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τοῖος

toios

such, such as

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What it meant

1. τοῖος · toios — Beekes

τοῖος [demonstr. pron.] ‘such, such as’ (especially poetic, Il.+). «GR> VAR fem. toia (Ion. -n), ntr. τοῖον. eDER τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε ‘id.’ (esp. IA prose) built on οὗτος, ὅδε. *ETYM Greek formation built on the pronominal stem to-. The origin is disputed: *tosio- (< gensg. *tosio) or *toiso-? The second option is chosen by W. Petersen TAPA 46 (1915): 59ff., who starts from the gen.pl. toiwv = Skt. tésa@m, ON peira, … — [Beekes, s.v. τοῖος, p. 1542]

2. τοῖος · toios — Chantraine

τοῖος, τοία (ion. -), τοῖον : pronom démonstratif « tel » (Hom., poètes, rare en prose). D'où τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε id. {surtout dans la prose ion.-att.) d'après οὗτος, ὅ-δε, cf. τηλίκος, -οὔτος, -όσδε ; en lesbien τέουτος (Sapho, etc.) fait sur le modèle de τεῖον " ποῖον. Κρῆτες (Hsch.), et δτεῖος — ὅστις (crétois). El.: On a supposé ingénieusement que ce pronom serait issu d’un génitif τοίων répondant au skr. fésäm, … — [Chantraine, s.v. τοῖος, p. 1142]

3. τοῖος · toios — Frisk

τοῖος, τοία (ion. -n), τοῖον demonstr. Pron. ‘so beschaffen’ (vorw. ep. poet. seit Il.). Davon τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε “ds. (vorw. ion. att. Prosa) nach οὗτος, ὅ-δε (vgl. τηλίκος, -οὔτος, -dede). — Griech. Neubildung vom Pronominalstamm ro-; Erklärung strittig. Nach W. Petersen TransAmPhAss». 46, 59ff. (zustimmend Schwyzer 609 A.5) ist von dem Gen.pl. τοέων = aind. tesam, awno. Peira, idg. *loisöm, von idg. *lo-, gr. το- … — [Frisk, s.v. τοῖος, p. 1880]

4. τοῖος · toios — LSJ

such, such-like, such as

such, such-like, common in Poets, but rare in Prose (where τοιόσδε or τοιοῦτος is used, v. infr.): prop. τοῖος requires an answering clause with οἷος, τοῖος ἐών, οἷος οὔ τις Ἀχαιῶν (sc. ἐστίν) Il. 18.105, cf. Od. 4.342, al.; τοῖος ἐών, οἷόν κε . . ἴδησθε ib. 421, cf. 1.257, al.; οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον . . , οἷον Πειρίθοον( = οἷος Πειρίθοος ἦν) Il. 1.262; οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ (not τοιήδε) καὶ ἀνδρῶν 6.146: for οἷος we have ὁποῖος, Od. 17.421; or simple relat. Pron., ἡμεῖς δʼ εἰμὲν τοῖοι, ο

2

with qualifying words, τεύχεσι τοῖον Il. 5.450; τ . . . ἐν πολέμῳ 18.105; τ. ἰδεῖν Thgn. 216.

3

in early Prose writers only used in such phrases as τοῖος ἢ τοῖος Pl. R. 429b, 437e; τοῖα καὶ τοῖα Id. Phdr. 271d, cf. Longin. 27.1; οἱ μὲν τ. οἱ δὲ τ. Epicur. Ep. 1p.14U., cf. Arr. Epict. 3.16.11; οὐ μᾶλλον τοῖον ἢ τοῖον εἶναι Plu. Col. 2.1108f, al.: in late Prose used alone, S.E. P. 1.228, M. 7.197, Ael. NA 1.41, POxy. 903.14 (iv A.D.).

II such as, fit, able

τοῖος c. inf., such as to do, i.e. fit or able to do, τοῖοι ἀμυνέμεν Od. 2.60: cf. οἷος III.

III so very, just, just, so, so very, so exceeding

with an Adj. of the same gender and case, it emphasizes the sense of the Adj., so very, just . . , ἐπιεικέα τοῖον just of moderate size, Il. 23.246; πέλαγος μέγα τοῖον a sea so large, Od. 3.321; κερδαλέον δὴ τ. so very knowing, 15.451; still stronger, ἀβληχρὸς μάλα τ. so exceeding gentle, 11.135, 23.282; μείδησε . . σαρδάνιον μάλα τ. 20.302: rarely with Sup., τ. μέγιστος δοῦπος v.l. in Hes. Th. 703.

IV

in late Ep., = οἷος, Nic. Th. 762, Al. 232, 293.

V thus, so much, ever so

neut. τοῖον as Adv., thus, so much, τοῖον γὰρ ὑποτρομέουσι Il. 22.241, cf. Od. 3.496; θάμα τ. ever so often, 1.209; ἀλλʼ ἴθι σιγῇ τ. 7.30, cf. 4.776: in later Ep. τοίως, Theoc. 24.72 codd., A.R. 3.1399.

VI

Sch. Il. 7.231 (v. supr. I.1) has οἱ γλωσσογράφοι τὸ τοῖοι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοί· ὅθεν καὶ Καλλίμαχος τῷ τοίων δεῖ κέχρηται.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τοῖος (scan p. 1542; entry #6099). Root candidates: *tosio-, *to-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τοῖος (scan p. 1142; entry #8048).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τοῖος (scan p. 1880; entry #5696). Root candidates: *lo-.

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