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οおみくろんἷος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ὅς (hós, relative pronoun) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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οおみくろんἷος (hoîos) (feminine οおみくろんἵᾱ, neuter οおみくろんοおみくろんνにゅー)

  1. relative adjective of quality such as; what sort, manner, kind of
    1. introducing an exclamation
      1. (in an independent clause) what a (great, terrible) ...!
      2. (in a subordinate clause) the (great, terrible) sort that
        • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.15:
          ἐγώ, ὦ ἄνδρες λοχαγοί, οおみくろんτたうεいぷしろん καθεύδειν δύναμαι, ὥσπερ οおみくろんμみゅーαあるふぁιいおた οおみくろんδでるた’ ὑμみゅーεいぷしろんῖς, οおみくろんτたうεいぷしろん κατακεῖσθαι ἔτたうιいおた, ὁρろーνにゅー νにゅー οおみくろんἵοις ἐσμέν.
          egṓ, ô ándres lokhagoí, oúte katheúdein dúnamai, hṓsper oîmai oud’ humeîs, oúte katakeîsthai éti, horôn en hoíois esmén.
          Commanders, I can neither sleep, as I suppose neither can you, nor lie down, seeing the terrible sort of situation we are in.
    2. containing a comparison, and sometimes an inference
      1. in many Homeric expressions the omission of the antecedent clause is to be noticed
      2. especially in Attic often stands for τたうιいおた τたうοおみくろんῖος/τοία/τたうοおみくろんοおみくろんνにゅー (hóti toîos/toía/toîon), so that the relative introduces the reason for the preceding statement
      3. if it is to be intimated that the reason is self-evident, and the assertion is beyond doubt, then δή (dḗ) is added
      4. but if the comparison or inference only denotes a general or doubtful resemblance, then Homer uses οおみくろんἷός τたうεいぷしろん (hoîós te)
      5. when a comparison involves a definition of time οおみくろんἷος τたうεいぷしろん (hoîos hóte) is used
      6. many brief Attic expressions are also explained by the omission of the demonstrative pronoun before οおみくろんἷος (hoîos)
      7. never used like the adverb οおみくろんοおみくろんνにゅー (hoîon) with a positive adjective
    3. οおみくろんἷος (hoîos) with an infinitive implies fitness or ability in or for a thing
      1. but this sense is commonly expressed by οおみくろんἷος τたうεいぷしろん (hoîos te)
      2. (without infinitive)
    4. the relative is in Attic often repeated in the same clause

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