Strong G3748ὅστις
who/which
- Transliteration
- hostis hētis ho6ti
- Pronunciation
- hos'-tis hay'-tis hot'-ee
- Morphology
- Greek Relative Pronoun
Definition
Detailed definition
ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (also written ὅ, τι and ὅτι; see LS, see word; WH, §411; Tdf., Pr., 111), in NT scarcely ever except in nom. (M, Pr., 91), the only instance of the oblique cases being found in ἕως ὅτου (see: ἕως), relative of indef. reference (related to simple ὅς as Lat. quisquis to qui),
whoever, anyone who;
__(a) of an indef. person or thing: in general statements, Mat.5:39, 41 13:12, and freq., Luk.14:27, Gal.5:4, al.; in relative sentences, Mat.7:26, Luk.15:7, Php.3:7, al.; πᾶς, with indic., Mat.7:24 10:32; ὅ ἄν (ἐάν), with subjc., Mat.12:50 13:12, Jhn.14:13, 1Co.16:2, Gal.5:10, al.;
__(b) of a definite person or thing, indicating quality, "either generic, which, as other like things, or essential, which by its very nature" (Hort on 1Pe.2:11), who is such as: Mat.2:6 7:26, Luk.2:10 7:37, Jhn.8:53, Act.7:53, Rom.6:2, 1Co.3:17, Gal.4:24, Eph.1:23, al.;
__(with) where the relative sentence expresses a reason, consequence, etc. (M, Pr., 92), seeing that he (it, they), and he (it, they): Luk.8:3 10:42, Act.10:47 11:28, Php.4:3, al.;
__(d) as in Ionic and late Greek (Bl., §50, 1; M, Pr., l.with), differing but little from ὅς: Luk.2:4 9:30, Act.17:10, Rev.12:13.
(AS)
whoever, anyone who;
__(a) of an indef. person or thing: in general statements, Mat.5:39, 41 13:12, and freq., Luk.14:27, Gal.5:4, al.; in relative sentences, Mat.7:26, Luk.15:7, Php.3:7, al.; πᾶς, with indic., Mat.7:24 10:32; ὅ ἄν (ἐάν), with subjc., Mat.12:50 13:12, Jhn.14:13, 1Co.16:2, Gal.5:10, al.;
__(b) of a definite person or thing, indicating quality, "either generic, which, as other like things, or essential, which by its very nature" (Hort on 1Pe.2:11), who is such as: Mat.2:6 7:26, Luk.2:10 7:37, Jhn.8:53, Act.7:53, Rom.6:2, 1Co.3:17, Gal.4:24, Eph.1:23, al.;
__(with) where the relative sentence expresses a reason, consequence, etc. (M, Pr., 92), seeing that he (it, they), and he (it, they): Luk.8:3 10:42, Act.10:47 11:28, Php.4:3, al.;
__(d) as in Ionic and late Greek (Bl., §50, 1; M, Pr., l.with), differing but little from ὅς: Luk.2:4 9:30, Act.17:10, Rev.12:13.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3748 appears in 137 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- which80
- who30
- whosoever12
- that6
- they3
- thing2
- be1
- he1
- in1
- some1
- such1
- those1
First verses
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
- Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- Matthew 5:41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- Matthew 10:32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 12:50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- Matthew 13:12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
- Matthew 13:52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
- Matthew 16:28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
- Matthew 18:4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 19:12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
- Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
- Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Matthew 21:41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
- Matthew 22:2The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι
(sometimes written ὅ, τι to distinct it from ὅτι, that): [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has also the masculine collateral form ὅτις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.47, +others (also in 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.9)] and Ionic dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus Prose, “Jahresh.” 12.136 (from Erythrae), “IG” 12(5).22 (from Ios), 5(2).343.34 (Orchom. 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)))] and the neuter ὅττι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.402, +others, compare ὄττι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 45.)]—In some forms only the second part is inflected, i.e. genitive ὅτου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, +others)], Epic dialect ὅττεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.124, later _Ionic dialect_ ὅτεο “Jahresh.”)][same place], contraction ὅττευ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.121, ὅτευ [prev. work] 421, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7; Lesb. ὄττω 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.3; _dative_ ὅτῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.36, +others)]; perhaps also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 2.5, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 99, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14)]; Epic dialect ὅτεῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.114)], and as disyllable, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.428, 15.664; so 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, +others, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 100, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 15, “SIG” 194.21 (Amphipolis, 4th c.BC); 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ὀσέοι “IG” 5(2).262.14 (Mantinea, 5th c.BC))]; Epic dialect accusative ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.204, 15.395; Delph. _genitive_ ὅτινος “IG” 22.1126.37 (4th c.BC), also “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.167 (from Cyrene))]; Delph. dative ὅτινι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1126.25; Cretan dialect _dative_ _sing._ ὄτιμι “Leg.Gort.” 7.51, 8.7, +others: _plural_, _nominative_ _masculine_ argument ὄττινες “Mnemos.” 44.65 (3rd c.BC))]; neuter ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.450; _genitive_ ὅτεων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.39, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65)], Attic dialect ὅτων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 414, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.24 (conjecture), “Oec.” 3.2 (conjecture) (also in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 238, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 12, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 21); _dative_ ὁτέοισι (ν) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.491, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.82)], Attic dialect ὅτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1335, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 758, ὅτοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1119; _accusative_ ὅτινας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.492)], Aeolic dialect ὄττινας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 12: in a few forms only the first part is inflected, Cretan dialect _genitive_ _sing._ ὦτι probably in “Leg.Gort.” 1.5, 2.50, 11.50, +others, “GDI” 4993 ii 10: _neuter_ _plural_ ἄτι “Leg.Gort.” 2.47, +others)]: of the forms with double inflexion [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only ὅν τινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.188, +others, ἥν τινα 3.286, +others, οἵ τινες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.94, +others, οὕς τινας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.240, +others, ἅς τινας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.573)]; ᾧτινι first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 31, ἧστινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1358, ᾗ τινι δή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87, οἷστισι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1279: _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. have ἧστινος ᾗτινι along with _masculine_ and _neuter_ ὅτου ὅτῳ, and this rule holds with few exceptions in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ Prose before 4th c.BC)]; ᾡτινιοῦν occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.37, etc.: ὅτῳ)] rarely as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1071.)]—For the Ionic dialect and Epic dialect form ἅσσα, Attic dialect ἅττα, see at {ἅσσα}.—On the concord and construction[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare ὅς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 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 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.47; ἀθανάτων ὅς τίς σε φυλάσσει 15.35, etc.)]: frequently without express antecedent, χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.347; ἆσσον ἴτω ὅς τις δέπας οἴσεται 23.667)]: hence frequently in maxims or sentiments, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1217; μακάριος ὅ. οὐσίαν καὶ νοῦν ἔχει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 114)]; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, ὅ... [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.4, etc.: frequently in such phrases as ὅστις εἶ, ὅστις ἐστί, see at {ὅς} 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2)]; ἔστιν ὅ., frequently with a negative, οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν.. ἡγήσαιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.687; οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμ᾽ ἢ σοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 293 (_anapaest meter_), compare 989, 1070 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; εἰσὶν οἵτινες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 354.5)]; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ.. everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87:—in these phrases the case of ὅστις commonly depends on that of οὐδεί; but sometimes the reverse, see at {οὐδείς} I.2: also joined with _superlative_, τρόπῳ ὅτῳ ἂν δύνωνται ἰσχυροτάτῳ Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; ὅντινα ἀφανέστατον δύναιντο τρόπον 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.1.5: in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ sometimes strengthened by an antecedent πᾶς)], but only in singular, ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅ. ἂν νέον κρατῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90 (πάντες ὅσοι being commonly used in _plural_, not πάντες οἵτινες)]; but πᾶσιν.. ὅστις ἐρωτᾷ [Refs (“IG” 12.410).)]
II referring to a definite object, properly only when a general notion is implied, Πολυκράτεα.., δι᾽ ὅντινα κακῶς ἤκουσε, not the man through whom, but one through whom.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 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, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1184, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 38, “Ag.” 1065)]; but in quite definite sense, βωμόν, ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.3: sometimes even with οὗτος or ὅδε as antecedent, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 2.99, 6.47, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 943, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.87.)]
II.2 ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ, ={ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.4; so ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ τε “Delph.” 3(2).236 (2nd c.BC).)]
III in indirect questions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc., εἴπ᾽ ἄγε μοι καὶ τόνδε.., ὅς τις ὅδ᾽ ἐστί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.192, compare 167, etc.)]; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.509; ξεῖνος ὅδ᾽, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅς τις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.28: in dialogue, when the person questioned repeats the question asked by τίς, as οὗτος τί ποιεῖ;—ὅ τι ποι; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 198)]; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ ε;—ὅστις; πολίτης χρηστός [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 595, compare “Pl.” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c, etc.)]
III.2 rare and late in direct questions, ὅ τι ἐστὶ τὸ ἐμποδίζον ; [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 140.12)]; ἀνθ᾽ ὅτου.. ; = why? [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 82p.109B.)]-C.; compare ὅπως.
IV limited or made more indefinite by the addition of Particles:
IV.1 ὅστις γε being one who (compare ὅσγε), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1335, “OC” 810, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1184.)]
IV.2 ὅστις δή (see. δή IV. [Refs (1), frequently used without any distinct relative force, θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή)]to some one or other of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; ὅτευ δὴ χρήματος δεησόμενον [prev. author] 3.121; ᾗ τινι δὴ γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87, etc.; also ὅ τι δήκοτε πρήξοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134; ὅστις δήποτ᾽ ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c; ὡς ἀπετύγχαν᾽ ὁτουδήποτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.167; ὁτῳδήτινι τρόπῳ “PFay.” 21.11 (2nd c.AD))]; so
IV.2.b ὁστισοῦν, ὁτιοῦν anybody (anything) whatsoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 198b, etc.; μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τρόπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.27; ὁτῳοῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175a)]; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a31: frequently with _negative_, μηδ᾽ ἂν ὁστισοῦν τυγχάνῃ ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5e, compare “Phd.” 78d, etc.)]; οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 344, “Pl.” 385; μηδοτιοῦν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 64)]: rarely, = whoever (whatever), as subject of a verb, ὁτιοῦν ἔτυχε τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους (variant{ὅτι ἄν}) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 391a22.)]
IV.2.c ὁστισδηποτοῦν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.8, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.164.)]
IV.2.d so also ὅστις alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 282d, etc.: with _negative_, μηδὲ οἵτινες)] none at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.9; οὐδ᾽ ἧστινος ἂν ἀσχολίας τὸ πρᾶγμα προσεδεῖτο 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.14.6.)]
IV.3 ὅστις ποτε whoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 160 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65.)]
IV.4 ὅστις περ (compare ὅσπερ), mostly in neuter, ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄφελος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492e: in _masculine_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.225.)]
IV.5 ὅστις τε, where τε is otiose as in ὅστε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.43, +others)]
V neuter ὅ τι used absolutely as a conjunction, see at {ὅ τι}.
VI ἐξ ὅτου from which time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 345, “Tr.” 326, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.16, etc.; ἐξ ὅτου περ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 596)]; ἀπ᾽ ὅτευ since.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, compare “SIG” 45.18 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; so ἕως ὅτου until.., [NT (NT.Luke.13.8.)]
VI.2 from what cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 671, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 639.)]
(sometimes written ὅ, τι to distinct it from ὅτι, that): [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has also the masculine collateral form ὅτις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.47, +others (also in 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.9)] and Ionic dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus Prose, “Jahresh.” 12.136 (from Erythrae), “IG” 12(5).22 (from Ios), 5(2).343.34 (Orchom. 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)))] and the neuter ὅττι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.402, +others, compare ὄττι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 45.)]—In some forms only the second part is inflected, i.e. genitive ὅτου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, +others)], Epic dialect ὅττεο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.124, later _Ionic dialect_ ὅτεο “Jahresh.”)][same place], contraction ὅττευ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.121, ὅτευ [prev. work] 421, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7; Lesb. ὄττω 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.3; _dative_ ὅτῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.36, +others)]; perhaps also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 2.5, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 99, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 14)]; Epic dialect ὅτεῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.114)], and as disyllable, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.428, 15.664; so 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, +others, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 100, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 15, “SIG” 194.21 (Amphipolis, 4th c.BC); 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ὀσέοι “IG” 5(2).262.14 (Mantinea, 5th c.BC))]; Epic dialect accusative ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.204, 15.395; Delph. _genitive_ ὅτινος “IG” 22.1126.37 (4th c.BC), also “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.167 (from Cyrene))]; Delph. dative ὅτινι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1126.25; Cretan dialect _dative_ _sing._ ὄτιμι “Leg.Gort.” 7.51, 8.7, +others: _plural_, _nominative_ _masculine_ argument ὄττινες “Mnemos.” 44.65 (3rd c.BC))]; neuter ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.450; _genitive_ ὅτεων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.39, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65)], Attic dialect ὅτων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 414, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.24 (conjecture), “Oec.” 3.2 (conjecture) (also in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 238, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 12, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 21); _dative_ ὁτέοισι (ν) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.491, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.82)], Attic dialect ὅτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1335, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 758, ὅτοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1119; _accusative_ ὅτινας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.492)], Aeolic dialect ὄττινας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 12: in a few forms only the first part is inflected, Cretan dialect _genitive_ _sing._ ὦτι probably in “Leg.Gort.” 1.5, 2.50, 11.50, +others, “GDI” 4993 ii 10: _neuter_ _plural_ ἄτι “Leg.Gort.” 2.47, +others)]: of the forms with double inflexion [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only ὅν τινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.188, +others, ἥν τινα 3.286, +others, οἵ τινες 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.94, +others, οὕς τινας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.240, +others, ἅς τινας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.573)]; ᾧτινι first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 31, ἧστινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1358, ᾗ τινι δή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87, οἷστισι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1279: _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. have ἧστινος ᾗτινι along with _masculine_ and _neuter_ ὅτου ὅτῳ, and this rule holds with few exceptions in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ Prose before 4th c.BC)]; ᾡτινιοῦν occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.37, etc.: ὅτῳ)] rarely as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1071.)]—For the Ionic dialect and Epic dialect form ἅσσα, Attic dialect ἅττα, see at {ἅσσα}.—On the concord and construction[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare ὅς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 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 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.47; ἀθανάτων ὅς τίς σε φυλάσσει 15.35, etc.)]: frequently without express antecedent, χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.347; ἆσσον ἴτω ὅς τις δέπας οἴσεται 23.667)]: hence frequently in maxims or sentiments, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1217; μακάριος ὅ. οὐσίαν καὶ νοῦν ἔχει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 114)]; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, ὅ... [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.4, etc.: frequently in such phrases as ὅστις εἶ, ὅστις ἐστί, see at {ὅς} 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 111.2)]; ἔστιν ὅ., frequently with a negative, οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν.. ἡγήσαιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.687; οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μοῖραν νείμαιμ᾽ ἢ σοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 293 (_anapaest meter_), compare 989, 1070 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]; εἰσὶν οἵτινες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 354.5)]; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ.. everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87:—in these phrases the case of ὅστις commonly depends on that of οὐδεί; but sometimes the reverse, see at {οὐδείς} I.2: also joined with _superlative_, τρόπῳ ὅτῳ ἂν δύνωνται ἰσχυροτάτῳ Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; ὅντινα ἀφανέστατον δύναιντο τρόπον 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.1.5: in Trag. and _Attic dialect_ sometimes strengthened by an antecedent πᾶς)], but only in singular, ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅ. ἂν νέον κρατῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90 (πάντες ὅσοι being commonly used in _plural_, not πάντες οἵτινες)]; but πᾶσιν.. ὅστις ἐρωτᾷ [Refs (“IG” 12.410).)]
II referring to a definite object, properly only when a general notion is implied, Πολυκράτεα.., δι᾽ ὅντινα κακῶς ἤκουσε, not the man through whom, but one through whom.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 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, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1184, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 38, “Ag.” 1065)]; but in quite definite sense, βωμόν, ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.3: sometimes even with οὗτος or ὅδε as antecedent, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 2.99, 6.47, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 943, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.87.)]
II.2 ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ, ={ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.4; so ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ τε “Delph.” 3(2).236 (2nd c.BC).)]
III in indirect questions, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc., εἴπ᾽ ἄγε μοι καὶ τόνδε.., ὅς τις ὅδ᾽ ἐστί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.192, compare 167, etc.)]; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.509; ξεῖνος ὅδ᾽, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅς τις 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.28: in dialogue, when the person questioned repeats the question asked by τίς, as οὗτος τί ποιεῖ;—ὅ τι ποι; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 198)]; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ ε;—ὅστις; πολίτης χρηστός [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 595, compare “Pl.” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c, etc.)]
III.2 rare and late in direct questions, ὅ τι ἐστὶ τὸ ἐμποδίζον ; [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 140.12)]; ἀνθ᾽ ὅτου.. ; = why? [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Epistulae” 82p.109B.)]-C.; compare ὅπως.
IV limited or made more indefinite by the addition of Particles:
IV.1 ὅστις γε being one who (compare ὅσγε), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1335, “OC” 810, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1184.)]
IV.2 ὅστις δή (see. δή IV. [Refs (1), frequently used without any distinct relative force, θεῶν ὅτεῳ δή)]to some one or other of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; ὅτευ δὴ χρήματος δεησόμενον [prev. author] 3.121; ᾗ τινι δὴ γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87, etc.; also ὅ τι δήκοτε πρήξοντα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134; ὅστις δήποτ᾽ ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c; ὡς ἀπετύγχαν᾽ ὁτουδήποτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.167; ὁτῳδήτινι τρόπῳ “PFay.” 21.11 (2nd c.AD))]; so
IV.2.b ὁστισοῦν, ὁτιοῦν anybody (anything) whatsoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 198b, etc.; μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τρόπου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.27; ὁτῳοῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175a)]; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a31: frequently with _negative_, μηδ᾽ ἂν ὁστισοῦν τυγχάνῃ ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5e, compare “Phd.” 78d, etc.)]; οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 344, “Pl.” 385; μηδοτιοῦν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 64)]: rarely, = whoever (whatever), as subject of a verb, ὁτιοῦν ἔτυχε τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους (variant{ὅτι ἄν}) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 391a22.)]
IV.2.c ὁστισδηποτοῦν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.8, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.164.)]
IV.2.d so also ὅστις alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 282d, etc.: with _negative_, μηδὲ οἵτινες)] none at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.9; οὐδ᾽ ἧστινος ἂν ἀσχολίας τὸ πρᾶγμα προσεδεῖτο 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.14.6.)]
IV.3 ὅστις ποτε whoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 160 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65.)]
IV.4 ὅστις περ (compare ὅσπερ), mostly in neuter, ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄφελος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 492e: in _masculine_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.225.)]
IV.5 ὅστις τε, where τε is otiose as in ὅστε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.43, +others)]
V neuter ὅ τι used absolutely as a conjunction, see at {ὅ τι}.
VI ἐξ ὅτου from which time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 345, “Tr.” 326, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 528, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.16, etc.; ἐξ ὅτου περ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 596)]; ἀπ᾽ ὅτευ since.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, compare “SIG” 45.18 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; so ἕως ὅτου until.., [NT (NT.Luke.13.8.)]
VI.2 from what cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 671, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 639.)]