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οὕτως , and before a consonant οὕτω (but sts. οὕτως before a consonant, Ar.Av.63, Pl.Grg.522c, D.23.34, PPetr.2p.20 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 124.18 (ii B. C.), etc., and οὕτω before a vowel is found in Ep. Poets and Ion. Prose, v. fin.); in Att. strengthd.
A.οὑτωσίPl.Grg.503d, etc.; οὑτωσίν Hdn.Gr.1.509.2; v. οὗτος Α:—Adv. of οὗτος, in this way or manner, so, thus: οὕτως is antec. to ὡς, Il.4.178, Od.4.148, etc.; in Att. also “οὕτως ὥσπερS.Tr.475, etc.; ὥσπερ . . , οὕτω καὶ . . X.Cyr.1.4.21; ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ . . , οὕτω καὶ . . Pl.Ion534a; also οὕτως, ὅπως . . S.Tr.330, X.Cyr.1.1.2; poet. also ὥστε . . , οὕτω δὲ . . S.Tr.116 (lyr.): οὕτως is freq. left out after “ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦταTh. 8.1, cf. Theoc.7.45 sq.—In Prose, the relat. Pron. freq. follows instead of ὥστε, v. infr. III: when two modes are opposed, they are freq. expressed by οὕτω and “ἐκείνως, τότε μὲν ἐκείνως, νῦν δ᾽ οὕτωIsoc. 12.172; “οὕτω ῥᾷον 'κείνωςPl.R.370a, etc.—Sts. οὕτω or -ως refers to what follows, thus, as follows, οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν: ἐὰν . . X.An.2.2.2; “οὑτωσὶ δὲ λογίζεσθεD.18.244; οὕτω πως ὑπείληφα ib.269; οὑτωσί πως folld. by a quotation, Pl.Ap.28c; καὶ οὕτως even so, even on this supposition, Th.1.10; “οὐδ᾽ οὕτωςId.2.76, 6.89, Lys.1.14, v.l. in X.An.4.8.3: strengthd. “οὕτω δήIl.2.158; “οὕτω γὰρ δή τοι15.201; οὕτω δή τι, v. infr. III; also οὕτω που so I ween, 2.116, Od.9.262, etc.; “οὕτω πῃIl.24.373; ὣς μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος so in this way is he saved, Od.19.300:—Phrases:
1. οὕτω δὴ ἔσται so it shall be, ratifying what goes before, 11.348; “ἔσσεται οὕτως16.31, etc.: in Prose οὕτως alone in answers, even so, just so, X.Oec.1.9; so “ οὐχ οὕτως;—οὕτω μὲν οὖνPl.R.551b, etc.
2. emphat. with the imper., just, without more ado, “ἔρρ᾽ οὕτωςIl.22.498, cf. 21.184, Od. 6.218, 17.447; but, οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε as you say, 5.146.
3. in wishes or prayers, so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, “οὕτως ἔρως σοι . . τελεσφόρος γένοιτοE.Med.714; “οὕτω τί σοι δοίησαν αἱ Μοῦσαι . . τοῦτον . . δεῖρονHerod.3.1; also in protestations, so, i.e. only if what I say is true, οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων, μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ (as in Engl., so help me God, so mote I thrive, etc.) Ar.Th.469, cf. Men.Epit.530, Herod.7. 25, Aristaenet.2.13; οὕτω . . νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς . . Ar.Nu.520.
4. in colloquial phrase, beginning a story, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ there were once on a time . . , Id.V.1182; “οὕτως ἦν νεανίσκοςId.Lys. 785; “ἦν οὕτω δὴ παῖςPl.Phdr.237b.
5. οὕτω with gen., τούτων μὲν οὕτω so much for this, A.Ag.950; οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν (v.l. τῷ -κῷ) so also of . . , Arist.Pol.1253b27; ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς . . τῆς Εὐβοίας . . κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου . . Καρδιανῶν πόλις as Chalcis in respect of Euboea . . , so Cardia in respect of the Chersonese, D.23.182; so οὕτως ἔχω τινός or περί τινος, v. ἔχω (A) B. II. 2; also for “εἰς τοῦτο, οὕτω δὲ τάρβους . . ἀφικόμηνE.Ph.361 codd. (dub. l.).
II. sts. in a really inferential sense, as we say so for therefore, S.Ant.677; “οὕτω δήPl.Phd.61b, etc.
V. as Hebraism, οὕτως, = such a person (thing), “οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμενEv.Marc.2.12, cf. LXXGe.29.26, Ev.Matt.9.33, Ev.Luc.2.48, al.
B. Position of οὕτω or οὕτως, mostly before the word which it limits, but in Poets sts. after, “καλὸς οὕτωIl.3.169; “οὐδέ τι λίην οὕτω νώνυμός ἐστινOd.13.239; ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, S.Ph.487, 598: rarely at the end of a clause, Od.18.255, Hdt.7.170 (dub. l.): sts. separated from the word which it limits, “οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν; S.Ph. 104; “οὕτως ἐπὶ δεινὰς ἁρπαγάςPl.R.391d, cf. Th.2.11; οὕτω δ᾽ ἦν Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ . . , ὥστε . . D.18.33.
C. Prosody. The last syll. of οὕτω is short before a vowel in Il.3.169, Od.3.315. The ι of οὑτωσί is always long, v. οὗτος init.
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