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οἷος, -α, -ον,

relat. pron.,

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

οἷος, οἵα,
Ionic dialect οἵη, οἷον, (ὅς) such as, of what sort, relative and indirect interrogative pronoun, correlative to direct interrogative ποῖος, indefinite ποιός, demonstrative τοῖος: ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Refs 8th c.BC+ what a man for valour, Refs adverb, οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, Refs —Usage:
I οἷος in an independent sentence as an exclamation of astonishment, ὢ πόποι.., οἷον ἔειπες Refs 8th c.BC+; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ what a fire is this ! Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb, see below see Refs
I.2 in indirect sentences, Refs 5th c.BC+
II more frequently as relative to a demonstrative τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, as τῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν Refs 8th c.BC+: but the demonstrative pronoun is frequently omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ᾽ οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν Refs 8th c.BC+; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις.. ᾔσχυνε like as Paris also.., Refs 4th c.BC+ such as you surely are, Refs 8th c.BC+: with περ added, οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν just such as.., Refs 5th c.BC+: very frequently with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distinguished from οἷός τε with infinitive, seeRefs 8th c.BC+ generalizes a Comparison, the sort of person who.., thing which.., Refs 8th c.BC+; οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει..; Refs 5th c.BC+; with attraction of οἷος to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding), οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις Refs 4th c.BC+; and with further attraction of the subject of the relative clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας.., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοος) Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 οἷος, οἵα, οἷον frequently introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε because of what he heard, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐμακάριζον τὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 sometimes in Refs 8th c.BC+ introduces the reason for saying what is said, ὠκύμορος.. ἔσσεαι, οἷ᾽ ἀγορεύεις Refs 8th c.BC+
II.4 οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying so and so, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 οὐδὲν οἷον.. there's nothing like.., ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing like hearing the verses, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.6 never used like adverb οἷον (infr. V. I) with an adjective = how, for in Refs 8th c.BC+ = what manner of man, namely dread, compare Refs 8th c.BC+
II.7 as indefinite, a sort or kind of.., ὁ δ᾽ ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only a kind of watch-dog, Refs 5th c.BC+; so with adjective, ἀφόρητος οἷος.. κρυμός of an intolerable kind, Refs 5th c.BC+; θαυμαστὸς οἷος of a wonderful nature, Refs 2nd c.AD+; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου rather skilled in war, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἷον τετανότριχα rather straight-haired, Refs 5th c.BC+; frequently with superlative, χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country of a very difficult kind, Refs 5th c.BC+
III οἷος with infinitive implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν fit for watering, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., Refs 4th c.BC+ expressed, τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα.. καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not proper for a young man to advise upon, Refs 5th c.BC+: without infinitive, λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b οἷός εἰμι I intend, ἐβιάζετο.. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was on the point of eating, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.2 more frequently οἷός τε with infinitive, fit or able to do, λιποίμην οἷός τ᾽.. ἀέθλια κάλ᾽ ἀνελέσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; inclined to.., Refs 2nd c.BC+ it is possible to.., Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 without infinitive, πάνυ προθύμως ὡς οἷός τ᾽ ἦν ἐπήραξεν Refs 5th c.BC+ it is possible, Refs 5th c.BC+: with superlative, καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα Refs 5th c.BC+: without superlative, φρίττειν.. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας Refs; ὡς οἷόν τε sometimes so far as possible, of what cannot be done completely, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV sometimes twice in the same clause, οἷ᾽ ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακά after what deeds what sufferings are his ! Refs 5th c.BC+; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω what thanks for what offerings ! Refs 5th c.BC+
V as adverb in neuter singular οἷον, in Poets and Ionic dialect Prose also plural οἷα, how, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται Refs 8th c.BC+ how fresh, Refs; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας seeing how thou didst shrink from M., Refs 8th c.BC+; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις in what a state art thou for such a man! Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2 as, just as, οἷον ὅτε.. Refs 8th c.BC+: later a double form occurs, οἷον ὡς.. Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2.b as for instance, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷον τί λέγει; as for example, what do you mean ? Refs 8th c.BC+ adjective
V.2.c in numerical estimates, about, οἷον δέκα σταδίους Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2.d οἷον parenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase, as it were, so to speak, οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν.. οἷον φάτταν the ring-dove of my parable, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2.e οἷον explanatory, that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον.. what I am about to mention, i.e. , Refs 4th c.BC+; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in the middle, i. e. at the intersection of their diagonals, Refs 5th c.AD+
V.3 like{ὡς, ἅτε}, with a participle, οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ γενομένου Refs 5th c.BC+
V.4 οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, followed by ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ μηδέ, not only not.., but not even.., Refs 5th c.BC+
VI strengthened with various Particles, οἷος δή, see above 11.4: οἱοσδήποτε, οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε, of such and such a kind, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱοσδηποτοῦν, of whatever kind, Refs 2nd c.BC+; οἱοσδήπως, Refs 5th c.AD+; οἱοσδητισοῦν, Refs 3rd c.AD+; οἱοσοῦν, Refs 6th c.AD+; οἱοσποτοῦν, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱοστισοῦν, see reading in Refs 8th c.BC+, especially in the form οἷός τε Refs 5th c.BC+

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