Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁποῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁποῖος ὁποῖη ὁποῖον

Structure: ὁποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of what sort or quality, as
  2. of what sort, of what kind soever
  3. like as

Examples

  • διὸ σπεύσατε καὶ πέμψατέ τινασ, ὅπωσ καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐπιγνῶμεν ὁποίασ ἐστὲ γνώμησ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:37)
  • καὶ ξυμφορὰν μὲν οἶδ’ ὁρῶν, τρόπῳ δ’ ὅτῳ τεθνᾶσιν οἱ θανόντεσ οὐκ ἔχω φράσαι, οὐδ’ ἐξ ὁποίασ χειρόσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:15)
  • ὃ δ’ ᾖξασ ὀρθῶσ, τοῦτο κἄμ’ ἔχει πόθοσ, ὅπωσ σύ τ’, ὦ παῖ, μητέρ’ εὑρήσεισ σέθεν, ἐγώ θ’ ὁποίασ μοι γυναικὸσ ἐξέφυσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic4)
  • μητρὸσ δ’ ὁποίασ ἐστὶν ‐ οὐκ ἔχω φράσαι. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 1:23)
  • πέμπει δ’ Ἀγαμέμνων μ’ ὥστε σοι φράσαι τάδε, λέγειν θ’ ὁποίασ ἐκ θεῶν μοίρασ κυρεῖ καὶ δόξαν ἔσχεν ἄφθιτον καθ’ Ἑλλάδα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:14)

Synonyms

  1. like as

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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