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|Definition=[[τοία]] (Ion. [[τοίη]]) <b class="b3">, τοῖον</b>:—demonstr. Pron., corresponding to the relat. [[οἷος]], interrog. [[ποῖος]], and indef. [[ποιός]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[such]], [[such-like]], common in Poets, but rare in Prose (where [[τοιόσδε]] or [[τοιοῦτος]] is used, v. infr.): prop. [[τοῖος]] requires an answering clause with <b class="b3">οἷος, τοῖος ἐών, οἷος οὔ τις Ἀχαιῶν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἐστίν]]) Il.18.105, cf. Od.4.342, al.; <b class="b3">τοῖος ἐών, οἷόν κε.. ἴδησθε</b> ib.421, cf. 1.257, al.; <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον... οἷον Πειρίθοον</b>(= [[οἷος Πειρίθοος ἦν]]) Il.1.262; <b class="b3">οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ</b> (not [[τοιήδε]]) καὶ ἀνδρῶν 6.146: for [[οἷος]] we have [[ὁποῖος]], Od.17.421; or simple relat. Pron., ἡμεῖς δ' εἰμὲν τοῖοι, οἳ ἂν σέθεν ἀντιάσαιμεν Il.7.231 (v. infr.), cf. 17.164, 24.153,182, Od.2.286, al.: rarely a Conj. instead of a relat. Adj., <b class="b3">τοῖον ὅπως ἐθέλει</b> [[such as]]... 16.208: but [[τοῖος]] is sometimes abs., referring to something mentioned earlier, Il.4.289,390,399, 5.828, 17.170, Pi.''I.''6(5).14, A.''Eu.'' 378 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''562, Ar.''Ra.''470 (paratrag.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with qualifying words, τεύχεσι τοῖον Il.5.450; τ… ἐν πολέμῳ 18.105; τ. ἰδεῖν Thgn.216.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in early Prose writers only used in such phrases as τοῖος ἢ τοῖος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 429b, 437e; τοῖα καὶ τοῖα Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 271d, cf. Longin.27.1; οἱ μὲν τ. οἱ δὲ τ. Epicur.''Ep.''1p.14U., cf. Arr. ''Epict.''3.16.11; οὐ μᾶλλον τοῖον ἢ τοῖον εἶναι Plu.2.1108f, al.: in late Prose used alone, S.E.''P.''1.228, ''M.''7.197, Ael.''NA''1.41, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''903.14 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[τοῖος]] c. inf., [[such as]] to do, i.e. [[fit]] or [[able]] to do, τοῖοι ἀμυνέμεν Od.2.60: cf. [[οἷος]] ''III''.<br><span class="bld">III</span> with an Adj. of the same gender and case, it emphasizes the sense of the Adj., [[so very]], [[just]]... <b class="b3">ἐπιεικέα τοῖον</b> [[just]] of moderate size, Il.23.246; <b class="b3">πέλαγος μέγα τοῖον</b> a sea [[so]] large, Od.3.321; <b class="b3">κερδαλέον δὴ τ.</b> [[so very]] knowing, 15.451; still stronger, <b class="b3">ἀβληχρὸς μάλα τ.</b> [[so exceeding]] gentle, 11.135, 23.282; μείδησε.. σαρδάνιον μάλα τ. 20.302: rarely with Sup., <b class="b3">τ. μέγιστος δοῦπος</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hes.''Th.''703.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in late Ep., = [[οἷος]], Nic.''Th.''762, ''Al.''232,293.<br><span class="bld">V</span> neut. [[τοῖον]] as adverb, [[thus]], [[so much]], τοῖον γὰρ ὑποτρομέουσι Il.22.241, cf. Od.3.496; <b class="b3">θάμα τ.</b> [[ever so]] often, 1.209; ἀλλ' ἴθι σιγῇ τ. 7.30, cf. 4.776: in later Ep. [[τοίως]], Theoc.24.72 codd., A.R.3.1399.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> Sch.Il.7.231 (v. supr. 1.1) has <b class="b3">οἱ γλωσσογράφοι τὸ τοῖοι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοί· ὅθεν καὶ Καλλίμαχος τῷ τοίων δεῖ κέχρηται</b>.