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ὅστις , ἥτις, τι (sts. written , τι to dist. it from ὅτι,
A.that): Hom. has also the masc. collat. form “ὅτιςOd.1.47, al. (also in Critias 2.9 and Ion. and Arc. Prose, Jahresh.12.136 (Erythrae), IG12(5).22 (Ios), 5(2).343.34 (Orchom. Arc.)) and the neut. “ὅττιOd.9.402, al., cf. “ὄττιAlc.45.—In some forms only the second part is inflected, viz. gen. “ὅτουTh.1.23, al., Ep. “ὅττεοOd.1.124, later Ion. ὅτεο Jahresh.l.c., contr. “ὅττευOd.17.121, ὅτευ ib.421, Hdt.1.7; Lesb. “ὄττωSapph.Supp.5.3; dat. “ὅτῳTh.1.36, al.; perh. also in Ion., Emp. 2.5, Democr.99, Hp.VC14; Ep. “ὅτεῳOd.2.114, and as disyll., Il.12.428, 15.664; so Hdt.1.86, al., Democr.100, Heraclit.15, SIG194.21 (Amphipolis, iv B. C.); Arc. ὀς<*>έοι IG5(2).262.14 (Mantinea, v B. C.); Ep. acc. “ὅτιναOd.8.204, 15.395; Delph. gen. “ὅτινοςIG22.1126.37 (iv B. C.), also Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 (Cyrene); Delph. dat. “ὅτινιIG 22.1126.25; Cret. dat. sg. “ὄτιμιLeg.Gort.7.51, 8.7, al.: pl., nom. masc. Arg. “ὄττινεςMnemos.44.65 (iii B. C.); neut. “ὅτιναIl.22.450; gen. “ὅτεωνOd.10.39, Hdt.8.65, Att. “ὅτωνS.OT414, X.An.7.6.24 (cj.), Oec.3.2 (cj.) (also in Hes.Fr.238, Anaxag.12, Hp.Aër.21); dat. ὁτέοισιν) Il.15.491, Hdt.2.82, Att. “ὅτοισιS.Ant.1335, Ar.Eq.758, “ὅτοιςS.Tr.1119; acc. “ὅτιναςIl.15.492, Aeol. “ὄττιναςSapph.12: in a few forms only the first part is inflected, Cret. gen. sg. ὦτι prob. in Leg.Gort.1.5, 2.50, 11.50, al., GDI4993 ii 10: neut. pl. “ἄτιLeg.Gort.2.47, al.: of the forms with double inflexion Hom. has only “ὅν τιναIl.2.188, al., “ἥν τινα3.286, al., “οἵ τινεςOd.4.94, al., “οὕς τιναςIl.4.240, al., “ἅς τιναςOd.8.573; ᾧτινι first in Hes.Op.31, “ἧστινοςA.Ag.1358, “ τινι δήTh.8.87, “οἷστισιAr.Pax 1279: Att. Inscrr. have ἧστινος ᾗτινι along with masc. and neut. ὅτου ὅτῳ, and this rule holds with few exceptions in Trag. and Att. Prose before iv B. C.; ᾡτινιοῦν occurs in Lys.1.37, etc.: ὅτῳ rarely as fem., E.IT1071.—For the Ion. and Ep. form ἅσσα , Att. ἅττα, v. ἅσσα.—On the concord and construction cf. “ὅςB. 1.1,3, 11.3, 111.2a,b:—Radic. sense, any one who, anything which, whosoever, whichsoever; “ὣς ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἄλλος, ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοιOd.1.47; “ἀθανάτων ὅς τίς σε φυλάσσει15.35, etc.: freq. without express antec., “χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃIl.21.347; “ἆσσον ἴτω ὅς τις δέπας οἴσεται23.667: hence freq. in maxims or sentiments, “οὐκ ἔστιν . πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖAr.Ra.1217; “μακάριος . οὐσίαν καὶ νοῦν ἔχειMen.114; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, . . . Lys.3.4, etc.: freq. in such phrases as ὅστις εἶ, ὅστις ἐστί, v. ὅς B. 111.2; ἔστιν ., freq. with a neg., “οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν . . ἡγήσαιτοIl.2.687; “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμ᾽ σοίA.Pr.293 (anap.), cf. 989, 1070 (anap.), etc.; “εἰσὶν οἵτινεςS.Fr.354.5; οὐδὲν τι οὐ . . everything, Hdt. 5.97, Th.7.87:—in these phrases the case of ὅστις commonly depends on that of οὐδείς; but sts. the reverse, v. οὐδείς 1.2: also joined with Sup., τρόπῳ ὅτῳ ἂν δύνωνται ἰσχυροτάτῳ Foed. ap. Th.5.23; “ὅντινα ἀφανέστατον δύναιντο τρόπονPaus.10.1.5: in Trag. and Att. sts. strengthd. by an antec. πᾶς, but only in sg., “ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς . ἂν νέον κρατῇA.Pr.35, cf. Th.8.90 (πάντες ὅσοι being commonly used in pl., not πάντες οἵτινες; but “πᾶσιν . . ὅστις ἐρωτᾷIG12.410).
II. referring to a definite object, prop. only when a general notion is implied, Πολυκράτεα . . , δι᾽ ὅντινα κακῶς ἤκουσε, not the man through whom, but one through whom . . , Hdt.3.120; τελευταῖόν σε προσβλέψαιμι νῦν, ὅστις πέφασμαι φύς τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὧν οὐ χρῆν may I see thee now for the last time, I who am one born from sinful parentage, S.OT1184, cf. A.Pr. 38, Ag.1065; but in quite definite sense, “βωμόν, ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστιTh.6.3: sts. even with οὗτος or ὅδε as antec., Hdt.1.167, 2.99, 6.47, E.Hipp.943, Theoc.8.87.
2. ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ, = ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε, D.S.16.4; so “ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ τεDelph.3(2).236 (ii B. C.).
III. in indirect questions, Hom., etc., “εἴπ᾽ ἄγε μοι καὶ τόνδε . . , ὅς τις ὅδ᾽ ἐστίIl.3.192, cf. 167, etc.; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that . . , 14.509; “ξεῖνος ὅδ᾽, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅς τιςOd.8.28: in dialogue, when the person questioned repeats the question asked by τίς, as “οὗτος τί ποιεῖς;— τι ποιῶ; Ar.Ra.198; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ εἶ;—ὅστις;πολίτης χρηστόςId.Ach.595, cf. Pl.462, Pl.Euthphr.2c, etc.
2. rare and late in direct questions, “ τι ἐστὶ τὸ ἐμποδίζον; A.D.Adv.140.12; ἀνθ᾽ ὅτου . . ; = why? Jul.Ep.82p.109B.-C.; cf. ὅπως.
IV. limited or made more indefinite by the addition of Particles:
1. ὅστις γε being one who (cf. ὅσγε), S.OT1335, OC810, Ar.Ra.1184.
b. ὁστισοῦν, ὁτιοῦν anybody (anything) whatsoever, Th.4.16, Pl. Smp.198b, etc.; “μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τρόπουTh.8.27; “ὁτῳοῦνPl.Tht.175a; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, Arist.Pol.1286a31: freq. with neg., “μηδ᾽ ἂν ὁστισοῦν τυγχάνῃ ὤνPl.Euthphr.5e, cf. Phd.78d, etc.; οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, Ar.Nu.344, Pl.385; “μηδοτιοῦνThgn.64: rarely, = whoever (whatever), as subject of a verb, ὁτιοῦν ἔτυχε τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους (v.l. ὅτι ἄν) Arist.Mu.391a22.
3. ὅστις ποτε whoever, A.Ag.160(lyr.), cf. Hdt.8.65.
4. ὅστις περ (cf. ὅσπερ), mostly in neut., “ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄφελοςAr.Ec.53, cf. Pl.R.492e: in masc., D.21.225.
5. ὅστις τε, where τε is otiose as in ὅστε, Il.23.43, al.
V. neut. τι used abs. as a Conj., v. τι.
VI. ἐξ ὅτου from which time, S.OC345, Tr.326, Ar.Nu.528, X.Cyr.8.2.16, etc.; “ἐξ ὅτου περAr.Ach.596; ἀπ᾽ ὅτευ since . . , Hdt.1.7, cf. SIG45.18 (Halic., v B. C.); so “ἕως ὅτουuntil . . , Ev.Luc.13.8.
2. from what cause, S. Tr.671, E.Cyc.639.
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