ὁποῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὁκοῖος (hokoîos) — Ionic
ὁπποῖος (hoppoîos) — Epic
ὀτεῖος (oteîos) — Cretan

Etymology

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Particularly: “ὁ (ho, “that”) +‎ ποῖος (poîos, “which? what?”)?”

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.pôi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈpy.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpy.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpy.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpi.os/

Determiner

ὁποῖος • (hopoîos) (feminine ὁποίᾱ, neuter ὁποῖον)

of what sort or quality

Declension

First and second declension of ὁποῖος; ὁποίᾱ; ὁποῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὁποῖος hopoîos	ὁποίᾱ hopoíā	ὁποῖον hopoîon	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποίᾱ hopoíā	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποῖοι hopoîoi	ὁποῖαι hopoîai	ὁποῖᾰ hopoîa
Genitive	ὁποίου hopoíou	ὁποίᾱς hopoíās	ὁποίου hopoíou	ὁποίοιν hopoíoin	ὁποίαιν hopoíain	ὁποίοιν hopoíoin	ὁποίων hopoíōn	ὁποίων hopoíōn	ὁποίων hopoíōn
Dative	ὁποίῳ hopoíōi	ὁποίᾳ hopoíāi	ὁποίῳ hopoíōi	ὁποίοιν hopoíoin	ὁποίαιν hopoíain	ὁποίοιν hopoíoin	ὁποίοις hopoíois	ὁποίαις hopoíais	ὁποίοις hopoíois
Accusative	ὁποῖον hopoîon	ὁποίᾱν hopoíān	ὁποῖον hopoîon	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποίᾱ hopoíā	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποίους hopoíous	ὁποίᾱς hopoíās	ὁποῖᾰ hopoîa
Vocative	ὁποῖε hopoîe	ὁποίᾱ hopoíā	ὁποῖον hopoîon	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποίᾱ hopoíā	ὁποίω hopoíō	ὁποῖοι hopoîoi	ὁποῖαι hopoîai	ὁποῖᾰ hopoîa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁποίως hopoíōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὁποῖα (hopoîa, adverb)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

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- character idem, page 125.
- kind idem, page 469.
- nature idem, page 552.
- quality idem, page 663.
- sort idem, page 795.