οἶος

οἶος, α (Ep. η), ον, Cypr. οἶϝος Inscr.Cypr. 135.14 H.:—

• alone, lonely, freq. in Hom. and Hes., thrice in Pi., once in A., twice in S. (v. infr.):—Special usages:
• • • 1 defined by the addition of other words, οἶ. ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων Il. 22.39; οἶ . . ., νόσφιν δεσποίνης Od. 14.450; οὐκ οἶ., ἅμα τῷ γε . . not alone, but . ., Il. 2.822, cf. Od. 1.331, al.; οἶ. ἐν ὄρφνᾳ Pi. O. 1.71, cf. P. 1.93; οἶ. (prob. cj.) ἐξέβης λαθών S. Fr. 22: neut. οἶον as Adv., γαστέρες οἶον naught but . ., Hes. Th. 26; οἶον μὴ . . only let not . ., A. Ag. 131 (lyr.); οὐ . . οἶον, ἀλλʼ . . not only . ., but . ., IG 3.171B22.
    • 2 strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, one alone, one only, Il. 4.397, 18.565, al.; dual, δύʼ οἴω 24.473, Od. 14.94: pl., δύʼ οἴους 3.424; δύʼ οἶαι 16.245.
    • 3 sts. c. gen., οἴη γάρ ῥα θεῶν alone, the only one, of the gods, Il. 11.74; τῶν οἶος ib. 693; οἶος θεῶν Pi. Fr. 93.
    • 4 with a Prep., οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν alone among the immortals, Il. 1.398; οἶος μετὰ τοῖσι Od. 3.362: but οἶον ἀπʼ ἄλλων alone from, apart from, 9.192; οἶον ἀπʼ ἀνθρώπων 21.364; πῶς ἂν . . ἀπὸ σεῖο . . λιποίμην οἶ.; Il. 9.438; οἶ. Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα clam Atridis, S. Aj. 750.
  • II single in its kind, unique, excellent, ὃς δέ μοι οἶ. ἔην . ., Ἕκτορα Il. 24.499. (Cf. OPers. aiva- ‘oneʼ: I.-E. oi-wo-, akin to oi-no-, v. οἴνη (B).)

οἶος, (vgl. εἷς, ἴα, unus), allein, ohne andere Hilfe oder Begleitung ; οἶος γὰρ ἐρύετο Ἴλιον Ἕκτωρ, Il. 6.403 ; οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷγε … ἕποντο, Il. 2.745 u. öfter ; οἶος ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων, 22.39 ; οἶος, μηδέ τις ἄλλος ἅμα ἴτω, 24.148 ; ὁ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος, 5.304 u. öfter ; καὶ οἶος, auch allein, ohne Hilfe ; – verstärkt οἰόθεν οἶος, ganz allein, Il. 7.39 ; εἷς οἶος, oft, δύʼ οἴω, zwei allein, 24.473, δύο οἶαι, Od. 3.424, 16.245. Aus Vrbdgn wie πῶς ἂν ἔπειτʼ ἀπὸ σεῖο … λιποίμην οἶος, Il. 9.438, ist die Konstruktion οἶος ἀπʼ ἄλλων zu erklären, Od. 9.192, οἶος ἀπὸ σεῖο, οἶος ἀπʼ ἀνθρώπων, d.i. verlassen von dir, von den Menschen, Il. 9.438, Od. 21.364 ; auch τῶν οἶος, von denen verlassen, Il. 11.693, vgl. 74 ; – οἶος μετὰ τοῖσιν, allein unter diesen, Od. 3.362 ; οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν, allein unter den Göttinnen, Il. 1.398 ; οἶος ἐν ὄρφνᾳ, Pind. Ol. 1.71 ; οἶον μανύει, P. 1.93 ; Κάλχας μεταστὰς οἶος Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα, Soph. Aj. 737 ; Eur. Heracl. 743. – Auch, wie μόνος, einzig in seiner Art, vortrefflich, Il. 24.499. – Einzeln auch bei sp.D., in der Prosa nur als Reminiscenz aus Dichterstellen.

οἶος

-η, -ον.

• • 1

    With no one near, unaccompanied, alone, by oneself : καθήμενος οἶος Il. 8.207. Cf. Il. 2.822, Il. 3.143, Il. 8.444, Il. 9.438, Il. 12.349, etc. : Od. 1.331, Od. 2.11, 70, Od. 4.367, Od. 9.188, Od. 10.281, etc.

  • 2

    Without countenance, support or aid, from one’s own resources, alone, by oneself : οἶον μάχεσθαι Il. 4.156. Cf. Il. 4.304, Il. 5.304, Il. 7.42, Il. 13.481 (in my need), Il. 16.100, 243, etc. : ὃν αὐτὸς κτήσατο οἶος Od. 14.450. Cf. Od. 1.79, Od. 9.410.

    For οἰόθεν οἶος see οἰόθεν.

  • 3

    With no one or nothing in the same predicament or case or doing the same thing, with no one having the same ability, alone, only, nothing but : ὄφραμὴ οἶος ἀγέραστος ἔω Il. 1.118, κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν Il. 2.486, ὅς μοι οἶος ἔην (i.e. the others count for nothing) Il. 24.499. Cf. Il. 1.198, 398, Il. 2.247, Il. 5.641, Il. 6.403, Il. 9.190, 638, Il. 11.74, etc. : Od. 1.13, 354, Od. 2.84, Od. 3.424, Od. 6.139, Od. 8.230, Od. 10.95, Od. 14.244, 482, Od. 16.133, Od. 22.130, etc.

  • 4

    In neut. οἶον as adv., only, solely, exclusively : οὐδʼ ἔτι κεῖνον στεναχίζω οἶον, ἐπεὶ... (I have not only to mourn my loss, for . . .) Od. 1.244. Cf. Il. 9.355.

οἶος

• 1alone οἶος ἐν ὄρφνᾳ ἄπυεν O. 1.71 ὀπιθόμβροτον αὔχημα δόξας οἶον ἀποιχομένων ἀνδρῶν δίαιταν μανύει P. 1.93 ἀλλʼ οἶος ἄπλατον κεράιζε θεῶν Τυφῶνα Ζεὺς fr. 93. ]αν ὀιοσου[ P. Oxy. 2445. fr. 7.

οἶος : alone; μίʼ οἴη, δὔ οἴω, δύο οἴους, Od. 3.424; οἶος ἄνευθε or ἀπό τινος, Il. 22.39, Od. 9.192; ‘alone of its kind,’ i. e. best, Il. 24.499.

οἶος, η, ον like μόνος

• • Ialone, lone, lonely, though it can often only be rendered by an adv. alone, only, Hom., Hes.; οἶος ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων Il.;—with negat., οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷγε. ., not alone, but. ., Il.;—neut., οἶον as adv., Il.
  • • 2strengthd., εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη one alone, one only, Hom.; in dual, δύο οἴω Hom.; in pl., δύο οἴαι Od.:—rare in Attic
    • 3c. gen., οἴη θεῶν alone of the gods, Il.; so, οἴη ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν alone among the goddesses, Il.; οἶος μετὰ τοῖσι Od.; but, οἶος ἀπʼ ἄλλων alone from, apart from, Od.; οἶος Ἀτρειδῶν δίχα, clam Atridis, Soph.
  • IIsingle in its kind, unique, excellent, Il.