Hoi

_ all day long at each step of the animal -- with variations of _hoi, hoi, hoi, hoi_, when the mule went a little quicker, and significant loud shrieks of _uppeppé, uppeppé, uppeppé_ when the animal began to trot, giving the rider an extra pang. ❋ Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1894)

_hoi, hoi, hoi, hoi_! sounding exactly like some one calling for help, and at times so real that I was ready to awaken Mercer and ask him if he thought it was a bird; but just as I had determined to do so, he spoke half drowsily from his pillow. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

The term hoi philoi is to be distinguished from that of philoi tou theou ❋ 1851-1930 (1908)

There is, in fact, no such independent word as hoi in English — there is only the term hoi polloi, which functions not as two words but as one, the sense of which is basically “commoners” or “rabble.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

No, what happens next is some pedant comes along and points out that "hoi" is Greek for ❋ Unknown (2008)

The “hoi” in hoi polloi is, interestingly enough, a definite article that approximates the meaning of “the” in English. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I agree, Skyler, except now you've got a problem with the word hoi polloi. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Perhaps writers such as Dryden and Byron understood that English and Greek are two different languages, and that, whatever its literal meaning in Greek, hoi does not mean “the” in English. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Evidently the natural term hoi philoi did not gain currency in the catholic church, owing to the fact that hoi adelphoi (cp. above, pp. 405 f.) was preferred as being still more inward and warm. ❋ 1851-1930 (1908)

And it is evident that the phrase hoi hendeka soon became an equally recognised designation of the Apostolic body, -- "from which Judas by transgression fell." ❋ 1813-1888 (1871)

The phrase hoi dodeka, he uses in proportion far oftener than any other two of the ❋ 1813-1888 (1871)

[319] The expression hoi anthropoiin Matt., indicates that these persons were not disciples. ❋ 1789-1850 (1870)

The phrase hoi ek tes Kaisaros oikias, can only mean, those of Caesar's household; and as they sent their salutations to the Philippians, there is no reasonable doubt that the Epistle to the church in Philippi was written at Rome. ❋ 1797-1878 (1860)

Quote: Hoi polloi is a borrowing of the Greek phrase hoi polloi, consisting of hoi, meaning “the” and used before a plural, and polloi, the plural of polus, “many.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

This proves that any distinction between apostles and evangelists was rarely drawn in the early ages of the church; on the contrary, the apostles themselves were frequently described as hoi euangelisamenoi (cp. ❋ 1851-1930 (1908)

Aiwohikupua; aka hoi, ma ka paewaewa o ka ke Alii olelo ana, me ka olelo aku, e huakai kaapuni kana. ❋ Martha Warren Beckwith (1915)

Ma ia manawa, manao iho la oia e hoi a kai o Keaau, alaila, hoouna mai i kona mau puali koa e luku i na kaikuahine. ❋ Martha Warren Beckwith (1915)

Olelo mai hoi o Mailepakaha, "Aole no e maliu mai ia'u; no ka mea, ke maliu ole ae la ka hoi i ko kaua mau kaikuaana, oki loa aku paha wau, i ko'u manao, e aho nau e hoalohaloha'ku na kahi mea uuku o kakou, malia o maliu mai ia oe." ❋ Martha Warren Beckwith (1915)

Similarly hou is used for hoi, which is not found at all. ❋ 1856-1924 (1905)