[*] 664. po/teros, o(po/teros, ou)de/teros. Adjectival “πότερος, ὁπότερος, οὐδέτερος” take the predicative position. DEM. (7)DEM., 37: “ἀλλὰ πᾶσι γνώριμα, πότερος” (so Blass and Butcher w. MS. warrant) “πρότερος ὁ” (so SL) “μήν ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ ἡ εἰρήνη ἐγένετο ἢ ἐν ᾧ τὰ χωρία ἑάλω. 16.9: σποπεῖσθε δὴ . . . ποτέραν τὴν ἀρχὴν καλλίονα . . . ποιήσεσθε τοῦ μὴ 'πιτρέπειν ἀδικεῖν Λακεδαιμονίοις”. AESCHIN.3.168: “θεωρήσατ᾽ αὐτόν, μὴ ὁποτέρου τοῦ λόγου, ἀλλ᾽ ὁποτέρου τοῦ βίου ἐστίν”. PLATO, Cratyl. 439A: “ποτέρα ἂν εἴη καλλίων καὶ σαφεστέρα ἡ μάθησις”; Gorg. 521 A: “ἐπὶ ποτέραν οὖν με παρακαλεῖς τὴν θεραπείαν τῆς πόλεως”; Phaedo 79 B: “ποτέρῳ οὖν ὁμοιότερον τῷ εἴδει φαῖμεν ἂν εἶναι καὶ ξυγγενέστερον τὸ σῶμα”; Phaedr. 263 C: “αἰσθάνεσθαι περὶ οὗ ἂν μέλλῃ ἐρεῖν, ποτέρου ὂν τυγχάνει τοῦ γένους”. Phileb. 21 E: “οὐδέτερος ὁ βίος . . . ἔμοιγε τούτων αἱρετός”. EUR. Cycl. 680-1: “οὗτοι σιωπῇ τὴν πέτραν ἐπήλυγα” | “λαβόντες ἑστήκασι. ΚΥ. ποτέρας τῆς χερός”;
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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