- οἶος
- οἶος, α ([dialect] Ep. η), ον, Cypr. [full] οἶϝος Inscr.Cypr.135.14 H. :—A alone, lonely, freq. in Hom. and Hes., thrice in Pi., once in A., twice in S. (v. infr.) :—Special usages:1 defined by the addition of other words,
οἶ. ἄνευθ' ἄλλων Il.22.39
;οἶ . . . , νόσφιν δεσποίνης Od.14.450
; οὐκ οἶ., ἅμα τῷ γε . . not alone, but . . , Il.2.822, cf. Od.1.331, al. ;οἶ. ἐν ὄρφνᾳ Pi.O.1.71
, cf. P.1.93 ; οἶ. (prob. cj.)ἐξέβης λαθών S.Fr.22
: neut. οἶον as Adv.,γαστέρες οἶον
naught but . . ,Hes.
Th.26 ; οἶον μὴ . . only let not . . , A.Ag.131 (lyr.) ; οὐ . . οἶον, ἀλλ' . . not only . . , but . . , IG3.171B22.2 strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, one alone, one only, Il.4.397, 18.565, al. ; dual,δύ' οἴω 24.473
, Od.14.94 : pl.,δύ' οἴους 3.424
;δύ' οἶαι 16.245
.3 sts. c. gen., οἴη γάρ ῥα θεῶν alone, the only one, of the gods, Il.11.74 ; τῶν οἶος ib.693 ;οἶος θεῶν Pi.Fr.93
.4 with a Prep., οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν alone among the immortals, Il.1.398 ;οἶος μετὰ τοῖσι Od.3.362
: butοἶον ἀπ' ἄλλων
alone from, apart from,9.192
;οἶον ἀπ' ἀνθρώπων 21.364
; πῶς ἂν . . ἀπὸ σεῖο . . λιποίμην οἶ. ; Il. 9.438 ;οἶ. Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα
clam Atridis,S.
Aj.750.II single in its kind, unique, excellent,ὃς δέ μοι οἶ. ἔην . . , Ἕκτορα Il.24.499
. (Cf. OPers. aiva- 'one': I.-E. oi-wo-, akin to oi-no-, v. οἴνη (B).)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.