τοσόσδε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. [[τοσσόσδε]], [[τοσήδε]], [[τοσόνδε]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[τόσος]] in all senses, but like [[τοσοῦτος]] with stronger demonstr. sense: Hom. has both common and Ep. forms (Il.2.120, Od.5.100), but not so freq. as [[τόσος]] or [[τόσσος]], while in Att. [[τοσόσδε]] and [[τοσοῦτος]] are the regul. forms, the latter being most freq. in Prose:—in Ep., <b class="b3">τοιόσδε τοσόσδε τε</b> joined, Il. l. c.:—τοσόνδε μέντοι χάρισαί μοι Pl.''R.''457e; <b class="b3">ἀλλά μοι ἔτι τ. εἰπέ</b> ib.330d, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.13, etc.; and with Art., <b class="b3">τὸ δὲ τ. οἶδα, ὅτι</b> . . [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 672b: c. inf., <b class="b3">τοσσήνδε θεοὶ δύναμιν περιθεῖεν τείσασθαι μνηστῆρας</b> [[sufficient]] to [[punish]]... Od.3.205: with an answering [[ὅσσος]], Il.14.94, 18.430: <b class="b3">τοσοίδε ὄντες</b> being [[so many only]], i.e. [[so few]], X.''An.''2.4.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> neut. [[τοσόνδε]], Ep. [[τοσσόνδε]], as adverb, [[so very]], [[so much]], Od.21.253; followed by [[ὅσσον]], Il.22.41: also in Trag. (not in E.), S.''El.'' 403, etc.; <b class="b3">τοσόνδε ὅσον</b> . . A.''Th.''772 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">τοσόνδε ὥστε</b> . . [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1335: of [[time]], [[so long]], <b class="b3">τοσόνδε ὅσον περ</b> . . [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''860; ἐς τ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1212 (lyr.); [[τοσσάδε]] Pi.''O.''1.116.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[substantive]], ἐς τοσόνδε τοῦ χρόνου S.''El.'' 961, cf. 14; τὸ τοσόνδε [[quantity]], Arist.''Ph.''224b6.