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ὁπότερος

ὁπότερος, ὁπότερος, whichever of two

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ὁπποτέρῳ relative pronoun masculine dative singular, relative pronoun neuter dative singular of ὁπότερος

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ὁπότερ-ος, α, ον, Ep. ὁππότερος, as always in Hom.; Ion. ὁκότερος Hdt. 5.119:—correlat. to πότερος, used in sg. of individuals, in pl. of groups, e.g. of two armies, Il. 3.299, 5.33:
      • 1 as Relat., which of two, ἡμέων δʼ ὁπποτέρῳ θάνατος . . τέτυκται, τεθναίη Il. 3.101: with ἄν, Ep. κε, whichsoever, ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ ib. 71; ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς A. Supp. 434 (lyr.); ὁπότεροι ἂν κρατῶσιν X. Cyr. 4.2.37.
      • 2 as indirect interrog., Ζεὺς οἶδε . ., ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τέλος πεπρωμένον ἐστίν Il. 3.309, cf. 22.130, 23.487; περὶ τοῦ ὁκότερος ἡμέων πλέω ἀγαθὰ . . ἐργάσεται about the question, which of us two . ., Hdt. 8.79; ὥστε μὴ γνῶναι ὁπότερος . . Lys. Fr. 78.3, cf. Antipho 3.2.6; ἀσαφῶς ὁποτέρων ἀρξάντων, for ἀσαφὲς ὂν ὁπότεροι ἦρξαν, Th. 4.20: rarely in direct questions, for πότερος, prob. f.l. in Pl. Euthd. 271a and Ly. 212c.
      • 3 as indef., either of two, ἐὰν . . ὁπότερος αὐτοῖν . . πράξῃ Id. Lg. 868a, cf. R. 509a, X. Cyr. 3.2.22, And. 3.26, D. 16.27; so ὁποτεροσοῦν Pl. Men. 98d, Phlb. 14c, al.; ἐξεῖναι δʼ ὁποτεροισοῦν Th. 5.41, cf. Arist. Pol. 1319b9, al.: with οὐδέ, οὐδʼ ὁπότερος (or οὐδοπ-) neither, Hero Dioptr. 37.
    • II Adv. ὁποτέρως, in which of two ways, as Relat. and indirect interrog., ὁ. ἔσται, ἐν ἀδήλῳ κινδυνεύεται Th. 1.78, cf. Lys. 26.5, Isoc. 12.76, Pl. R. 348b, etc.; so ὁποτερωσοῦν Arist. APr. 60a16, al.
      • 2 also neut. ὁπότερον or -ερα as Adv., mostly in indirect questions, whether, folld. by ἢ . . ἤ . ., as ἐβουλεύοντο ὁκότερα ἢ παραδόντες . . ἢ ἐκλιπόντες . ., ἄμεινον πρήξουσι Hdt. 5.119; by one ἤ, Ar. Nu. 157: folld. by πότερον . . ἤ . ., Pl. Erx. 405c, etc.; also ὁπότερον εἴτε . ., εἴτε . . Isoc. 12.76, cf. X. HG 3.5.19.

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