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ὁποῖος

opoios

of what sort

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What it meant

ὁποῖος · hopoios — LSJ

1 of what sort, quality, as, as

as Relat., of what sort or quality, ὁπποῖόν κʼ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κʼ ἐπακούσαις as [is] the word thou hast spoken, such shalt thou hear again, Il. 20.250 ; τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι such as he might be, Od. 17.421 ; οὔθʼ οἷʼ ἔπασχεν οὔθʼ ὁποῖʼ ἔδρα κακά S. OT 1272.

2

in indirect questions, Od. 1.171, etc. ; εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος A. Pr. 475 : in direct questions only as f.l. in E. Ph. 878, Ba. 663 : sts. folld. by ποῖος in the same clause, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνομαί σου ὁποῖον νόμιμον ἢ ποῖον δίκαιον λέγεις X. Mem. 4.4.13 ; οὐκ οἶδα ὁποίᾳ τόλμῃ ἢ ποίοις λόγοις χρώμενος ἐρῶ Pl. R. 414d.

II of what sort, of what kind soever, none

with indefinite words added, ὁποῖός τις Th. 7.38, X. An. 2.2.2 ; ὁκοῖόν τι Hdt. 1.158 ; γιγνομένων ὁποῖοί τινες ἔτυχον Arist. Pol. 1286b24 ; so in Hom., ὁπποῖʼ ἄσσα of what sort, for ὁποῖά τινα, Od. 19.218 ; ὁποῖʼ ἄττα Pl. Grg. 465a ; ὁποιοσοῦν of what kind soever, Id. Tht. 152d, al. ; ὁποῖος δή, δήποτε, δηποτοῦν, and οὖν δή, as ὁποία δὴ φλέψ X. HG 5.4.58 ; τοὺς ὁποιουσδήποτε . . ἐξεπέμπετε στρατηγούς D. 18.146 : gen., ὁποίου τινὸς οὖν X. Cyr. 2.4.10: acc. fem., ὁποιαντινοῦν Lys. 13.11 ; ὁποῖόσπ

III like as

neut. pl. used as Adv., like as, S. OT 915, 1076, E. Hec. 398.

IV qualiter

Adv. ὁποίως, qualiter, Gloss.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ποῖος (scan p. 1269; entry #5083).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ποῖος (scan p. 942; entry #6651).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ποῖος (scan p. 1546; entry #4746).

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