1. as Relat., which of two, “ἡμέων δ᾽ ὁπποτέρῳ θάνατος . . τέτυκται, τεθναίη” Il.3.101 : with ἄν, Ep. κε, whichsoever, ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ ib.71 ; “ὁπότερ᾽ ἂν κτίσῃς” A.Supp.434 (lyr.) ; “ὁπότεροι ἂν κρατῶσιν” X.Cyr.4.2.37.
2. as indirect interrog., “Ζεὺς οἶδε . . , ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τέλος πεπρωμένον ἐστίν” Il.3.309, cf. 22.130,23.487 ; περὶ τοῦ ὁκότερος ἡμέων πλέω ἀγαθὰ . . ἐργάσεται about the question, which of us two . . , Hdt.8.79 ; “ὥστε μὴ γνῶναι ὁπότερος . . ” Lys.Fr.78.3, cf. Antipho 3.2.6 ; ἀσαφῶς ὁποτέρων ἀρξάντων, for ἀσαφὲς ὂν ὁπότεροι ἦρξαν, Th.4.20 : rarely in direct questions, for πότερος, prob. f.l. in Pl.Euthd.271a and Ly.212c.
3. as indef., either of two, “ἐὰν . . ὁπότερος αὐτοῖν . . πράξῃ” Id.Lg.868a, cf. R. 509a, X.Cyr.3.2.22, And.3.26, D.16.27 ; so “ὁποτεροσοῦν” Pl.Men.98d, Phlb.14c, al.; “ἐξεῖναι δ᾽ ὁποτεροισοῦν” Th.5.41, cf. Arist.Pol.1319b9, al. : with οὐδέ, οὐδ᾽ ὁπότερος (or οὐδοπ-) neither, Hero Dioptr.37.
II. Adv. ὁποτέρως , in which of two ways, as Relat. and indirect interrog., “ὁ. ἔσται, ἐν ἀδήλῳ κινδυνεύεται” Th.1.78, cf. Lys.26.5, Isoc.12.76, Pl. R.348b, etc. ; so “ὁποτερωσοῦν” Arist.APr.60a16, al.
2. also neut. ὁπότερον or -ερα as Adv., mostly in indirect questions, whether, folld. by ἢ . . ἤ . . , as “ἐβουλεύοντο ὁκότερα ἢ παραδόντες . . ἢ ἐκλιπόντες . . , ἄμεινον πρήξουσι” Hdt.5.119 ; by one ἤ, Ar.Nu.157 : folld. by πότερον . . ἤ . . , Pl.Erx.405c, etc.; also “ὁπότερον εἴτε . . , εἴτε . . ” Isoc.12.76, cf. X.HG3.5.19.
