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

  • ὁρᾷσ ὁποίοισ αὐτὸν θεοῖσ εἴκασε· (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 19:12)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἴπομεν, καὶ ἐνταῦθ’ ἐστὶν ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἔλλειψισ ὁ μὲν γὰρ χαλεπὸσ τοιοῦτοσ ἐστίν, ὁ καὶ θᾶττον καὶ μᾶλλον πάσχων καὶ πλείω χρόνον καὶ ὅτ’ οὐ δεῖ καὶ ὁποίοισ οὐ δεῖ καὶ ἐπὶ πολλοῖσ, ὁ δ’ ἀνδραποδώδησ τοὐναντίον, δῆλον ὅτι ἔστι τισ καὶ ὁ μέσοσ τῆσ ἀνισότητοσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 81:2)
  • ἀποσφαλεὶσ φρενῶν πλανᾷ, κακὸσ δ’ ἰατρὸσ ὥσ τισ ἐσ νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖσ καὶ σεαυτὸν οὐκ ἔχεισ εὑρεῖν ὁποίοισ φαρμάκοισ ἰάσιμοσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:2)
  • καὶ θεωρεῖτ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅσα ψηφίσματ’ ἄκυρα ποιεῖ ὁ νόμοσ, καὶ οἱούσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀδικεῖ, καὶ ἐν ὁποίοισ καιροῖσ χρησίμουσ ὑμῖν παρασχόντασ ἑαυτούσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 59:3)
  • ὁποῖα γὰρ ἂν πράττῃ τισ καὶ ἐν ὁποίοισ ἂν ᾖ πράγμασιν, ἀνάγκη καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ εἶναι παραπλησίουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 1:5)

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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