αὔτως (αὐτός): in the same way, just as it is, merely, in
vain; a word admitting great variety of paraphrase, but in
signification always answering to some force of αὐτός. γυμνὸν ἐόντα | αὔτως ὥς τε γυναῖκα, all unarmed,
‘exactly’ like a woman, Il. 22.125
; ἄπυρον λέβητα, λευκὸν ἔτ᾽ αὔτως,
still ‘quite’ bright, Il. 23.268
; ὀκνείω δ᾽ ἵππων ἐπιβαίνεμεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ
αὔτως | ἀντίον εἶμ᾽
αὐτῶν, ‘just as I am,’ Il. 5.256
; ἣ δὲ καὶ αὔτως μ᾽ αἰὲν νεικεῖ,
even ‘as it is,’ i. e. without special provocation, Il. 1.520
; ἀλλ᾽ αὔτως ἄχθος ἀρούρης, a
‘mere’ burden to the ground, Od. 20.379
; αὔτως γάρ ῤ̔ ἐπέεσσ᾽
ἐριδαίνομεν, ‘just as we do,’ i. e. to
no purpose, Il. 2.342.