relat. and indirect interrog. Pron., correl. to direct interrog. ποῖος, indef. ποιός, demonstr. τοῖοσ: ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τεIl.24.630; ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον 5.758: c. acc., οἶδ' ἀρετὴν οἷός ἐσσι
what a man
for valour, 13.275: freq. to be rendered by an Adv., οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, ib.298, etc.:— Usage: I.οἷοσ in an independent sentence as an exclam. of astonishment, ὢ πόποι .., οἷον ἔειπεσIl.7.455; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ
what
a fire is this ! A.Ag.1256, cf. Pers.733, al.; οἷ. εἰργάσασθεPl.R.450a; οἷ. ἄνδρα λέγεις ἐν κινδύνῳ εἶναιId.Tht. 142b; οἷα ποιεῖσId.Euthphr.15e, etc.: so in neut. as Adv., v. infr. v. 1. 2. in indirect sentences, S.OT624, 1402, 1488, etc.; ὁρᾶτε δὴ ἐν οἵῳ ἐστέX.Cyr.3.2.12; ὁρῶν ἐν οἵοις ἐσμένId.An.3.1.15. II. more freq. as relat. to a demonstr. τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, as τῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησενIl.18.591; θέαμα τοιοῦτον οἷ. καὶ στυγοῦντ' ἐποικτίσαιS.OT1296: but the demonstr. Pron. is freq. omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ' οἵη πάρος ἔσκενIl.11.669, etc.; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις ..ᾔσχυνε
like as
Paris also .., A.Ag.399 (lyr.), cf. Pers.21, al.: with δή added, τοιόνδ', οἷ. δὴ σύ
such as
you
surely
are, Il.24.376, v. infr. v. 2: with περ added, 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. with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distd. from οἷός τε c. inf., v. infr. 111.2), οἷός τε πελώριος ἔρχεται ἌρησIl.7.208, cf. 17.157, Od.7.106, etc.; οἷός που 20.35: οἷός τις, οἷόν τι generalizes 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 of οἷοσ to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding), οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοισD.24.185; and with further attraction of the subject of the relat. clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας .., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοοσ) Il.1.263; πρὸς ἄνδρας τολμηρούς, οἵους καὶ ἈθηναίουσTh.7.21, cf. X.Mem.2.9.3; περὶ τοῦ τοιούτου .., οἵου τοῦ ἑνόσPl.Prm. 161b. 2.οἷος, οἵα, οἷον freq. introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε
because of what
he heard, Il.6.166, cf. Od.17.479; ἐμακάριζοντὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησεHdt.1.31; ἀγανάκτησιν ἔχει ὑφ' οἵων κακοπαθεῖTh.2.41; τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ τύχην [ἀπέκλαον], οἵου ἀνδρὸς ..ἐστερημένος εἴηνPl.Phd.117c, cf. S.OT701. 3. sts. in Hom.οἷοσ introduces the reason for saying what is said, ὠκύμορος ..ἔσσεαι, οἷ' ἀγορεύεισIl.18.95, cf. Od.4.611; αἲ γάρ με θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμ' ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷα ἔοργασIl.22.347. 4.οἷα δὴ εἴπασ saying
so and so,
Hdt.1.86 (cf. ὅσοσ 111.2): later with other Particles, v. infr. VI. 5.οὐδὲν οἷον .. there's nothing
hearing the verses, Ar.Av. 966, cf. Lys.135; οὐδὲν γὰρ οἷ. ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ τοῦ νόμουD.21.46, cf. Pl.Grg.447c, 481b, X.Oec.3.14. 6. never used like Adv.οἷον (infr. V. I) with an Adj. =
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 sort
or
kind of ..,
ὁ δ' ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only
a kind of
watch-dog, Ar.V.970; so with Adj., ἀφόρητος οἷος ..κρυμόσ
of an
intolerable
kind,
Hdt.4.28; θαυμαστὸς οἷοσ
of a
wonderful
nature,
Luc.Zeux.6; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου
rather
skilled in war, D.2.18; οἷον τετανότριχα
rather
straight-haired, Pl.Euthphr.2b; freq. with Sup., χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country
of a
very difficult
kind,
X.An.4.8.2, cf. Ar.Eq.978, Ach.384, Pl.Ap. 23a; ἀνὴρ οἷος κράτιστοσArist.EN1165b27; κόλπος οἷος βαθύτατοσAel.NA14.26: in some of these passages with Sup. it is possible to take οἷοσ as relat., supplying δυνατόν, cf. ξύμμαχος ἔσομαι οἷος ἂν δύνωμαι ἄριστοσIG12.39.28. III.οἷοσ c. inf. implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν
fit
for watering, X.An.2.3.13, cf. Pl.Grg.487d; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., D.25.2, etc.: freq. with τοιοῦτοσ expressed, τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαιPl.Cra.395a, cf. R.415e; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα ..καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not
proper
for a young man to advise upon, Th.6.12: without inf., λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήριαPl.Euthd.272a. b.οἷός εἰμι I
intend,
ἐβιάζετο ..καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύρανLys.Fr.159S., cf. D. 4.9, al., Is.8.21; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was
on the point of
eating, Antig. Car. ap. Ath.7.345d. 2. more freq. οἷός τε c. inf.,
to .., Plb.3.90.5, J.AJ4.6.3: most freq. in neut. sg. and pl., οἷόν τε [ἐστί] it is
possible
to .., Th.1.80, etc.; οἷά τε [ἐστί]Hdt.1.194, etc.; a dat. is sts. added, μὴ οἷόν τε εἶναι ἐμοὶ κωλῦσαιTh.7.14. 3. without inf., πάνυ προθύμως ὡς οἷός τ' ἦν ἐπήραξενPl.Prt.314d: but mostly in neut., οἷόν τε [ἐστίν] it is
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 κακά after
what
deeds
what
sufferings are his ! S.El.751; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω
what
thanks
for what
offerings ! Id.Tr.994, cf. 1045, E.Alc.144: so in Prose, X.Cyr.4.5.29, Pl.Smp.195a. V. as Adv. in neut. sg. οἷον, in Poets and Ion. Prose also pl. οἷα,
how,
οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνταιOd.1.32, cf. Il.5.601, 13.633, 15.287: also with Adjs., οἷον ἐερσήεισ
how
fresh, 24.419; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσασ
seeing how
thou didst shrink from M., Il.17.587, cf. 21.57. (Regul. Adv.οἵωσ is rare, as in Hp.Epid.6.7.2, f.l. in Ar.V.1363; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεισ
in what a state
art thou for such a man! S.Aj.923; οἵως τέ σφ' ἐσάωσαA.R.4.786.) 2.
as, just as,
οἷον ὅτε ..Il.14.295: also neut. pl. οἷα, οἷά τις ..ἀηδώνA.Ag.1142 (lyr.), cf. S.Tr.105 (lyr.), etc.: so οἷά τε in Hom., οἷά τε ληϊστῆρεσOd.3.73, cf.9.128, Hdt.2.175: strengthd. by Particles, οἷα δήTh.8.84, Pl.Smp.219e, R.467b; οἷα δή πουAel.NA1.14: later a double form occurs, οἷον ὡς ..Demetr.Eloc.94, Sch.D.T.p.113 H.; οἷον ὥσπερ ..Phryn.PS p.80B., dub. in Plu.2.563f. b.
τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον .. what I am about to mention,
viz.,
Arist.PA639b6, cf. GC333a11, al.; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in 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 a part., οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ γενομένουTh.2.5, cf. 8.95, Pl.Smp.203b. 4.οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, folld. by ἀλλ' οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ 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.EN1114b17; οἱοσδηποτοῦν,
of whatever kind,
Hero
*Geom.
12.30, al., BGU895.28 (ii A. D.), Paul.Aeg. 6.88; οἱοσδήπωσ, OGI521.4 (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. [οῐ is found in Il.13.275, Od.7.312; and sts. in Trag., as A.Ag.1256, esp. in the form οἷός τεS.OT1415, OC262, 803, al.]