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οἷος

οἷος -η, -ον (scanned Il. 13.275, Il. 18.105 : Od. 7.312, Od. 20.89). 1 a Of such nature, kind or sort as, such as : οἷος πάρος εὔχεαι εἶναι Il. 4.264. Cf. Il. 5.126, 304, Il. 7.208, Il. 9.105, 447, etc. : ἀνὴρ οἷος Ὀδυσσεὺς ἔσκεν Od. 2.59. Cf. Od. 2.118, Od. 3.480, Od. 5.422, Od. 15.379, Od. 19.255, etc. Correlative with τοῖος. See τοῖος 1.a. See also τοιόσδε 1.a, τοιοῦτος. b With infin., such as to . . . : οἷός τε πατρὸς ἀέθλια ἀνελέσθαι Od. 21.117. Cf. Od. 19.160, Od. 21.173. Introducing similes Il. 4.75, Il. 5.554, Il. 7.63, Il. 11.62, etc. : Od. 6.102. 2 With subj. in conditional relative sentences. For the examples and constructions see Table at end III.B.a 1, (D) (20) (31). 3 In causal sense (= ὅτι τοῖος) : τὸν χόλος λάβεν οἷον ἄκουσε (because of what he had heard) Il. 6.166, οἷʼ ἀγορεύεις (since you say such things) Il. 18.95. Cf. Il. 2.320, Il. 5.758, Il. 14.95, Il. 24.630, etc. : οἷʼ ἀγορεύεις (to judge by what you say) Od. 4.611, οἷος κεῖνος ἔην βουλευέμεν (for such a man he was to . . .) Od. 14.491. Cf. Od. 5.183, 303, Od. 17.479, Od. 18.143, 338, Od. 22.217, etc. Giving a reason in anticipation : οἷος κείνου θυμὸς ὑπέρβιος, οὔ σε μεθήσει Od. 15.212. Cf. Il. 8.450, Il. 18.262 : Od. 17.514. 4 Exclamatory in advbl. and other constructions : οἷον δὴ θαυμάζομεν Ἕκτορα (to think how we . . . !) Il. 5.601, οἷόν τινά φασι βίην Ἡρακληείην εἶναι (what a man they say he was !) 638, οἷον ἔειπες (what a thing is this that you have said !) Il. 7.455. Cf. Il. 13.633 (even as now . . .), Il. 15.287, Il. 17.471, 587 (if now you . . .), Il. 21.57, etc. : Od. 1.32 (to think how . . .!), 410, Od. 4.242, Od. 11.429, 519, Od. 17.248, etc. 5 In object clauses, of what nature, kind or sort, what kind of a . . ., what : γνοίης χʼ οἵου φωτὸς ἔχεις παράκοιτιν Il. 3.53. Cf. Il. 2.192, 194 (what he said), Il. 5.222, Il. 11.653, Il. 15.94, 97, etc. : οὐκ ἀΐεις οἱον κλέος ἔλλαβεν; Od. 1.298. Cf. Od. 4.689, Od. 8.244, Od. 9.348, Od. 15.20, Od. 19.219, etc. 6 In neut. οἷον as adv. (see also (4)). a Even as, as : οἷον ὅτε πρωτόν περ ἐμισγέσθην φιλότητι Il. 14.295. Cf. Od. 19.233. b In what manner, how : οὐχ ὁράᾳς οἷον . . .; Il. 15.555. With an adj., how : οἷον ἐεθσήεις κεῖται Il. 24.419. Cf. Od. 19.494. c Seeing that : οἷον ἔθʼ εὕδεις Il. 24.683. Cf. Od. 2.239, Od. 14.392. 7 In neut. pl. οἷα as adv. a Even as, as : οἷα θεάων λεπτὰ ἔργα πέλονται Od. 10.222. Cf. Od. 8.365. With τε Od. 8.160, Od. 9.128, Od. 11.364, 536, Od. 15.324. b Even as, like. With τε: οἷά τε φύλλα Od. 7.106. Cf. Od. 3.73=Od. 9.254.