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ὅστις , ἥτις, ὅ τι (sts. written ὅ, τι to dist. it from ὅτι,
A.that): Hom. has also the masc. collat. form “ὅτις” Od.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. “ὅττι” Od.9.402, al., cf. “ὄττι” Alc.45.—In some forms only the second part is inflected, viz. gen. “ὅτου” Th.1.23, al., Ep. “ὅττεο” Od.1.124, later Ion. ὅτεο Jahresh.l.c., contr. “ὅττευ” Od.17.121, ὅτευ ib.421, Hdt.1.7; Lesb. “ὄττω” Sapph.Supp.5.3; dat. “ὅτῳ” Th.1.36, al.; perh. also in Ion., Emp. 2.5, Democr.99, Hp.VC14; Ep. “ὅτεῳ” Od.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. “ὅτινα” Od.8.204, 15.395; Delph. gen. “ὅτινος” IG22.1126.37 (iv B. C.), also Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 (Cyrene); Delph. dat. “ὅτινι” IG 22.1126.25; Cret. dat. sg. “ὄτιμι” Leg.Gort.7.51, 8.7, al.: pl., nom. masc. Arg. “ὄττινες” Mnemos.44.65 (iii B. C.); neut. “ὅτινα” Il.22.450; gen. “ὅτεων” Od.10.39, Hdt.8.65, Att. “ὅτων” S.OT414, X.An.7.6.24 (cj.), Oec.3.2 (cj.) (also in Hes.Fr.238, Anaxag.12, Hp.Aër.21); dat. ὁτέοισι(ν) Il.15.491, Hdt.2.82, Att. “ὅτοισι” S.Ant.1335, Ar.Eq.758, “ὅτοις” S.Tr.1119; acc. “ὅτινας” Il.15.492, Aeol. “ὄττινας” Sapph.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. “ἄτι” Leg.Gort.2.47, al.: of the forms with double inflexion Hom. has only “ὅν τινα” Il.2.188, al., “ἥν τινα” 3.286, al., “οἵ τινες” Od.4.94, al., “οὕς τινας” Il.4.240, al., “ἅς τινας” Od.8.573; ᾧτινι first in Hes.Op.31, “ἧστινος” A.Ag.1358, “ᾗ τινι δή” Th.8.87, “οἷστισι” Ar.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. “ὅς” B. 1.1,3, 11.3, 111.2a,b:—Radic. sense, any one who, anything which, whosoever, whichsoever; “ὣς ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἄλλος, ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοι” Od.1.47; “ἀθανάτων ὅς τίς σε φυλάσσει” 15.35, etc.: freq. without express antec., “χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃ” Il.21.347; “ἆσσον ἴτω ὅς τις δέπας οἴσεται” 23.667: hence freq. in maxims or sentiments, “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ” Ar.Ra.1217; “μακάριος ὅ. οὐσίαν καὶ νοῦν ἔχει” Men.114; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, ὅ. . . Lys.3.4, etc.: freq. in such phrases as ὅστις εἶ, ὅστις ἐστί, v. ὅς B. 111.2; ἔστιν ὅ., freq. with a neg., “οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν . . ἡγήσαιτο” Il.2.687; “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμ᾽ ἢ σοί” A.Pr.293 (anap.), cf. 989, 1070 (anap.), etc.; “εἰσὶν οἵτινες” S.Fr.354.5; οὐδὲν ὅ 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 τρόπον” Paus.10.1.5: in Trag. and Att. sts. strengthd. by an antec. πᾶς, but only in sg., “ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅ. ἂν νέον κρατῇ” A.Pr.35, cf. Th.8.90 (πάντες ὅσοι being commonly used in pl., not πάντες οἵτινες; but “πᾶσιν . . ὅστις ἐρωτᾷ” IG12.410).
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 ἐστι” Th.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 τε” Delph.3(2).236 (ii B. C.).
III. in indirect questions, Hom., etc., “εἴπ᾽ ἄγε μοι καὶ τόνδε . . , ὅς τις ὅδ᾽ ἐστί” Il.3.192, cf. 167, etc.; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that . . , 14.509; “ξεῖνος ὅδ᾽, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅς τις” Od.8.28: in dialogue, when the person questioned repeats the question asked by τίς, as “οὗτος τί ποιεῖς;—ὅ τι ποιῶ” ; Ar.Ra.198; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ εἶ;—ὅστις; “πολίτης χρηστός” Id.Ach.595, cf. Pl.462, Pl.Euthphr.2c, etc.
2. rare and late in direct questions, “ὅ 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 τρόπου” Th.8.27; “ὁτῳοῦν” Pl.Tht.175a; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, Arist.Pol.1286a31: freq. with neg., “μηδ᾽ ἂν ὁστισοῦν τυγχάνῃ ὤν” Pl.Euthphr.5e, cf. Phd.78d, etc.; οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, Ar.Nu.344, Pl.385; “μηδοτιοῦν” Thgn.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., “ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄφελος” Ar.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. ὅ τι used abs. as a Conj., v. ὅ τι.
VI. ἐξ ὅτου from which time, S.OC345, Tr.326, Ar.Nu.528, X.Cyr.8.2.16, etc.; “ἐξ ὅτου περ” Ar.Ach.596; ἀπ᾽ ὅτευ since . . , Hdt.1.7, cf. SIG45.18 (Halic., v B. C.); so “ἕως ὅτου” until . . , Ev.Luc.13.8.
2. from what cause, S. Tr.671, E.Cyc.639.
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