Greek adverb
οὕτω
οὕτω is a Greek adverb. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “thus” (2 times) and “so” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from οὕτω to the words it goes with.
ἐγὼ δ’ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην, οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον.
So I myself, under their influence, almost forgot myself, so persuasively did they speak.
οὕτω: tells how or when about πιθανῶς.
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔνιοι, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐφικέσθαι μὴ δυνάμενοι δι’ ἀσθένειαν, τοὺς καιροὺς αἰτιῶνται.
Thus also some of humankind, not being able to attain their goals due to weakness, blame circumstances.
Οὕτω: tells how or when about αἰτιῶνται.
…γυναῖκα ἠγαγόμην εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον οὕτω διεκείμην ὥστε μήτε λυπεῖν μήτε λίαν ἐπ’ ἐκείνῃ εἶναι…
For I, O Athenians, since it seemed good to me to marry and I brought a wife into the house, for all the other time I behaved so as neither to grieve nor to be overly dependent on her to do whatever she might wish, and I kept watch as much as was possible, and I paid attention as was fitting.
οὕτω: tells how or when about διεκείμην.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| οὕτω | Adverb | 3 |