), etc., andοὕτωbefore a vowel is found in Ep. Poets and Ion. Prose,v.fin.); in Att. strengthd.
A.
οὑτωσί
Pl. Grg. 503d
, etc.;οὑτωσίνHdn.Gr. 1.509.2 ; v. οὗτος Α :—Adv.ofοὗτος,in this wayormanner, so, thus:οὕτωςis antec. toὡς, Il. 4.178 , Od. 4.148 , etc.; in Att. also οὕτως ὥσπερ
S. Tr. 475
, etc.;ὥσπερ . . , οὕτω καὶ. . X. Cyr. 1.4.21 ;ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ . . , οὕτω καὶ. . Pl. Ion 534a ; alsoοὕτως, ὅπως. . S. Tr. 330 , X. Cyr. 1.1.2 ; poet. alsoὥστε . . , οὕτω δὲ. . S. Tr. 116 (lyr.):οὕτωςis freq. left out after ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα
Th. 8.1
, cf. Theoc. 7.45 sq.—In Prose, the relat. Pron. freq. follows instead ofὥστε,v.infr. III: when two modes are opposed, they are freq. expressed byοὕτωand ἐκείνως, τότε μὲν ἐκείνως, νῦν δ' οὕτω
Isoc. 12.172
Close Browse lexicon entries , etc.—Sts.οὕτωor-ωςrefers to what follows,thus, as follows,οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν:ἐὰν. . X. An. 2.2.2 ; οὑτωσὶ δὲ λογίζεσθε
;οὕτω πως ὑπείληφαib. 269 ;οὑτωσί πωςfolld. by a quotation, Pl. Ap. 28c ;καὶ οὕτωςevenso, evenon this supposition, Th. 1.10 ; οὐδ' οὕτως
, 6.89 , Lys. 1.14 ,v.l. in
X. An. 4.8.3 : strengthd. οὕτω δή
;οὕτω δή τι,v.infr. III; alsoοὕτω που soI ween, 2.116 , Od. 9.262 , etc.; οὕτω πῃ
;ὣς ὁ μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος so in this wayis he saved, Od. 19.300 :—Phrases:
1. οὕτω δὴ ἔσται soit shall be, ratifying what goes before, 11.348 ; ἔσσεται οὕτως
, etc.: in Proseοὕτωςalone in answers,even so, just so, X. Oec. 1.9 ; so ἢ οὐχ οὕτως;—οὕτω μὲν οὖν
2. emphat. with the imper.,just, without more ado, ἔρρ' οὕτως
, cf. 21.184 , Od. 6.218 , 17.447 ; but,οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε as you say, 5.146 .
3. in wishes or prayers,so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, οὕτως ἔρως σοι . . τελεσφόρος γένοιτο
; οὕτω τί σοι δοίησαν αἱ Μοῦσαι . . τοῦτον . . δεῖρον
; also in protestations,so, i.e. only if what I say is true,οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων, μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρ'(as in Engl.,sohelp me God,somote I thrive, etc.) Ar. Th. 469 , cf. Men. Epit. 530 , Herod. 7 .
25 , Aristaenet. 2.13 ;οὕτω . . νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς. . Ar. Nu. 520 .
4. in colloquial phrase, beginning a story,οὕτω ποτ' ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ therewere once on a time . . , Id. V. 1182 ; οὕτως ἦν νεανίσκος
5. οὕτωwith gen.,τούτων μὲν οὕτω so muchfor this, A. Ag. 950 ;οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν( v.l. τῷ -κῷ )soalso of . . , Arist. Pol. 1253b27 ;ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς . . τῆς Εὐβοίας . . κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου . . ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλιςas Chalcis in respect of Euboea . . ,soCardia in respect of the Chersonese, D. 23.182 ; soοὕτως ἔχω τινόςorπερί τινος, v. ἔχω (A) B. II. 2 ; also for εἰς τοῦτο, οὕτω δὲ τάρβους . . ἀφικόμην
6. ὁ οὕτω καλούμενος, ὀνομαζόμενος, theso-called . . , τῶν Ῥιπαίων οὕτω καλουμένων
; τοῦ καὶ ὀνομασθέντος οὕτω ῥήτορος
;Ποταμὸς δῆμος οὕτω καλούμενοςP., a deme ofthatname, Str. 9.1.22 .
7. οὕτω, orοὕτω δή, freq. introduces the apodosis after a protasis, ἐπειδὴ περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος . . , οὕτω δὴ Γέλωνος μνῆστις γέγονε
, cf. 150 , Th. 1.131 , 2.12 , 19 , etc.; esp. after parts.,ἐν κλιβάνῳ πνίξαντες, οὕτω τρώγουσι, i.e.ἐπειδὰν πνίξωσιν, οὕτω. . , Hdt. 2.92 , cf. 100 ; also οὕτω δή
; τὰ ἄλλα καταστρεψάμενος, οὕτως . . στρατεῦσαι ὕστερον
; εἰς τὰ σκληρότατα ἀποβλέποντες, οὕτως ἂν μᾶλλον συννοήσαιμεν
, cf. Grg. 457d , 507e , Ap. 29b ; so ἔπειτα οὕτως
: so also after the gen. abs., ὡς . . τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑμῖν μὴ μεμπτῶν γεγενημένων, οὕτω τὴν γνώμην ἔχετε
, cf. X. Cyr. 1.6.11 , An. 1.3.6 , etc.
II. sts. in a really inferential sense, as we saysofortherefore, S. Ant. 677 ; οὕτω δή
III. to such an extent, so, so much, so very, so excessively, καλὸς οὕτω
;πρυμνόθεν οὕτως soentirely, A. Th. 1061 (anap.), cf. Th. 2.47 , X. Cyr. 1.3.8 ; οὕτως τι
: freq. folld. byὡςorὥστε, Hdt. 1.32 , X. An. 7.4.3 , etc.: sts. the relat.ὅςtakes the place ofὥστε, κρήνη οὕτω δή τι ἐοῦσα πικρή, ἣ . . κιρνᾷ(i. e.ὥστε κιρνᾶν) Hdt. 4.52 ; οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὃς θανεῖν ἐρᾷ
;τίς δ' οὕτως ἄνους ὃς. .;
Ar. Ach. 736 , cf. D. 8.44 ; alsoδυσχείμερος αὕτη ἡ . . χώρη οὕτω δή τί ἐστι, ἔνθα(i. e.ὥστε ἐνταῦθα) τοὺς μὲν ὀκτὼ τῶν μηνῶν ἀφόρητος οἷος γίνεται κρυμός
: sts. no connecting Particle is used,αἱ [κεφαλαὶ] οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, μόγις ἂν λίθῳ παίσας διαρρήξειας so excessivelyhard, you could scarcely break them, Id. 3.12 .
Adj., τῆς οὕτω μεγίστης ἐγχειρήσεως ἀποσφαλείς
IV. sts., like αὔτως , with a diminishing power,so, merely so, simply, in Hom. alwaysμὰψ οὕτω, Il. 2.120 (for withoutμάψhe always usesαὔτως), cf. Hdt. 1.5 ; μὴ διὰ μέθης . . ἀλλ' οὕτω πίνοντας πρὸς ἡδονήν
, cf. Grg. 494e , Phdr. 235c , Tht. 147c , 158b , Thphr. Od. 67 , etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ καὶ διατριβῇ οὕτως ἰδίᾳ
, cf. 1.20 ;τοὺς ὀδόντας . . οὕτως ἂν τοῖς δακτύλοις αὐτοῖς . . παρατρίβειν, i.e. without a dentifrice, Diocl. Fr. 141 ; so οὕτω γε ἀπὸ στόματος
; also,off-hand, at once, Pl. Grg. 464b , etc.; ἁπλῶς οὕτως
; ἀλλ' οὕτως ἄπει ; so, without a word more . . ?
, cf. E. Heracl. 374 (lyr.); ἐφεξῆς οὑτωσὶ καθεζόμενος
;ὡς οὕτω γ' ἀκοῦσαι at firsthearing, Pl. Euthphr. 3b ; so ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι
; ἀκούειν μὲν οὕτως ἁπλῶς
;οὐ . . οὕτως ἄπει,= impune, E. Alc. 680 .
V. as Hebraism,οὕτως,= such a person (thing), οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμεν
, cf. LXX Ge. 29.26 , Ev.Matt. 9.33 , Ev.Luc. 2.48 , al.
B. Position ofοὕτωorοὕτως, mostlybeforethe word which it limits, but in Poets sts.after, καλὸς οὕτω
; οὐδέ τι λίην οὕτω νώνυμός ἐστιν
;ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, S. Ph. 487 , 598 : rarely at the end of a clause, Od. 18.255 , Hdt. 7.170 (dub. l.): sts. separated from the word which it limits, οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν ;
; οὕτως ἐπὶ δεινὰς ἁρπαγάς
, cf. Th. 2.11 ;οὕτω δ' ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ . . , ὥστε. . D. 18.33 .
C. Prosody. The last syll. ofοὕτωis short before a vowel in Il. 3.169 , Od. 3.315 . Theιofοὑτωσίis always long, v. οὗτος init.
References Pl. Grg. 503d 1.509.2 Il. 4.178 Od. 4.148 S. Tr. 475 X. Cyr. 1.4.21 Pl. Ion 534a S. Tr. 330 X. Cyr. 1.1.2 S. Tr. 116 Th. 8.1 Theoc. 7.45 Isoc. 12.172 Pl. R. 370a X. An. 2.2.2 D. 18.244 269 Pl. Ap. 28c Th. 1.10 Id. 2.76 6.89 Lys. 1.14 X. An. 4.8.3 Il. 2.158 15.201 2.116 Od. 9.262 Il. 24.373 Od. 19.300 11.348 16.31 X. Oec. 1.9 Pl. R. 551b Il. 22.498 21.184 Od. 6.218 17.447 5.146 E. Med. 714 Herod. 3.1 Ar. Th. 469 Men. Epit. 530 Herod. 7 25 Aristaenet. 2.13 Ar. Nu. 520 Id. V. 1182 Id. Lys. 785 Pl. Phdr. 237b A. Ag. 950 Arist. Pol. 1253b27 D. 23.182 B. 2 E. Ph. 361 Ael. NA 11.1 Hermog. Id. 2.11 Str. 9.1.22 Hdt. 7.158 150 Th. 1.131 2.12 19 Hdt. 2.92 100 Id. 7.174 Th. 3.96 Pl. Phlb. 44e Grg. 457d 507e Ap. 29b X. An. 7.1.4 Th. 7.15 X. Cyr. 1.6.11 An. 1.3.6 S. Ant. 677 Pl. Phd. 61b Il. 3.169 A. Th. 1061 Th. 2.47 X. Cyr. 1.3.8 Ar. Av. 63 Hdt. 1.32 X. An. 7.4.3 Hdt. 4.52 S. Ant. 220 Ar. Ach. 736 D. 8.44 Hdt. 4.28 Id. 3.12 Zos. 5.19 Hom. Il. 2.120 Hdt. 1.5 Pl. Smp. 176e Grg. 494e Phdr. 235c Tht. 147c 158b Thphr. Od. 67 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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