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οὗτος

οὗτος

See also: ούτος

Ancient Greek

Adjective

οὗτος (hoûtos), f αὕτη (haútē), n τοῦτο (toûto) (medial demonstrative adjective and pronoun)

  1. this
    1. (of place) here
    2. in contrast with ὅδε (hóde): the preceding
      • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 93.b
        εἰ διδακτόν ἐστιν ἀρετὴ πάλαι σκοποῦμεν. τοῦτο δὲ σκοποῦντες τόδε σκοποῦμεν, ἆρα οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ἄνδρες καὶ τῶν νῦν καὶ τῶν προτέρων ταύτην τὴν ἀρετὴν ἣν αὐτοὶ ἀγαθοὶ ἦσαν ἠπίσταντο καὶ ἄλλῳ παραδοῦναι
        We have been considering for a long time if virtue is teachable. In considering that question, we are considering the following: did the good men, both from now and before, understand this virtue by which they were good, and how to pass it along to another?
    3. in contrast with ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos): the latter
    4. of someone or something famous or infamous

Inflection

  • Doric: gen. sg. fem. is τούτας (toútas) and nom. pl. masc./fem. is τοῦτοι (toûtoi) or ταῦται (taûtai)
  • Cretic: gen. pl. fem./neut. is ταυτᾶν (tautân) or ταύτων (taútōn)
  • Boeotian: all forms begin with οὑτ- (hout-)

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