Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 338

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Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent

Part II: Inflection

Part III: Formation of Words

Part IV: Syntax

Appendix: List of Verbs

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[*] 338. Relative Pronouns.—The relative pronoun ὅς, ἥ, ὅ who, which, that is declined thus:

	SINGULAR				DUAL				PLURAL
Nom.	ὅς	ἥ	ὅ	N. A.	ὥ	ὥ	ὥ	Nom.	οἵ	αἵ	ἅ
Gen.	οὗ	ἧς	οὗ	G. D.	οἷν	οἷν	οἷν	Gen.	ὧν	ὧν	ὧν
Dat.	ᾧ	ᾗ	ᾧ					Dat.	οἷς	αἷς	οἷς
Acc.	ὅν	ἥν	ὅ					Acc.	οὕς	ἅ_ς	ἅ

a. The feminine dual forms ἅ_ and αἷν are seldom, if ever, used in Attic.

b. ὅς is used as a demonstrative in Homer and sometimes in prose (1113).

c. The enclitic particle -περ may be added to a relative pronoun (or adverb) to emphasize the connection between the relative and its antecedent. Thus, ὅσ-περ, ἥ-περ, ὅ-περ the very person who, the very thing which; so ὥσπερ just as. ὅσπερ is declined like ὅς.

d. Enclitic τε is added in ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε on condition that, οἷός τε (186 a) able to, ἅτε inasmuch as.

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