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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

  1. which of two, whether of the twain
  2. either of two
  3. in which of two ways

Examples

  • τὸ δ’ οὖν κεφάλαιον, ἠξίουν, ὧν μὲν εὖ ̓πεπόνθεσαν ὑπὸ Φιλίππου χάριν αὐτοὺσ ἀποδοῦναι, ὧν δ’ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν ἠδίκηνται δίκην λαβεῖν, ὁποτέρωσ βούλονται, ἢ διἱέντασ αὐτοὺσ ἐφ’ ὑμᾶσ ἢ συνεμβάλλοντασ εἰσ τὴν Ἀττικήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 11 5:1)
  • διὸ δεῖ σκοπεῖν χωρίσ, εἰ ἄξιοσ ὁ παθὼν παθεῖν καὶ ὁ ποιήσασ ποιῆσαι, εἶτα χρῆσθαι ὁποτέρωσ ἂν ἁρμόττῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 12 2:8)
  • τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὁποτέρωσ ποτ’ ἔχει, μικρὸν ἂν παραλλάττοι τοῖσ χρόνοισ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 3 3:4)
  • ἐκεῖνοι δέ, ὁποτέρωσ ἂν εἴπωσι, τὸ ἐπιχείρημα διαφθείρουσι. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 14 11:2)
  • δεῖν οὖν αὐτὸ ἐξελέγξαι σαφῶσ ὁποτέρωσ ποτὲ ἄρα ἔχοι, καὶ τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ μηδαμῇ προδοῦναι μηδ’ ἐμὲ τὸν αἴτιον γενέσθαι τηλικούτου ἀληθῶσ ὀνείδουσ, εἴπερ ὄντωσ εἰή τῳ ταῦτα λελεγμένα. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 106:1)

Synonyms

  1. which of two

  2. either of two

  3. in which of two ways

Related

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

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