ὅδε
demonstr. Pron., "this", formed by adding the enclit. -δε to the old demonstr. Pron. τό, and declined like it: epic dat. pl. τοῖσδεσσι, τοῖσδεσσιν and τοῖσδεσι; ionic τοισίδε:—ὅδε, like οὗτος opp. to ἐκεῖνος, to designate the "nearer" as opp. to the "more remote;" but ὅδε is also "deictic", i. e. refersto "what can be pointed out." This "deictic" force is more emphat. in the forms ὁδί, ἡδί, etc. [ι_], which belong to Com. and Oratt., and are never used in Trag.:
I. of Place, like French "voici", to point out "what is before one", Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνή "here is" the wife of Hector, Il., etc.:—also with Verbs, "here", ὅστις ὅδε κρατέει who holds sway "here", id=Il.; ἔγχος μὲν τόδε κεῖται "here" it lies, id=Il.:—in Trag., to indicate the entrance of a person on the stage, καὶ μὴν Ἐτεοκλῆς ὅδε χωρεῖ and see "here" comes.., Eur.; ὅδ᾽ εἰμ᾽ Ὀρέστης "here" I am—Orestes, id=Eur.
2. so also with τίς interrog., τίς ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπεται; who is "this" following her.? Od.
3. in Trag., ὅδε and ὅδ᾽ ἀνήρ, emphatic for ἐγώ; so, τῇδε χερί with "this" hand "of mine", Soph.
II. of Time, to indicate "the immediate present", ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα id=Soph., etc.; τοῦδ᾽ αὐτοῦ λυκάβαντος on "this" very day, Od.; νυκτὸς τῆσδε in the night "just" past, Soph.
2. ἐς τόδε, elliptic c. gen., ἐς τόδ᾽ ἡμέρας Eur.; ἐς τόδε ἡλικίης Hdt.
III. in a more general sense, to indicate something "before one", οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ᾽ ἐστίν "these preparations which I see" are not an ἔρανος, Od.,; Ἀπόλλων τάδ᾽ ἦν "this" was Apollo, Soph.
2. to indicate something "immediately to come", ταῦτα μὲν Λακεδαιμόνιοι λέγουσι, τάδε δὲ ἐγὼ γράφω Hdt.
IV. Adverbial usage of some cases:
1. fem. dat. τῇδε, of Place, "here, on the spot", Lat. hac, Hom., etc.:—of Way or Manner, "thus", Il., attic
2. acc. neut. τόδε, "hither, to this spot", Hom.; δεῦρο τόδε id=Hom.
b. "therefore, on this account", Od.; acc. neut. pl., τάδε id=Od.
3. neut. dat. pl. τοῖσδε and τοισίδε, "in or with these words", Hdt.