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|Definition=an enclitic post-position: joined,<br><span class="bld">I</span> to names of [[place]]s in the acc., to denote [[motion towards]] that place, [[οἶκόνδε]] (Att. [[οἴκαδε]]) home-[[wards]], [[ἅλαδε]] sea-[[wards]], [[Οὔλυμπόνδε]] [[to]] Olympus, [[Αἴγυπτόνδε]] to the Nile, [[θύραζε]] (for [[θύρασδε]]) [[to]] the door (v. sub vocc.); repeated with the possess. Pron., ὅνδε δόμονδε Il.16.445; sometimes after εἰς, εἰς ἅλαδε Od.10.351; after the gen. [[Ἄϊδόσδε]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> to names of persons, Πηλεΐωνάδε Il.24.338; to Prons., <b class="b3">ἡμέτερόνδε, ὑμ-</b>, Od.8.39, Il. 23.86; [[ὅνδε]], v. supr. In Att. mostly joined to the names of places, [[Ἐλευσῖνάδε]], etc.; also [[Ἀθήναζε]], [[Θήβαζε]] (for [[Ἀθήνασδε]], [[Θήβασδε]]); rarely, in Att., with appellatives, as [[οἴκαδε]].<br><span class="bld">c</span> to time-words, [[βουλυτόνδε]] (v. [[βουλυτός]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> to denote [[purpose]] only, μήτι φόβονδ' ἀγόρευε Il.5.252.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to the demonstr. Pron., to give it greater force, [[ὅδε]], [[τοιόσδε]], [[τοσόσδε]], etc., such a man [[as this]] (v. sub vocc.).