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τοιόσδε

toiosde

such as this

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 102 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

τοιόσδε · toiosde — LSJ

such as this, such as you see, so great, so bad, such, so bad, such, such, such a, as follows, as aforesaid

such as this, in Hom. not so common as τοῖος, but in Hdt. and Att. much more so; sts. anteced. to οἷος, as ἀοιδοῦ τοιοῦδʼ οἷος ὅδʼ ἐστί Od. 1.371, cf. 17.313, Il. 24.375: but more freq. abs., ἀλλʼ ὅδʼ ἐγὼ τ. here am I such as you see, Od. 16.205, cf. 15.330; freq. with implications, so great, so bad, etc.; οὔ κε κακοὶ τοιούσδε τέκοιεν 4.64; τοιόσδε τοσόσδε τε λαός Il. 2.120, 799; τοιάδε λαίφεα such clothes, i.e. so bad, Od. 20.206; τοσόσδε καὶ τοιόσδε Hdt. 2.73: after Hom. anteced. to οἷος, S. F

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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).
  • 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).

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