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-δε, an enclitic post-position: joined,
    • I to names of Places in the acc., to denote motion towards that place, οἶκόνδε (Att. οἴκαδε) home-wards, ἅλαδε sea-wards, Οὔλυμπόνδε to Olympus, Αἴγυπτόνδε to the Nile, θύραζε (for θύρασδε) to the door (v. sub vocc.); repeated with the possess. Pron., ὅνδε δόμονδε Il. 16.445; sts. after εἰς, εἰς ἅλαδε Od. 10.351; after the gen. Ἄϊδόσδε.
        • b to names of persons, Πηλεΐωνάδε Il. 24.338; to Prons., ἡμέτερόνδε, ὑμ-, Od. 8.39, Il. 23.86; ὅνδε, v. supr. In Att. mostly joined to the names of places, Ἐλευσῖνάδε, etc.; also Ἀθήναζε, Θήβαζε (for Ἀθήνασδε, Θήβασδε); rarely, in Att., with appellatives, as οἴκαδε.
        • c to time-words, βουλυτόνδε (v. βουλυτός).
      • 2 to denote purpose only, μήτι φόβονδʼ ἀγόρευε Il. 5.252.
    • II to the demonstr. Pron., to give it greater force, ὅδε, τοιόσδε, τοσόσδε, etc., such a man as this (v. sub vocc.).

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