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Demonstrative Pronouns.—The chief demonstrative pronouns are
ὅδε this (
here),
οὗτος this,
that,
ἐκεῖνος that (
there,
yonder).
a. ὅδε is formed from the old demonstrative
ὁ, ἡ, τό this or
that, with the indeclinable demonstrative (and enclitic) ending
-δε here (cp.
hī-c from
hī-ce, Fr.
ce-ci). For the accent of
ἥδε, οἵδε, αἵδε see
186.
b. οὗτος has the rough breathing and
τ in the same places as the article.
ου corresponds to the
ο, αυ to the
α, of the article. For
οὗτος as a vocative, see 1288 a. (
οὗτος is from
ὁ + the particle *
υ + the demonstrative suffix
το ¨ ς).
c. ἐκεῖνος has a variant form
κεῖνος in poetry, and sometimes in prose (Demosthenes). (
ἐκεῖνος stands for
ἐκε（
ι）
-ενος from
ἐκεῖ there + suffix
-ενος.)
d. Other demonstrative pronouns are
These are formed from
-δε and the (usually) poetic
τόσος, τοῖος, τηλίκος with the same meanings.
e. Combinations of the above words and
οὗτος are
The forms in
-ν are more common than those in
-ο. Attic prose inscriptions have only
-ον.
