τοιγάρ: Difference between revisions

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