τοιόσδε

A. such as this, in Hom. not so common as τοῖος, but in Hdt. and Att. much more so; sts. anteced. to οἷος, as ἀοιδοῦ τοιοῦδ’ οἷος ὅδ’ ἐστί Od. 1.371, cf. 17.313, Il. 24.375: but more freq. abs., ἀλλ’ ὅδ’ 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. Fr. 576.2, Pl. Men. 75e, etc.; to ὅς, Hdt. 7.158; rarely to a Conj., as ὡς, A. Pers. 179: with a qualifying word, τοιόσδ’ ἠμὲν δέμας ἠδὲ καὶ ἔργα Od. 17.313; τοιόσδ’ ἐστὶ πόδας 19.359: with the Art., ὁ τ. ἀνήρ, αἱ τ. πράξεις, A. Th. 547, S. OT 895 (lyr.); ἐν τῇ τ. ἀνάγκῃ Th. 4.10; οἱ τοιοίδε S. Aj. 330; τὸ τ. Pl. Prt. 358b; ἐν τῷ τοιῷδε in such circumstances, Hdt. 9.27, Th. 2.36, etc.: without Art., κατὰ τοιόνδε in such wise, Hdt. 4.48, 7.10.έ; ἕτεροι τ. Id. 1.207; φωνῆς ἐνεχθείσης τοιᾶσδε 2 Ep.Pet. 1.17: the sense is made more indef. by τοιόσδε τις, such a one, Hdt. 3.139, 4.50, freq. in Att., Pl. Smp. 173e, al.: in prose narrative τοιάδε is, prop., as follows, τοιαῦτα as aforesaid, Hdt. 1.8, al. (cf. ὅδε, οὗτος); but this distn. is not strictly observed. Adv. τοιῶσδε Adam. Vent. 37,39, Eust. ad D.P. Prooem. p.82 B., etc. [τοι‐ in A. Pr. 239, Ag. 1400, S. OT 435, Aj. 453; but not so freq. as in τοιοῦτος.]