οὕτως

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and before a consonant οὕτω (but sts. οὕτως before a consonant, Ar.Av.63, Pl.Grg.522c, D.23.34, PPetr.2p.20 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 124.18 (ii B. C.), etc., and οὕτω before a vowel is found in Ep. Poets and Ion. Prose, v. fin.); in Att. strengthd.

   A οὑτωσί Pl.Grg.503d, etc.; οὑτωσίν Hdn.Gr.1.509.2; v. οὗτος Α:—Adv. of οὗτος, in this way or manner, so, thus: οὕτως is antec. to ὡς, Il.4.178, Od.4.148, etc.; in Att. also οὕτως ὥσπερ S.Tr.475, etc.; ὥσπερ... οὕτω καὶ . . X.Cyr.1.4.21; ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ... οὕτω καὶ . . Pl.Ion534a; also οὕτως, ὅπως . . S.Tr.330, X.Cyr.1.1.2; poet. also ὥστε... οὕτω δὲ . . S.Tr.116 (lyr.): οὕτως is freq. left out after ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα Th. 8.1, cf. Theoc.7.45 sq.—In Prose, the relat. Pron. freq. follows instead of ὥστε, v. infr. III: when two modes are opposed, they are freq. expressed by οὕτω and ἐκείνως, τότε μὲν ἐκείνως, νῦν δ' οὕτω Isoc. 12.172; οὕτω ῥᾷον ἢ 'κείνως Pl.R.370a, etc.—Sts. οὕτω or -ως refers to what follows, thus, as follows, οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν: ἐὰν . . X.An.2.2.2; οὑτωσὶ δὲ λογίζεσθε D.18.244; οὕτω πως ὑπείληφα ib.269; οὑτωσί πως folld. by a quotation, Pl.Ap.28c; καὶ οὕτως even so, even on this supposition, Th.1.10; οὐδ' οὕτως Id.2.76, 6.89, Lys.1.14, v.l. in X.An.4.8.3: strengthd. οὕτω δή Il.2.158; οὕτω γὰρ δή τοι 15.201; οὕτω δή τι, v. infr. III; also οὕτω που so I ween, 2.116, Od.9.262, etc.; οὕτω πῃ Il.24.373; ὣς ὁ μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος so in this way is he saved, Od.19.300:—Phrases:    1 οὕτω δὴ ἔσται so it shall be, ratifying what goes before, 11.348; ἔσσεται οὕτως 16.31, etc.: in Prose οὕτως alone in answers, even so, just so, X.Oec.1.9; so ἢ οὐχ οὕτως;—οὕτω μὲν οὖν Pl.R.551b, etc.    2 emphat. with the imper., just, without more ado, ἔρρ' οὕτως Il.22.498, cf. 21.184, Od. 6.218, 17.447; but, οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε as you say, 5.146.    3 in wishes or prayers, so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, οὕτως ἔρως σοι . . τελεσφόρος γένοιτο E.Med.714; οὕτω τί σοι δοίησαν αἱ Μοῦσαι . . τοῦτον . . δεῖρον Herod.3.1; 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.) Ar.Th.469, cf. Men.Epit.530, Herod.7. 25, Aristaenet.2.13; οὕτω . . νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς . . Ar.Nu.520.    4 in colloquial phrase, beginning a story, οὕτω ποτ' ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ there were once on a time... Id.V.1182; οὕτως ἦν νεανίσκος Id.Lys. 785; ἦν οὕτω δὴ παῖς Pl.Phdr.237b.    5 οὕτω with gen., τούτων μὲν οὕτω so much for this, A.Ag.950; οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν (v.l. τῷ -κῷ) so also of... Arist.Pol.1253b27; ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς . . τῆς Εὐβοίας . . κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου . . ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλις as Chalcis in respect of Euboea... so Cardia in respect of the Chersonese, D.23.182; so οὕτως ἔχω τινός or περί τινος, v. ἔχω (A) B. II. 2; also for εἰς τοῦτο, οὕτω δὲ τάρβους . . ἀφικόμην E.Ph.361 codd. (dub. l.).    6 ὁ οὕτω καλούμενος, ὀνομαζόμενος, the so-called... τῶν Ῥιπαίων οὕτω καλουμένων Ael.NA11.1; τοῦ καὶ ὀνομασθέντος οὕτω ῥήτορος Hermog.Id.2.11; Ποταμὸς δῆμος οὕτω καλούμενος P., a deme of that name, Str.9.1.22.    7 οὕτω, or οὕτω δή, freq. introduces the apodosis after a protasis, ἐπειδὴ περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος... οὕτω δὴ Γέλωνος μνῆστις γέγονε Hdt.7.158, cf. 150, Th.1.131, 2.12,19, etc.; esp. after parts., ἐν κλιβάνῳ πνίξαντες, οὕτω τρώγουσι, i.e. ἐπειδὰν πνίξωσιν, οὕτω... Hdt. 2.92, cf. 100; also οὕτω δή Id.7.174; τὰ ἄλλα καταστρεψάμενος, οὕτως . . στρατεῦσαι ὕστερον Th.3.96; εἰς τὰ σκληρότατα ἀποβλέποντες, οὕτως ἂν μᾶλλον συννοήσαιμεν Pl.Phlb.44e, cf. Grg.457d, 507e, Ap.29b; so ἔπειτα οὕτως X.An.7.1.4: so also after the gen. abs., ὡς . . τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑμῖν μὴ μεμπτῶν γεγενημένων, οὕτω τὴν γνώμην ἔχετε Th.7.15, cf. X.Cyr.1.6.11, An.1.3.6, etc.    II sts. in a really inferential sense, as we say so for therefore, S.Ant.677; οὕτω δή Pl.Phd.61b, etc.    III to such an extent, so, so much, so very, so excessively, καλὸς οὕτω Il.3.169; πρυμνόθεν οὕτως so entirely, A.Th.1061 (anap.), cf. Th. 2.47, X.Cyr.1.3.8; οὕτως τι Ar.Av.63: freq. folld. by ὡς or ὥστε, Hdt.1.32, X.An.7.4.3, etc.: sts. the relat. ὅς takes the place of ὥστε, κρήνη οὕτω δή τι ἐοῦσα πικρή, ἣ . . κιρνᾷ (i. e. ὥστε κιρνᾶν) Hdt.4.52; οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὃς θανεῖν ἐρᾷ S.Ant.220; τίς δ' οὕτως ἄνους ὃς . . ; Ar. Ach.736, cf. D.8.44; also δυσχείμερος αὕτη ἡ . . χώρη οὕτω δή τί ἐστι, ἔνθα (i. e. ὥστε ἐνταῦθα) τοὺς μὲν ὀκτὼ τῶν μηνῶν ἀφόρητος οἷος γίνεται κρυμός Hdt.4.28: sts. no connecting Particle is used, αἱ [κεφαλαὶ] οὕτω δή τι ἰσχυραί, μόγις ἂν λίθῳ παίσας διαρρήξειας so excessively hard, you could scarcely break them, Id.3.12.    2 with Sup. Adj., τῆς οὕτω μεγίστης ἐγχειρήσεως ἀποσφαλείς Zos.5.19.    IV sts., like αὔτως, with a diminishing power, so, merely so, simply, in Hom. always μὰψ οὕτω, Il.2.120 (for without μάψ he always uses αὔτως), cf. Hdt.1.5; μὴ διὰ μέθης . . ἀλλ' οὕτω πίνοντας πρὸς ἡδονήν Pl.Smp.176e, cf. Grg.494e, Phdr.235c, Tht.147c, 158b, Thphr.Od.67, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ καὶ διατριβῇ οὕτως ἰδίᾳ D.21.71, cf. 1.20; τοὺς ὀδόντας . . οὕτως ἂν τοῖς δακτύλοις αὐτοῖς . . παρατρίβειν, i.e. without a dentifrice, Diocl. Fr.141; so οὕτω γε ἀπὸ στόματος Pl.Tht.142d; οὕτω ποτέ Id.Ly. 216c; οὕτω πως D.1.20; also, off-hand, at once, Pl.Grg.464b, etc.; ἁπλῶς οὕτως Id.Lg.633c; ἀλλ' οὕτως ἄπει ; so, without a word more . . ? S.Ph.1067; ἢ στραφεὶς οὕτως ἴω ; Id.Ant.315, cf. E.Heracl.374 (lyr.); ἐφεξῆς οὑτωσὶ καθεζόμενος D.21.119; ὡς οὕτω γ' ἀκοῦσαι at first hearing, Pl.Euthphr.3b; so ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι Id.Ly.216a; ἀκούειν μὲν οὕτως ἁπλῶς Id.Phlb.12c; οὐ . . οὕτως ἄπει, = impune, E.Alc.680.    V as Hebraism, οὕτως, = such a person (thing), οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμεν Ev.Marc.2.12, cf. LXXGe.29.26, Ev.Matt.9.33, Ev.Luc.2.48, al.    B Position of οὕτω or οὕτως, mostly before the word which it limits, but in Poets sts. after, καλὸς οὕτω Il.3.169; οὐδέ τι λίην οὕτω νώνυμός ἐστιν Od.13.239; ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, S.Ph.487, 598: rarely at the end of a clause, Od.18.255, Hdt.7.170 (dub. l.): sts. separated from the word which it limits, οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν ; S.Ph. 104; οὕτως ἐπὶ δεινὰς ἁρπαγάς Pl.R.391d, cf. Th.2.11; οὕτω δ' ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ... ὥστε . . D.18.33.    C Prosody. The last syll. of οὕτω is short before a vowel in Il.3.169, Od.3.315. The ι of οὑτωσί is always long, v. οὗτος init.