τοῖος

A. 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 δ’ εἰμὲν τοῖοι, οἳ ἂν σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν Il. 7.231 (v. infr.), cf. 17.164, 24.153,182, Od. 2.286, al.: rarely a Conj. instead of a relat. Adj., τοῖον ὅπως ἐθέλει such as . . , 16.208: but τοῖος is sts. abs., referring to something mentioned earlier, Il. 4.289,390,399, 5.828, 17.170, Pi. I. 6(5).14, A. Eu. 378 (lyr.), S. Aj. 562, Ar. Ra. 470 (paratrag.), etc.

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. 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. τοῖος c. inf., such as to do, i. e. fit or able to do, τοῖοι ἀμυνέμεν Od. 2.60: cf. οἷος 111.

III. 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. neut. τοῖον as Adv., thus, so much, τοῖον γὰρ ὑποτρομέουσι Il. 22.241, cf. Od. 3.496; θάμα τ. ever so often, 1.209; ἀλλ’ 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. 1.1) has οἱ γλωσσογράφοι τὸ τοῖοι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοί· ὅθεν καὶ Καλλίμαχος τῷ "τοίων δεῖ" κέχρηται.