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 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 ἔειπες Il. 7.455 ; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ what a fire is this ! A. Ag. 1256 , cf. Pers. 733 , al.; οἷ. εἰργάσασθε Pl. R. 450a ; οἷ. ἄνδρα λέγεις ἐν κινδύνῳ εἶναι Id. Tht. 142b ; οἷα ποιεῖς Id. Euthphr. 15e , etc.: so in neut. as Adv., v. infr. v. 1 .

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 to ὁ , 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 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 Ἄρης Il. 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 συμβούλοις D. 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 Ἀθηναίους Th. 7.21 , cf. X. Mem. 2.9.3 ; περὶ τοῦ τοιούτου .. , οἵου τοῦ ἑνός Pl. 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 ; ἐμακάριζον τὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε Hdt. 1.31 ; ἀγανάκτησιν ἔχει ὑφ’ οἵων κακοπαθεῖ Th. 2.41 ; τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ τύχην [ἀπέκλαον], οἵου ἀνδρὸς .. ἐστερημένος εἴην Pl. Phd. 117c , cf. S. OT 701 .

3). sts. in Hom. οἷος introduces the reason for saying what is said, ὠκύμορος .. ἔσσεαι, οἷ’ ἀγορεύεις Il. 18.95 , cf. Od. 4.611 ; αἲ γάρ με θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμ’ ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷα ἔοργας Il. 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 like .. , ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ’ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing like hearing the verses, Ar. Av. 966 , cf. Lys. 135 ; οὐδὲν γὰρ οἷ. ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ τοῦ νόμου D. 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 κράτιστος Arist. EN 1165b27 ; κόλπος οἷος βαθύτατος Ael. NA 14.26 : in some of these passages with Sup. it is possible to take οἷος as relat., supplying δυνατόν, cf. ξύμμαχος ἔσομαι οἷος ἂν δύνωμαι ἄριστος IG 12.39.28 .

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. διαπονεῖσθαι Pl. 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 δικαστήρια Pl. Euthd. 272a .

b). οἷός εἰμι I intend, ἐβιάζετο .. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν Lys. Fr. 159 S., 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., fit or able to do, λιποίμην οἷός τ’. . ἀέθλια κάλ’ ἀνελέσθαι Od. 21.117 (preceded by τοῖον ib. 173 ), Hdt. 1.29 , 67 , 91 ; λέγειν οἷός τε κἀγώ Ar. Eq. 343 , cf. Th. 3.16 , Isoc. 8.69 , etc.; inclined to .. , Plb. 3.90.5 , J. AJ 4.6.3 : 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 κωλῦσαι Th. 7.14 .

3). without inf., πάνυ προθύμως ὡς οἷός τ’ ἦν ἐπήραξεν Pl. Prt. 314d : but mostly in neut., οἷόν τε [ἐστίν] it is possible, Isoc. 9.9 ; οὐχ οἷόν τε ἐστίν Ar. Nu. 198 , etc.: with Sup., καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα Pl. Prt. 349e ; ὡς οἷόν τε σμικρότατα Id. Prm. 144b ; ὡς οἷόν τε διὰ βραχυτάτων Id. Grg. 449d : without Sup., φρίττειν .. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας Id. R. 387c (dub. l.); ὡς οἷόν τε sts. 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 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 αἰτιόωνται Od. 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’ 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.: so οἷά τε in Hom., οἷά τε ληϊστῆρες Od. 3.73 , cf. 9.128 , Hdt. 2.175 : strengthd. by Particles, οἷα δή Th. 8.84 , Pl. Smp. 219e , R. 467b ; οἷα δή που Ael. NA 1.14 : later a double form occurs, οἷον ὡς .. Demetr. Eloc. 94 , Sch.D.T. p.113 H.; οἷον ὥσπερ .. Phryn. PS p.80 B., dub. in Plu. 2.563f .

b). as for instance, Pl. Sph. 218e , Arist. GC 333a11 , etc.; οἷον τί λέγεις ; as for example, what do you mean ? Pl. Tht. 207a , cf. Od. 4.271 , where οἷον is Adj.

c). in numerical estimates, about, οἷον δέκα σταδίους Th. 4.90 ; μῆκος οἷον ἐπὶ δέκα δακτύλους IG 22.1457.17 .

d). οἷον parenthetically 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 φάτταν the ring-dove of my parable, Pl. Tht. 199b .

e). οἷον explanatory, 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 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 γενομένου Th. 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. 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 .[οῐ is found in Il. 13.275 , Od. 7.312 ; and sts. in Trag., as A. Ag. 1256 , esp. in the form οἷός τε S. OT 1415 , OC 262 , 803 , al.]