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ὅδε , ἥδε, τόδε, demonstr. Pron.,
A.this, formed by adding the enclit. -δε to the old demonstr. Pron. , , τό, and declined like it through all cases : Ep. dat. pl. τοῖσδεσσι, τοῖσδεσσιν, as well as τοῖσδε, Il.10.462, Od.2.47, al. ; and “τοῖσδεσι10.268, 21.93 ; “τοῖσδεσινDemocr. 175 ; “τοισίδεHdt.1.32, al. : Aeol. gen. pl. “τῶνδεωνAlc.126 : Arg. gen. pl. τωνδεωνήν ( = τῶνδεων ¨ ἤν) Mnemos.57.208(vi B. C.): nom. pl. neut. ταδήν ibid., IG4.506.1 ; ταδή Sch.Ar.Ach.744:—ὅδε, like οὗτος, is opp. ἐκεῖνος, to designate what is nearer as opp. to what is more remote ; but ὅδε refers more distinctly to what is present, to what can be seen or pointed out, though this distinction is sts. not observed, e.g. “ξύμπας Ἀχαιῶν λαός, ἐν δὲ τοῖσδ᾽ ἐγώS.Ph.1243 (v.l. τοῖς), cf. Ant.449, and on the other hand, τόνδε φράζεις;—“τοῦτον, ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷςId.OT1120 : the forms ὁδί, ἡδί, etc. [ι_], are freq. in Com. and Oratt., but are not used in Trag. : the ι_ may be separated from the ὅδε by the adversative δέ, as “τὸν μὲν . . , τηνδεδίAr.Av.18, cf. Ec. 989.
I. of Place, to point out what is present or before one, Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνή this is, or here is, the wife of Hector, Il.6.460 : very freq. in Trag., “ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε ΛήμνουS.Ph.I, cf.E.Tr.4,Ion5,Hel.I,HF 4,Ba.1 ; in Com., ἐγὼ σιωπῶ τῷδε; Ar.Ra.1134, etc.; and in Prose, “ὧν Θεόδωρος εἷς ὅδεPl.Tht.164e ; of what belongs to this world, Id.Phdr.250a, Smp.211c.
2. with Verbs of action, = here, ἀνδρί, ὅστις ὅδε κρατέει who holds sway here, Il.5.175 ; ἔγχος μὲν τόδε κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονός here it lies, 20.345, cf. 21.533, Od.1.185, etc. ; ἥδ᾽ κορώνη . . λέγει the crow here . . , v.l. in Ar.Av.23 : freq. in Trag., esp. to indicate the entrance of a person on the stage, καὶ μὴν Ἐτεοκλῆς . . ὅδε χωρεῖ here comes . . , E.Ph.443, cf.S.OT297,531,632, OC32,549; f.l. in E.Heracl.80.
3. with a pers. Pron., ὅδ᾽ ἐγὼ . . ἤλυθον here am I come, Od.16.205 ; ἡμεῖς οἵδε περιφραζώμεθα let us here . . , 1.76 ; δῶρα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ὅδε . . παρασχέμεν here am I [ready] to provide . . , Il.19.140 : with a pr. n., “ὅδ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ὈρέστηςE.Or.380 : with “αὐτός, ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐγώOd.21.207, 24.321.
4. also with τίς and other interrog. words, τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is this following her? 6.276, cf. 1.225 ; τί κακὸν τόδε πάσχετε; what is this evil ye are suffering? 20.351 ; πρὸς ποῖον ἂν τόνδ᾽ . . ἔπλει; S.Ph.572, cf. 1204.
6. in Arist., τοδί designates a particular thing, 'such and such', “τοδὶ διὰ τοδὶ αἱρεῖταιEN 1151a35 ; “τόδε μετὰ τόδεGA734a28, cf. b9 ; “Καλλίᾳ κάμνοντι τηνδὶ τὴν νόσον τοδὶ συνήνεγκεMetaph.981a8 ; “τόδε τὸ ἐν τῷ ἡμικυκλίῳAPo. 71a20 ; ἥδε ἰατρική, opp. αὐτὴ ., Metaph.997b30 ; τόδε τι a this, i.e. a fully specified particular, Cat.3b10, al., cf. Gal.6.113,171 ; “τόδε τι καὶ οὐσίαArist.Metaph.1060b1 ; πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν Ep. Jac.4.13.
II. of Time, to indicate the immediate present,ἥδ᾽ ἡμέραS.OT438, etc. : more strongly, “κατ᾽ ἦμαρ . . τὸ νῦν τόδεId.Aj.753 ; “τοῦδ᾽ αὐτοῦ λυκάβαντοςOd.14.161 ; but νυκτὸς τῆσδε in the night just past, S.Aj.21 ; “νυκτὶ τῇδεId.El.644 ; so τῆσδε τῆς ὁδοῦ on this present journey, Id.OT1478, cf. Ant.878 (cj.) ; also ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤδη δέκατον now for these ten years, Id.Ph.312 ; τῶνδε τῶν ἀσκητῶν athletes of the present day, Pl.R.403e.
III. in sentences beginning this is . . , the Engl. this is freq. represented by nom. pl. neut. τάδε ; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ᾽ ἐστίν this is not an ἔρανος, Od.1.226 ; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ᾽; is not this insolence? S.OC883 ; of persons, Ἀπόλλων τάδ᾽ ἦν this was A., S. OT1329 (lyr.) ; “οὐ γὰρ ἔσθ᾽ Ἕκτωρ τάδεE.Andr. 168 ; “οὐκέτι Τροία τάδεId.Tr.100 (anap.) ; “οὐ τάδε ΒρόμιοςId.Cyc.63 (lyr.) ; “οὐκ Ἴωνες τάδε εἰσίνTh.6.77 ; τάδ᾽ οὐχὶ Πελοπόννησος, ἀλλ᾽ Ἰωνία Inscr. ap.Str.9.1.6.
2. to indicate something immediately to come, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ (which then follows) Il.1.41,504, cf. 455, al. ; “Ἀθηναίων οἵδε ἀπέθανονIG12.943.2 : hence, in historical writers, opp. what goes before (cf. οὗτος c. 1.2), “ταῦτα μὲν Λακεδαιμόνιοι λέγουσι . . , τάδε δὲ ἐγὼ γράφωHdt.6.53 ; “ταῦτα μὲν δὴ σὺ λέγεις: παρ᾽ ἡμῶν δὲ ἀπάγγελλε τάδεX.An.2.1.20, etc. ; v. οὗτος B.1.2 ; opp. ἐκεῖνος, S.El.784 : rarely applied to different persons in the same sentence, νῦν ὅδε [La<*>us] πρὸς τῆς τύχης ὄλωλεν, οὐδὲ τοῦδ᾽ ὕπο [by Oedipus] Id.OT 948.
3. as 'antecedent' to a defining Relat., “ὃν πόλις στήσειε, τοῦδε χρὴ κλύεινId.Ant.666, cf. Tr.23, Ph.87, etc. : in Hom., in such cases, the δέ is separate, as “ὃς δέ κε μηρίνθοιο τύχῃ . . , δ᾽ οἴσεται ἡμιπέλεκκαIl.23.858, cf. Od.11.148, 149, al. (but ὅδε sts. has its deictic force and the relat. clause merely explains, as “νήσου τῆσδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἧς ναίειS.Ph. 613, cf. Il.2.346, X.An.7.3.47, etc.).
IV. Adverbial usage of some cases :
a. of Place, here, on the spot, Il.12.345, Od. 6.173, etc. ; so “τῶν τε ὑπὸ γῆς θεῶν καὶ τῶν τ.Pl.Lg.958d.
b. of Manner, thus, A.Eu.45 ; “ὅρα δὲ καὶ τ., ὅτι . . Pl.Phd.79e, cf. R.433e, etc.
2. acc. neut. τόδε with ἱκάνω, etc., hither, to this spot, Il.14.298, Od.1.409, al. ; also “δεῦρο τόδεIl.14.309, Od.17.444,524.
b. therefore, on this account,τόδε χώεο23.213 : so also acc. pl. neut., “τάδε γηθήσειεon this account, Il.9.77.
3. dat. pl. neut., τοισίδε in or with these words,τοισίδε ἀμείβεταιHdt.1.120 ; τοισίδε προέχει in these respects, ib.32.
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