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τοιοῦτος

τοιοῦτος

Ancient Greek

Pronoun

τοιοῦτος (toioûtos)

  1. (demonstrative, medial, of quality) of this sort or kind, such
    1. (τοιοῦτος τις) such a one
    2. such a proceeding
    3. (in prose narrative) what goes before
    4. (absolute) such-like
    5. (adverbial) in such wise
    6. (referring to a previously mentioned adjective or adjectives)
      • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 92.e
        πότερον δὲ οὗτοι οἱ καλοὶ κἀγαθοὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου ἐγένοντο τοιοῦτοι, παρ᾽ οὐδενὸς μαθόντες ὅμως μέντοι ἄλλους διδάσκειν οἷοί τε ὄντες ταῦτα ἃ αὐτοὶ οὐκ ἔμαθον;
        And did these beautiful and good men become this way [i.e., beautiful and good] by accident, not learning it from anyone, nevertheless able in your opinion to teach others what they did not learn themselves?

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