ὅστε

ὅστε, ἥτε, ὅτε (also written divisim), in Hom. also [full] ὅ τε as masc., Il.17.757 : ([etym.] ὅς, τε):—

A who, which, like the simple ὅς or ὅστις, freq. with a generalizing force (τε is however sts. otiose, as in ὅτε, ὥστε, οἷός τε, ἐπεί τε, etc., v. τε B. 1), Od.14.221, etc.: neut. pl.

τά τε Il.5.481

, etc.: pl. fem.

τάς τε 11.554

: used also in Pi.P.2.39, al., and lyr. passages of Trag. (A.Pers.16, Ag.49, Ch.615, S.El.151, Tr. 824, E.Hec.445), but very rare in trim., A.Pers.297,762,Eu.25, 1024 ; and in Prose only in special forms, such as ἅτε, ἐφ' ᾧτε :—rarely with antec. expressed, θεάων τάων, αἵ τ' . . Il.5.332 ; τῷ ἴκελος, ὅν τ' . . 24.758 ;

τά τε φρονέων, ἅ τ' ἐγώπερ Od.7.312

.—Not to be confounded with ὅς τε, and who, Il.2.365, Od.3.185,al.

2 ἐξ οὗτε from the time when . . , A.Pers.762, Eu.25;

ἀπ' οὗτε PCair.Zen.291.3

(iii B. C.).

3 freq. folld. by περ

, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοίπερ Il.20.65

.

4 with ῥα between ὅς and τε, αἴγειρος ὥς, ἥ ῥά τε . . 4.483, cf. 15.411, 19.31, al.

II ὅ τε in that, because, 1.244; introducing the reason for making a statement or asking a question, 4.32, al.; so prob. 15.468: for ἅτε, ᾧτε, v. sub vocc.: ᾇτε, [dialect] Dor. for ᾗτε, as, Ar. Lys.1308 (lyr.): ἐφ' ᾧτε, v. ἐπί B. 111.3.