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οἶος , α (Ep. η), ον, Cypr. οἶϝος Inscr.Cypr.135.14 H. :—
A.alone, lonely, freq. in Hom. and Hes., thrice in Pi., once in A., twice in S. (v. infr.) :—Special usages:
1. defined by the addition of other words, “οἶ. ἄνευθ᾽ ἄλλωνIl.22.39 ; “οἶ . . . , νόσφιν δεσποίνηςOd.14.450 ; οὐκ οἶ., ἅμα τῷ γε . . not alone, but . . , Il.2.822, cf. Od.1.331, al. ; “οἶ. ἐν ὄρφνᾳPi.O.1.71, cf. P.1.93 ; οἶ. (prob. cj.) “ἐξέβης λαθώνS.Fr.22 : neut. οἶον as Adv., “γαστέρες οἶονnaught but . . , Hes.Th.26 ; οἶον μὴ . . only let not . . , A.Ag.131 (lyr.) ; οὐ . . οἶον, ἀλλ᾽ . . not only . . , but . . , IG3.171B22.
2. strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, one alone, one only, Il.4.397, 18.565, al. ; dual, “δύ᾽ οἴω24.473, Od.14.94 : pl., “δύ᾽ οἴους3.424 ; “δύ᾽ οἶαι16.245.
3. sts. c. gen., οἴη γάρ ῥα θεῶν alone, the only one, of the gods, Il.11.74 ; τῶν οἶος ib.693 ; “οἶος θεῶνPi.Fr.93.
II. single in its kind, unique, excellent,ὃς δέ μοι οἶ. ἔην . . , ἝκτοραIl.24.499. (Cf. OPers. aiva- 'one': I.-E. oi-wo-, akin to oi-no-, v. οἴνη (B).)
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