τοι·γάρ, particule d’ord. au commenc. d’une phrase, c’est pourquoi, ainsi, eh ! bien donc, IL. 1, 76 ; 10, 427 ; OD. 3, 254, etc. ; ESCHL. Suppl. 309 ; SOPH. Ant. 931, etc. ; qqf. au mil. du développ. ESCHL. Sept. 1033, Pers. 607 ; SOPH. Aj. 666.

Étym. τοί, γάρ.

an inferential Particle, therefore, accordingly, well then, κέλεαί με… μυθήσασθαι μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος… · τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω Il. 1.76, cf. 10.427, Od. 3.254, 8.402, A. Supp. 309, Th. 1038, Pers. 607, S. Ant. 931 (anap.), 994, Aj. 666, etc. ; rare in Com. (Ar. Lys. 516 (anap.), 901, 902) and Prose (Hdt. 8.114, Hp. Cord. 10 (s.v.l.)); never in Att. Prose. strengthd. by other Particles, τοιγαροῦν, Ion. τοιγαρῶν, for that very reason, therefore, Hdt. 4.149, Pl. Sph. 234e, 246b, X. An. 1.9.9, al., D. 18.40, Arist. Pol. 1271b3, etc. ; also in Poets, as S. Aj. 490, OT 1519 (troch.), Ph. 341, Ar. V. 1098, etc. τοιγάρτοι, Hdt. 3.3, Th. 6.38, And. 1.108, Pl. Phd. 82d, etc. ; rare in Poets, Emp. 145, A. Supp. 654 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 643 (anap.); — Hom. always inserts a word between τοιγάρ and τοι, τοιγὰρ ἐγώ τοι Il. 10.413, Od. 1.179, 214, al. — These forms must begin the sentence, exc. in late Gr., where τοιγαροῦν may be postponed, as Cleom. 1.8, Wilcken Chr. 491.7 (ii AD), Gal. Libr. Ord. 2, Vett.Val. 356.3, Sammelb. 6222.12 (iii AD), Jul. Caes. 318d. (It is doubtful whether τοι- contains the demonstr. stem το.)

Hom., Tragg., u. bes. in Prosa sehr häufige Verstärkung der enkl. Partikel τοί, dann also, deshalb also, demnach also, darum nun ; τοιγὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω, Il. 1.76, so werde ich denn also sprechen ; vgl. 10.427, Od. 8.402, 16.259, 23.130 ; gew. zu Anfang einer Erzählung, Aesch. Spt. 1024, Pers. 599 u. öfter ; Soph. τοιγὰρ ποιήσω, Trach. 1239, vgl. Ant. 922, Aj. 651 ; τοι γὰρ σὺ δέξαι με, El. 1165, u. öfter.