I.alone, lone, lonely, though it can often only be rendered by an adv. alone, only, Hom., Hes.; οἶος ἄνευθ᾽ ἄλλων Il. ;—with negat., οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷγε. . , not alone, but. . , id=Il.;—neut., οἶον as adv., id=Il.
2.strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη one alone, one only, Hom.; in dual, δύο οἴω id=Hom.; in pl., δύο οἴαι Od.:—rare in attic
3.c. gen., οἴη θεῶν alone of the gods, Il.; so, οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν alone among the goddesses, id=Il.; οἶος μετὰ τοῖσι Od.; but, οἶος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων alone from, apart from, id=Od.; οἶος Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα, clam Atridis, Soph.
II.single in its kind, unique, excellent, Il.
