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With a circumflex accent meaning "for oneself,"[1] but with an acute accent [meaning] "these."[2] [An example from Plato's] Symposium: "[he said that] a certain one of the domestic servants met him at once . . ."[3] Also [sc. attested is] οὗ , meaning "of him."[4] [An example from Plato's] Republic: "except himself."[5]
Appian [writes]: "since [he was suffering] misfortune too great for his skill and indeed beyond the aid [to be obtained] from mortal allies . . ."[6]

Οἷ: περισπωμένως ἀντὶ τοῦ ἑαυτῷ, ὀξυτόνως δὲ τὸ οὗτοι. Συμπόσιον: οἷ μὲν γὰρ εὐθὺς παῖδά τινα τῶν ἔνδον ἀπαντήσαντα. καὶ οὗ, ἀντὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Πολιτείας: πλὴν οὗ. Ἀππιανός: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦν οἱ τὸ κακὸν τέχνης κρεῖττον καὶ μέντοι καὶ ἐπικουρίας τῆς ἐκ θνητῶν συμμάχων δυνατώτερον.

[1] cf. upsilon 621.
[2] The first is the dative singular of the indefinite relative pronoun (cf. omicroniota 4); the second is the masculine nominative plural of the pronoun ὅς , used in earlier Greek as a demonstrative but later mostly restricted to use as a relative pronoun.
[3] Plato, Symposium 174E (web address 1).
[4] Genitive singular of the indefinite relative pronoun.
[5] Plato, Republic 617E (web address 2).
[6] Appian [fr. 8] Mendelssohn, but also part of Aelian fr. 44c Domingo-Forasté, 41 Hercher (on the ailing Nicanor); cf. C. de Boor, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 21.419.

David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 8 February 2002@03:04:37.
Catharine Roth (expanded citation in note 6) on 1 January 2010@22:43:42.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 4 January 2010@04:30:46.
Catharine Roth (updated reference in note 6, upgraded links) on 26 March 2012@22:41:46.

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