demonstrative pronoun, this, formed by adding the enclitic -δε to the old demonstrative pronoun ὁ, ἡ, τό, and declined like it through all cases: Epic dialect dative plural τοῖσδεσσι, τοῖσδεσσιν, as well as τοῖσδε, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.462, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.47, +others; and τοῖσδεσι 10.268, 21.93; τοῖσδεσιν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 175; τοισίδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect genitive plural τῶνδεων [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 126: argument _genitive_ _plural_ τωνδεωνήν (={τῶνδεων ἤν}) “Mnemos.” 57.208(6th c.BC): _nominative_ _plural_ _neuter_ ταδήν [prev. passage], “IG” 4.506.1 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ταδή [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 744:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —ὅδε, like{οὗτος}, is opposed to ἐκεῖνος, to designate what is nearer as opposed to to what is more remote; but ὅδε refers more distinctly to what is present, to what can be seen or pointed out, though this distinction is sometimes not observed, e.g. ξύμπας Ἀχαιῶν λαός, ἐν δὲ τοῖσδ᾽ ἐγώ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1243 (variant{τοῖς}),compare “Ant.” 449, and on the other hand, ἦ τόνδε φράζεις] Refs 5th c.BC+];— τοῦτον, ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷς [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1120: the forms ὁδί, ἡδί, etc. [ῑ], are frequently in Comedy texts and Oratt., but are not used in Trag.: the ῑ may be separated from the ὅδε by the adversative δέ, as τὸν μὲν.., τηνδεδί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 18, compare “Ec.” 989. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I of Place, to point out what is present or before one, Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνή this is, or here is, the wife of Hector, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.460: very frequently in Trag., ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε Λήμνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ph.” I, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 4, “Ion” 5, “Hel.” I, “HF” 4, “Ba.” 1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Comedy texts, ἐγὼ σιωπῶ τῷδ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1134, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in Prose, ὧν Θεόδωρος εἷς ὅδε [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 164e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of what belongs to this world, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 250a, “Smp.” 211c. ] Refs]
__I.2 with Verbs of action, = here, ἀνδρί, ὅστις ὅδε κρατέει who holds sway here, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.175 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγχος μὲν τόδε κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονός here it lies, [[ 20.345, compare 21.533, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.185, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἥδ᾽ ἡ κορώνη.. λέγει the crow here.., variant in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 23: frequently in Trag., especially to indicate the entrance of a person on the stage, καὶ μὴν Ἐτεοκλῆς.. ὅδε χωρεῖ] Refs 5th c.BC+] here comes.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 443, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 297, 531, 632, “OC” 32, 549 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 80. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 with a person pronoun, ὅδ᾽ ἐγὼ.. ἤλυθον here am I come, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.205 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμεῖς οἵδε περιφραζώμεθα let us here.., [[ 1.76 ] Refs]; δῶρα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ὅδε.. παρασχέμεν here am I [ready] to provide.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.140 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with a proper name, ὅδ᾽ εἰμ᾽ Ὀρέστης [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 380: with αὐτός, ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐγώ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.207, 24.321. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.4 also with τίς and other interrogative words, τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπετα; who is this following her? [[ 6.276, compare 1.225 ] Refs]; τί κακὸν τόδε πάσχετ; what is this evil ye are suffering? [[ 20.351 ] Refs]; πρὸς ποῖον ἂν τόνδ᾽.. ἔπλε; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 572, compare 1204. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 in Trag. dialogue, ὅδε and ὅδ᾽ ἀνήρ, ={ἐγώ}, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 534, 815, etc.] Refs]; γυναικὸς τῆσδε, for ἐμοῦ, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1438; τῆσδέ γε ζώσης ἔτι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 305 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ξὺν τῇδε χερί with this hand of mine, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 43, compare “OT” 811. ] Refs]
__I.6 in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, τοδί] Refs 4th c.BC+] designates a particular thing, 'such and such', τοδὶ διὰ τοδὶ αἱρεῖται [[ “EN” 1151a35; τόδε μετὰ τόδε “GA” 734a28, compare b9; Καλλίᾳ κάμνοντι τηνδὶ τὴν νόσον τοδὶ συνήνεγκε “Metaphorical” 981a8; τόδε τὸ ἐν τῷ ἡμικυκλίῳ “APo.” 71a20 ] Refs]; ἥδε ἡ ἰατρική, opposed to αὐτὴ ἡ ἰ., [[ “Metaphorical” 997b30 ] Refs]; τόδε τι a this, i.e. a fully specified particular, [[ “Cat.” 3b10, +others, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.113,171; τόδε τι καὶ οὐσία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1060b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν [[ NT.Jam.4.13. ] NT]
__II of Time, to indicate the immediate present, ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 438, etc.: more strongly, κατ᾽ ἦμαρ.. τὸ νῦν τόδε [prev. author] “Aj.” 753; τοῦδ᾽ αὐτοῦ λυκάβαντος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.161 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but νυκτὸς τῆσδε in the night just past, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 21; νυκτὶ τῇδε [prev. author] “El.” 644 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τῆσδε τῆς ὁδοῦ on this present journey, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1478, compare “Ant.” 878 (conjecture) ] Refs]; also ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤδη δέκατον now for these ten years, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 312 ] Refs]; τῶνδε τῶν ἀσκητῶν athletes of the present day, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 403e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
