A). let me tell you, mark you, look you (in Engl. we freq. convey the impression by means of emphasis or tone), implying a real or imagined audience, freq. in Hom. and always in speeches (exc. ὃς δή τοι Il. 10.316 , Od. 20.289 ), αἰσχρόν τοι δηρόν τε μένειν κτλ. Il. 2.298 ; ἀλλ’ ἐφομαρτεῖτε· πλεόνων δέ τοι ἔργον ἄμεινον 12.412 codd.; τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέουσα ἔπος .. εἶμι surely I will go, 1.419 ; ταύτης τοι γενεῆς .. εὔχομαι εἶναι (recapitulating) 6.211 (so at the close of a narrative, Theoc. 11.80 ); οὗτός τοι .. ἀπὸ στρατοῦ ἔρχεται ἀνήρ here comes, look you .. , Il. 10.341 (vulg., οὗτός τις Aristarch. , etc.); freq. it is hard to dist. from the Ep. dat., as in ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται; 13.219 ; so in Hes. Op. 287 (addressed to Perses), 347 , 719 , cf. Emp. 17.14 (addressed to Pausanias), Pi. P. 2.72 (addressed to Hiero), al.; and so in Trag. dialogue, A. Eu. 729 , etc.; σέτοι κικλήσκω S. OC 1578 (lyr.); betw. chorus and actor, Id. Ph. 855 (lyr.), etc.; folld. by a plural, Tyrt. 10.11 (cf. 13 ); so ἄρσενάς τοι τῆσδε γῆς οἰκήτορας εὑρήσετε A. Supp. 952 : hence, as addressed to an imaginary audience, without personal reference, introducing a general sentiment or maxim, Thgn. 153 ; τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινόν A. Pr. 39 , al.

II). in subordinate clauses,

1). temporal and causal, ἐπεί τοι h.Merc. 138 , Pi. I. 2.45 , S. Tr. 321 ; freq. ἐπεί τοι καί E. Med. 677 , Ar. Ach. 933 , Pl. Tht. 142b , etc.; ὅτι τοι Id. R. 343a .

2). conditional, εἴ τοι .. , ἐὰν δέ τοι .. , S. OT 549 , 551 , Ant. 327 ; in apodosi, εἰ γὰρ κτενοῦμεν .. , σύ τοι πρώτη θάνοις ἄν Id. El. 582 , cf. Il. 22.488 .

3). final, ὅπως .. τοι S. El. 1469 , cf. Hp. Morb. 2.33 .

III). freq. combined with other Particles, ἀλλά τοι Thgn. 656 , Pi. P. 3.19 , etc.; ἀλλὰ .. τοι A. Pers. 795 , Ag. 1304 , etc.; γάρ τοι ( γάρ A. 11.9 ); γέ τοι (γε 1.5 ); ἤτοι, καίτοι (v. sub vv.); μέν τοι ( μέν B. 11.4 ); μή τοι, οὔ τοι; cf. also τοιγάρ, τοιγάρτοι, τοιγαροῦν, τοίνυν; so in τοι ἄρα, τοι ἆρα, which however are mostly contracted by crasis into τἆρα; as also τοι ἄν into τἄν, μέντοι ἄν into μεντἄν.

B). Position: τοι usually stands early in the sentence (or clause), e.g. Ζεύς ἐστιν αἰθήρ, Ζεὺς δὲ γῆ, Ζεὺς δ’ οὐρανός, Ζεύς τοι τὰ πάντα A. Fr. 70 , etc.

2). hence τοι is sts. placed betw. Art. and Subst. or Adj., or betw. Prep. and Subst., τό τ. μέγιστον Pl. Sph. 261c ; ἐπί τ. Ἀκράγαντι Pi. O. 2.90 , cf. Ar. Ec. 972 , etc.; also after Prep. in compd. Verb, ἔκ τ. πέπληγμαι E. Hipp. 934 , cf. Or. 1047 , Ar. V. 784 .

3). τοι repeated, σύ τ. σύ τ. κατηξίωσας S. Ph. 1095 (lyr.).