οὕτως, and before a consonant
οὕτω (but sometimes οὕτως before a consonant, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], and οὕτω before a vowel is found in
Epic dialect Poets and _Ionic dialect_ Prose, see near the end); in
Attic dialect strengthened
A) οὑτωσί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {οὗτος Α}:—
adverb of οὗτος,
in this way or
manner, so, thus: οὕτως is antecedent to ὡς, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in
Attic dialect also οὕτως ὥσπερ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ, οὕτω καὶ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ, οὕτω καὶ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὕτως, ὅπως. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
poetry also ὥστε, οὕτω δὲ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is frequently left out after ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Sts. οὕτω or -ως refers to what follows,
thus, as follows, οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν: ἐὰν. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] followed by a quotation, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ οὕτως even
so, even
on this supposition, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὕτω δή τι, see infr. III; also οὕτω που
so I ween,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὣς ὁ μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος
so in this way is he saved, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases:
A.1) οὕτω δὴ ἔσται
so it shall be, ratifying what goes before,[
Refs] alone in answers,
even so, just so, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.2)
emphatic with the
imperative,
just, without more ado, ἔρρ᾽ οὕτως [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but, οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε
as you say, [
Refs]
A.3) in wishes or prayers,
so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, οὕτως ἔρως σοι. τελεσφόρος γένοιτο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in protestations,
so, i.e. only if what I say is true, οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων, μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ (as in Engl,
so help me God,
so mote I thrive, etc.) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω. νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.4) in colloquial phrase, beginning a story, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ
there were once on a time, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.5) οὕτω with
genitive, τούτων μὲν οὕτω
so much for this, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν (variant{τῷ -κῷ})
so also of, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς. τῆς Εὐβοίας. κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου. ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλις as Chalcis in respect of Euboea,
so Cardia in respect of the Chersonese, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὕτως ἔχω τινός or περί τινος, see at {ἔχω} (A) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.6) ὁ οὕτω καλούμενος, ὀνομαζόμενος, the
so-called, τῶν Ῥιπαίων οὕτω καλουμένων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ποταμὸς δῆμος οὕτω καλούμενος P, a deme of
that name, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
A.7) οὕτω, or οὕτω δή, frequently introduces the apodosis after a protasis, ἐπειδὴ περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος, οὕτω δὴ Γέλωνος μνῆστις γέγονε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially after parts, ἐν κλιβάνῳ πνίξαντες, οὕτω τρώγουσι, i.e. ἐπειδὰν πνίξωσιν, οὕτω, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also after the
genitive absolutely, ὡς. τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑμῖν μὴ μεμπτῶν γεγενημένων, οὕτω τὴν γνώμην ἔχετε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.II) sometimes in a really inferential sense, as we say
so for
therefore, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.III)
to such an extent, so, so much, so very, so excessively, καλὸς οὕτω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρυμνόθεν οὕτως
so entirely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς δ᾽ οὕτως ἄνους ὃς.
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δυσχείμερος αὕτη ἡ. χώρη οὕτω δή τί ἐστι, ἔνθα (i. e. ὥστε ἐνταῦθα) τοὺς μὲν ὀκτὼ τῶν μηνῶν ἀφόρητος οἷος γίνεται κρυμός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
so excessively hard, you could scarcely break them, [
Refs]
A.III.2) with
superlative adjective, τῆς οὕτω μεγίστης ἐγχειρήσεως ἀποσφαλείς [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
A.IV) sometimes, like{αὔτως}, with a diminishing power,
so, merely so, simply, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὀδόντας. οὕτως ἂν τοῖς δακτύλοις αὐτοῖς. παρατρίβειν, i.e. without a dentifrice, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
off-hand, at once, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ οὕτως ἄπει
; so, without a word more? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ στραφεὶς οὕτως ἴω
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι
at first hearing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ. οὕτως ἄπει, =
impune, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.V) as Hebraism, οὕτως, =
such a person (thing), οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμεν [
LXX+NT]
B) Position of οὕτω or οὕτως, mostly
before the word which it limits, but in Poets sometimes
after, καλὸς οὕτω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely at the end of a clause, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes separated from the word which it limits, οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω δ᾽ ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ, ὥστε. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
C) Prosody. The last syllable of οὕτω is short before a vowel in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]. The ι of οὑτωσί is always long, see at {οὗτος} [near the start]