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.NA1.41, 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.
