τοιόσδε
toiosde
such as this
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τοιόσδε, άδε (Ion. ήδε), όνδε, a form of τοῖος, bearing the same relation to τοιοῦτος as ὅδε to οὗτος, A. such as this, in not so common as τοῖος, but in 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 2.73: after anteced. to οἷος, Fr. 576.2, Men. 75e, etc.; to ὅς, 7.158; rarely to a Conj., as ὡς, Pers. 179: with a qualifying word, τοιόσδʼ ἠμὲν δέμας ἠδὲ καὶ ἔργα Od. 17.313; τοιόσδʼ ἐστὶ πόδας 19.359: with the Art., ὁ τ. ἀνήρ, αἱ τ. πράξεις, Th. 547, OT 895 (lyr.); ἐν τῇ τ. ἀνάγκῃ 4.10; οἱ τοιοίδε Aj. 330; τὸ τ. Prt. 358b; ἐν τῷ τοιῷδε in such circumstances, 9.27, 2.36, etc.: without Art., κατὰ τοιόνδε in such wise, 4.48, 7.10.έ; ἕτεροι τ. 1.207; φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης τοιᾶσδε 2 Ep.Pet. 1.17: the sense is made more indef. by τοιόσδε τις, such a one, 3.139, 4.50, freq. in Att., Smp. 173e, al.: in prose narrative τοιάδε is, prop., as follows, τοιαῦτα as aforesaid, 1.8, al. (cf. ὅδε, οὗτος); but this distn. is not strictly observed. Adv. τοιῶσδε Vent. 37,39, ad Prooem.p.82 B., etc. [τοῐ- in Pr. 239, Ag. 1400, OT 435, Aj. 453; but not so freq. as in τοιοῦτος.]
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