τοιγάρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=an inferential Particle, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[therefore]], [[accordingly]], [[well then]], κέλεαί με . . μυθήσασθαι μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος . . · τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω <span class="bibl">Il.1.76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.427</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.254</span>, <span class="bibl">8.402</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>309</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>1038</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>607</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 931</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">994</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>666</span>, etc.; rare in Com. (<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>516</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">901</span>,<span class="bibl">902</span>) and Prose (<span class="bibl">Hdt.8.114</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>10</span> (s. v. l.)); never in Att. Prose. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> strengthd. by other Particles, τοιγαροῦν, Ion. τοιγαρῶν, [[for that very reason]], [[therefore]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>234e</span>, <span class="bibl">246b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.9</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.18.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1271b3</span>, etc.; also in Poets, as <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>490</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1519</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>341</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1098</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> τοιγάρτοι, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.38</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.108</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>82d</span>, etc.; rare in Poets, <span class="bibl">Emp. 145</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>654</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>643</span> (anap.):—Hom. always inserts a word between [[τοιγάρ]] and τοι, τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι <span class="bibl">Il.10.413</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.179</span>, <span class="bibl">214</span>, al.—These forms must begin the sentence, exc. in late Gr., where [[τοιγαροῦν]] may be postponed, as <span class="bibl">Cleom.1.8</span>, Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>491.7 (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Libr.Ord.</span>2</span>, Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">356.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>6222.12</span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Caes.</span>318d</span>. (It is doubtful whether <b class="b3">τοι-</b> contains the demonstr. stem <b class="b3">το-</b>.) </span>