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., οἶδʼ 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 στυγοῦντʼ ἐποικτίσαι S. OT 1296 : but the demonstr. Pron. is freq. omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθʼ 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, τοιόνδʼ, 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. III.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 ὑφʼ 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, οἷʼ ἀγορεύεις Il. 18.95, cf. Od. 4.611 ; αἲ γάρ με θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμʼ ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷα ἔοργας Il. 22.347.

4. οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying so and so, Hdt. 1.86 (cf. ὅσος III.2) : later with other Particles, v. infr. VI.

5. οὐδὲν οἷον . . thereʼs nothing like . . , ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστʼ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν thereʼs 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 δʼ 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 τʼ . . ἀέθλια κάλʼ 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 τʼ 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, οἷʼ 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 σφʼ 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 ἀλλʼ 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.]