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ὁπότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁπότερος ὁπότερᾱ ὁπότερον

Structure: ὁποτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: correlat. to po/teros

Sense

which of two, whether of the twain
either of two
in which of two ways

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ὁπότερος	ὁποτέρᾱ	ὁπότερον
	Genitive	ὁποτέρου	ὁποτέρᾱς	ὁποτέρου
	Dative	ὁποτέρῳ	ὁποτέρᾱͅ	ὁποτέρῳ
	Accusative	ὁπότερον	ὁποτέρᾱν	ὁπότερον
	Vocative	ὁπότερε	ὁποτέρᾱ	ὁπότερον
Dual	N/A/V	ὁποτέρω	ὁποτέρᾱ	ὁποτέρω
Dual	G/D	ὁποτέροιν	ὁποτέραιν	ὁποτέροιν
Plural	Nominative	ὁπότεροι	ὁπότεραι	ὁπότερα
	Genitive	ὁποτέρων	ὁποτερῶν	ὁποτέρων
	Dative	ὁποτέροις	ὁποτέραις	ὁποτέροις
	Accusative	ὁποτέρους	ὁποτέρᾱς	ὁπότερα
	Vocative	ὁπότεροι	ὁπότεραι	ὁπότερα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ὁπότερος ὁποτέρου	ὁποτερώτερος ὁποτερωτέρου	ὁποτερώτατος ὁποτερωτάτου
Adverb	ὁποτέρως	ὁποτερώτερον	ὁποτερώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

καὶ τῶν θεατῶν ὁπότεροι πλείουσ σκόπει. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antipnigos16)
αὐτῶν δὲ Αἰγυπτίων καὶ Αἰθιόπων οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν ὁπότεροι παρὰ τῶν ἑτέρων ἐξέμαθον. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 192:3)
οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ μηδὲν τούτων ὑπῆρχεν ὑμῖν, οὐδ’ ὣσ χαλεπόν ἐστιν γνῶναι περὶ αὐτῶν, ὁπότεροι τἀληθῆ λέγουσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 21:3)
ὁπότεροι δὲ ἡμῶν ἔρχονται ἐπὶ ἄμεινον πρᾶγμα, ἄδηλον παντὶ πλὴν ἢ τῷ θεῷ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 227:1)
ἐπεὶ δ’ αἱ πόλεισ ἐκ δύο συνεστήκασι μορίων, ἔκ τε τῶν ἀπόρων ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῶν εὐπόρων, μάλιστα μὲν ἀμφοτέρουσ ὑπολαμβάνειν δεῖ σῴζεσθαι διὰ τὴν ἀρχήν, καὶ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων ἀδικεῖσθαι μηδέν, ὁπότεροι δ’ ἂν ὦσι κρείττουσ, τούτουσ ἰδίουσ μάλιστα ποιεῖσθαι τῆσ ἀρχῆσ, ὡσ, ἂν ὑπάρξῃ τοῦτο τοῖσ πράγμασιν, οὔτε δούλων ἐλευθέρωσιν ἀνάγκη ποιεῖσθαι τὸν τύραννον οὔτε ὅπλων παραίρεσιν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 318:1)

Synonyms

which of two
- πότερος (which of the two?)
either of two
- ἑκάτερος (each of two, either, each singly)
- δισσός ( two)
- νωίτερος (of or from us two)
in which of two ways
- πότερος (which of the two?)
- μηδέτερος (neither of the two, in neither of two ways)

ὁπότε (when)
ἀεί (always)
ποιητέος (to be made or done)
ὅτε (when)
ἐκκλησιάζω (to hold an assembly)
ἐξευρίσκω (to find out)
ἀγελαστί (without laughter)
ἐπιτυγχάνω (to hit the mark)
πηνίκα (at what point of time? at what hour?)
ὁσάκις (as many times as)
γνωστέος (one must know)
ἀπαρασκεύαστος ()
καταμένω (to stay behind)
ἀπολογητέος (one must defend)
συνάμα (together)
ἐξέτασις (a close examination)
ἀληθεύω (to speak truth)
Συριστί (in the Syrian language)
διόρθωμα (a making straight)
καθεύδω (to lie down to sleep)
μεταδοτέος (one must give a share)
πυλουρός ()
ἀνεύθυνος (not having to render an account)
ἐπιμένω (to stay on)
ὑποπτεύω (to be suspicious)
περιελαύνω (to drive round)
τηνάλλως (in the way)
ἐξαμαρτάνω (to err from the mark)
εἴπερ (if really)
μονῳδία (a monody or solo)

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

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ὁπότερος

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which of two

either of two

in which of two ways

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which of two

either of two

in which of two ways

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