ὁποῖος, α, ον, ὁπποῖος, η, ον, Hom., but twice ὁποῖος, Od. 17.421, 19.77; Ion. ὁκοῖος, η, ον, Archil. 70, Hdt. 2.82, al., GDI iv p.883 (Erythrae, iv B. C.); Cret. ὀτεῖος (q. v.): correlat. to ποῖος: replaced by οἷος in Att. Inscrr. after 300 B.C.:
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1 as Relat., of what sort or quality, ὁπποῖόν κ’ εἴπῃσθα ἔπος, τοῖόν κ’ ἐπακούσαις as [is] the word thou hast spoken, such shalt thou hear again, Il. 20.250; τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι such as he might be, Od. 17.421; οὔθ’ οἷ’ ἔπασχεν οὔθ’ ὁποῖ’ ἔδρα κακά S. OT 1272.
2. in indirect questions, Od. 1.171, etc.; εὑρεῖν ὁποίοις φαρμάκοις ἰάσιμος A. Pr. 475: in direct questions only as f.l. in E. Ph. 878, Ba. 663: sts. folld. by ποῖος in the same clause, οὐ γὰρ αἰσθάνομαί σου ὁποῖον νόμιμον ἢ ποῖον δίκαιον λέγεις X. Mem. 4.4.13; οὐκ οἶδα ὁποίᾳ τόλμῃ ἢ ποίοις λόγοις χρώμενος ἐρῶ Pl. R. 414d.
II with indefinite words added, ὁποῖός τις Th. 7.38, X. An. 2.2.2; ὁκοῖόν τι Hdt. 1.158; γιγνομένων ὁποῖοί τινες ἔτυχον Arist. Pol. 1286b24; so in Hom., ὁπποῖ’ ἄσσα of what sort, for ὁποῖά τινα, Od. 19.218; ὁποῖ’ ἄττα Pl. Grg. 465a; ὁποιοσοῠν of what kind soever, Id. Tht. 152d, al.; ὁποῖος δή, δήποτε, δηποτοῦν, and οὖν δή, as ὁποία δὴ φλέψ X. HG 5.4.58; τοὺς ὁποιουσδήποτε.. ἐξεπέμπετε στρατηγούς D. 18.146: gen., ὁποίου τινὸς οὖν X. Cyr. 2.4.10: acc. fem., ὁποιαντινοῦν Lys. 13.11; ὁποῖόσπερ A. Ch. 669; ὁποιοσποτοῦν Arist. Ph. 253b23; ὁποιοσδητισοῦν Iamb. ap. Simp. in Ph. 639.30; πόλιν.. οὐδ’ ὁποίας ἥττω inferior to none, Plb. 4.65.3; οὔτ’ ἄλλους οὐδ’ ὁποίους Theopomp.Hist. 217 (c); μηδὲ καθ’ ὁποῖον τρόπον SIG 672.14 (Delph., ii B. C.); μηδ’ ὁτίη or μηδοτίη, v. μηδοτίη.
III neut. pl. used as Adv., like as, S. OT 915, 1076, E. Hec. 398. Adv. ὁποίως, qualiter, Gloss.
ὁποῖος , - οία , - οῖον ,
[in LXX : [Son 5:10], 2Ma 11:37 * ;]
of what sort: [1Co 3:13], [Gal 2:6], [1Th 1:9], [Jas 1:24]; τοιοῦτος ὁ ., such as, [Act 26:29]. †