οἶος

English (LSJ)

α (Ep. η), ον, Cypr. 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 : but οἶον 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).)