ὅστις

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (sts. written ὅ, τι to dist. it from ὅτι,

A that): Hom. has also the masc. collat. form

ὅτις Od.1.47

, al. (also in Critias 2.9 and [dialect] Ion. and Arc. Prose, Jahresh.12.136 ([place name] Erythrae), IG12(5).22 ([place name] Ios), 5(2).343.34 (Orchom. Arc.)) and the neut.

ὅττι Od.9.402

, al., cf.

ὄττι Alc.45

.—In some forms only the second part is inflected, viz. gen.

ὅτου Th.1.23

, al., [dialect] Ep.

ὅττεο Od.1.124

, later [dialect] Ion. ὅτεο Jahresh.l.c., [var] contr.

ὅττευ Od.17.121

, ὅτευ ib.421, Hdt.1.7; Lesb.

ὄττω Sapph.Supp.5.3

; dat.

ὅτῳ Th.1.36

, al.; perh. also in [dialect] Ion., Emp. 2.5, Democr.99, Hp.VC14; [dialect] Ep.

ὅτεῳ Od.2.114

, and as disyll., Il.12.428, 15.664; so Hdt.1.86, al., Democr.100, Heraclit.15, SIG194.21 (Amphipolis, iv B. C.); Arc. ὀσέοι IG5(2).262.14 (Mantinea, v B. C.); [dialect] Ep. acc.

ὅτινα Od.8.204

, 15.395; Delph. gen.

ὅτινος IG22.1126.37

(iv B. C.), also Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 ([place name] Cyrene); Delph. dat.

ὅτινι IG 22.1126.25

; Cret. dat. sg.

ὄτιμι Leg.Gort.7.51

, 8.7, al.: pl., nom. masc. Arg.

ὄττινες Mnemos.44.65

(iii B. C.); neut.

ὅτινα Il.22.450

; gen.

ὅτεων Od.10.39

, Hdt.8.65, [dialect] Att.

ὅτων S.OT414

, X.An.7.6.24 (cj.), Oec.3.2 (cj.) (also in Hes.Fr.238, Anaxag.12, Hp.Aër.21); dat. ὁτέοισι ([etym.] ν) Il.15.491, Hdt.2.82, [dialect] Att.

ὅτοισι S.Ant.1335

, Ar.Eq.758,

ὅτοις S.Tr.1119

; acc.

ὅτινας Il.15.492

, [dialect] Aeol.

ὄττινας Sapph.12

: in a few forms only the first part is inflected, Cret. gen. sg. ὦτι prob. in Leg.Gort.1.5, 2.50, 11.50, al., GDI4993 ii 10: neut. pl.

ἄτι Leg.Gort.2.47

, al.: of the forms with double inflexion Hom. has only

ὅν τινα Il.2.188

, al.,

ἥν τινα 3.286

, al.,

οἵ τινες Od.4.94

, al.,

οὕς τινας Il.4.240

, al.,

ἅς τινας Od.8.573

; ᾧτινι first in Hes.Op.31,

ἧστινος A.Ag.1358

,

ᾗ τινι δή Th.8.87

,

οἷστισι Ar.Pax 1279

: [dialect] Att. Inscrr. have ἧστινος ᾗτινι along with masc. and neut. ὅτου ὅτῳ, and this rule holds with few exceptions in Trag. and [dialect] Att. Prose before iv B. C.; ᾡτινιοῦν occurs in Lys.1.37, etc.: ὅτῳ rarely as fem., E.IT1071.—For the [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. form [full] ἅσσα, [dialect] Att. ἅττα, v. ἅσσα.—On the concord and construction cf.

ὅς B. 1.1

,3, 11.3, 111.2a,b:—Radic. sense, any one who, anything which, whosoever, whichsoever;

ὣς ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἄλλος, ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοι Od.1.47

;

ἀθανάτων ὅς τίς σε φυλάσσει 15.35

, etc.: freq. without express antec.,

χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃ Il.21.347

;

ἆσσον ἴτω ὅς τις δέπας οἴσεται 23.667

: hence freq. in maxims or sentiments,

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. πάντ' ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ Ar.Ra.1217

;

μακάριος ὅ. οὐσίαν καὶ νοῦν ἔχει Men.114

; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, ὅ. . . Lys.3.4, etc.: freq. in such phrases as ὅστις εἶ, ὅστις ἐστί, v. ὅς B. 111.2; ἔστιν ὅ., freq. with a neg.,

οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν . . ἡγήσαιτο Il.2.687

;

οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμ' ἢ σοί A.Pr.293

(anap.), cf. 989, 1070 (anap.), etc.;

εἰσὶν οἵτινες S.Fr.354.5

; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ . . everything, Hdt. 5.97, Th.7.87:—in these phrases the case of ὅστις commonly depends on that of οὐδείς; but sts. the reverse, v. οὐδείς 1.2: also joined with [comp] Sup., τρόπῳ ὅτῳ ἂν δύνωνται ἰσχυροτάτῳ Foed. ap. Th.5.23;

ὅντινα ἀφανέστατον δύναιντο τρόπον Paus.10.1.5

: in Trag. and [dialect] Att. sts. strengthd. by an antec. πᾶς, but only in sg.,

ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅ. ἂν νέον κρατῇ A.Pr.35

, cf. Th.8.90 (πάντες ὅσοι being commonly used in pl., not πάντες οἵτινες; but

πᾶσιν . . ὅστις ἐρωτᾷ IG12.410

).

II referring to a definite object, prop. only when a general notion is implied, Πολυκράτεα . . , δι' ὅντινα κακῶς ἤκουσε, not the man through whom, but one through whom . . , Hdt.3.120; τελευταῖόν σε προσβλέψαιμι νῦν, ὅστις πέφασμαι φύς τ' ἀφ' ὧν οὐ χρῆν may I see thee now for the last time, I who am one born from sinful parentage, S.OT1184, cf. A.Pr. 38, Ag.1065; but in quite definite sense,

βωμόν, ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστι Th.6.3

: sts. even with οὗτος or ὅδε as antec., Hdt.1.167, 2.99, 6.47, E.Hipp.943, Theoc.8.87.

2 ἐφ' ὅτῳ, = ἐφ' ᾧτε, D.S.16.4; so

ἐφ' ὅτῳ τε Delph.3(2).236

(ii B. C.).

III in indirect questions, Hom., etc.,

εἴπ' ἄγε μοι καὶ τόνδε . . , ὅς τις ὅδ' ἐστί Il.3.192

, cf. 167, etc.; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that . . , 14.509;

ξεῖνος ὅδ', οὐκ οἶδ' ὅς τις Od.8.28

: in dialogue, when the person questioned repeats the question asked by τίς, as

οὗτος τί ποιεῖς;—ὅ τι ποιῶ

;

Ar.Ra.198

; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ εἶ;—ὅστις;

πολίτης χρηστός Id.Ach.595

, cf. Pl.462, Pl.Euthphr.2c, etc.

2 rare and late in direct questions,

ὅ τι ἐστὶ τὸ ἐμποδίζον

;

A.D.Adv.140.12

; ἀνθ' ὅτου . . ; = why? Jul.Ep.82p.109B.-C.; cf. ὅπως.

IV limited or made more indefinite by the addition of Particles:

1 ὅστις γε being one who (cf. ὅσγε), S.OT1335, OC810, Ar.Ra.1184.

2 ὅστις δή (v. δή IV. 1), freq. used without any distinct relative force, θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή to some one or other of the gods, Hdt.1.86;

ὅτευ δὴ χρήματος δεησόμενον Id.3.121

;

ᾗ τινι δὴ γνώμῃ Th.8.87

, etc.; also

ὅ τι δήκοτε πρήξοντα Hdt.6.134

;

ὅστις δήποτ' ὤν Pl.Phdr.273c

;

ὡς ἀπετύγχαν' ὁτουδήποτε D.19.167

;

ὁτῳδήτινι τρόπῳ PFay.21.11

(ii A. D.); so

b ὁστισοῦν, ὁτιοῦν anybody (anything) whatsoever, Th.4.16, Pl. Smp.198b, etc.;

μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τρόπου Th.8.27

;

ὁτῳοῦν Pl.Tht.175a

; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, Arist.Pol.1286a31: freq. with neg.,

μηδ' ἂν ὁστισοῦν τυγχάνῃ ὤν Pl.Euthphr.5e

, cf. Phd.78d, etc.; οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, Ar.Nu.344, Pl.385;

μηδοτιοῦν Thgn.64

: rarely, = whoever (whatever), as subject of a verb, ὁτιοῦν ἔτυχε τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους (v.l. ὅτι ἄν) Arist.Mu.391a22.

c

ὁστισδηποτοῦν D.40.8

, Aeschin.1.164.

d so also ὅστις alone, Pl.Hp.Ma. 282d, etc.: with neg., μηδὲ οἵτινες none at all, X.HG1.5.9;

οὐδ' ἧστινος ἂν ἀσχολίας τὸ πρᾶγμα προσεδεῖτο Plb.9.14.6

.

3 ὅστις ποτε whoever, A.Ag.160(lyr.), cf. Hdt.8.65.

4 ὅστις περ (cf. ὅσπερ), mostly in neut.,

ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ' ὄφελος Ar.Ec.53

, cf. Pl.R.492e: in masc., D.21.225.

5 ὅστις τε, where τε is otiose as in ὅστε, Il.23.43, al.

V neut. ὅ τι used abs. as a Conj., v. ὅ τι.

VI ἐξ ὅτου from which time, S.OC345, Tr.326, Ar.Nu.528, X.Cyr.8.2.16, etc.;

ἐξ ὅτου περ Ar.Ach.596

; ἀπ' ὅτευ since . . , Hdt.1.7, cf. SIG45.18 (Halic., v B. C.); so

ἕως ὅτου

until . . ,

Ev.Luc.13.8

.

2 from what cause, S. Tr.671, E.Cyc.639.