οἷον

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

οἷον (hoîon)

  1. inflection of οἷος (hoîos):
    1. accusative singular masculine
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of οἷος (hoîos, such).

Adverb

οἷον (hoîon)

  1. in poets and Ionic Prose also neuter plural, to add force, like ὡς (hōs) and ὥσπερ (hṓsper): how
    1. (in comparisons) as, like, just as
      1. as, like for instance
    2. like ὡς (hōs), ἅτε (háte), with a particle
Derived terms