4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ὅτι:
ὅστις (any one who, anything which, whosoever, whichsoever): neut nom/acc sg
ὅτι 1 (for what, wherefore): indeclform (adverb)
ὅτι 2 (for what, wherefore): indeclform (conj)
LSJ entries
ὅστις
ὅστις
,
ἥτις,
ὅ
τι
(sts.
written
ὅ,
τι
to
dist.
it
from
ὅτι
,
that
):
Hom.
has
also
the
masc.
collat.
form
ὅτις
Od. 1.47
,
al.
(also
in
Critias 2.9
and
Ion.
and
Arc.
Prose,
Jahresh.
12.136 (
Erythrae
),
IG
12(5).22 (
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.,
Ep.
ὅττεο
Od. 1.124
,
later
Ion.
ὅτεο
Jahresh.
l.c.,
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
Ion.
,
Emp. 2.5
,
Democr. 99
,
Hp. VC 14
;
Ep.
ὅτεῳ
Od. 2.114
,
and
as
disyll.,
Il. 12.428
,
15.664
;
so
Hdt. 1.86
,
al.,
Democr. 100
,
Heraclit. 15
,
SIG
194.21
(Amphipolis,
iv
B.
C.
);
Arc.
ὀσέοι
IG
5(2).262.14
(Mantinea,
v
B.
C.
);
Ep.
acc.
ὅτινα
Od. 8.204
,
15.395
;
Delph.
gen.
ὅτινος
IG
22.1126.37
(iv
B.
C.)
,
also
Berl.Sitzb.
1927.167 (
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
,
Att.
ὅτων
S. OT 414
,
X. An. 7.6.24
(cj.),
Oec. 3.2
(cj.)
(also
in
Hes. Fr. 238
,
Anaxag.
12,
Hp. Aër. 21
);
dat.
ὁτέοισι
(
ν
)
Il. 15.491
,
Hdt. 2.82
,
Att.
ὅτοισι
S. Ant. 1335
,
Ar. Eq. 758
,
ὅτοις
S. Tr. 1119
;
acc.
ὅτινας
Il. 15.492
,
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.,
GDI
4993
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
:
Att.
Inscrr.
have
ἧστινος
ᾗτινι
along
with
masc.
and
neut.
ὅτου
ὅτῳ
,
and
this
rule
holds
with
few
exceptions
in
Trag.
and
Att.
Prose
before
iv
B.
C.
;
ᾡτινιοῦν
occurs
in
Lys. 1.37
,
etc.:
ὅτῳ
rarely
as
fem.,
E. IT 1071
.—For
the
Ion.
and
Ep.
form
ἅσσα
,
Att.
ἅττα
,
v.
ἅσσα.
—On
the
concord
and
construction
cf.
ὅς
B.
I.1,3,
II.3,
III.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.
πάντʼ
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.
III.2;
ἔστιν
ὅ.
,
freq.
with
a
neg.,
οὐ
γὰρ
ἔην
ὅς
τίς
σφιν
.
.
ἡγήσαιτο
Il. 2.687
;
οὐκ
ἔστιν
ὅτῳ
μείζονα
μοῖραν
νείμαιμʼ
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
I.2:
also
joined
with
Sup.
,
τρόπῳ
ὅτῳ
ἂν
δύνωνται
ἰσχυροτάτῳ
Foed.
ap.
Th. 5.23
;
ὅντινα
ἀφανέστατον
δύναιντο
τρόπον
Paus. 10.1.5
:
in
Trag.
and
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
IG
12.410).
II.
referring
to
a
definite
object,
prop.
only
when
a
general
notion
is
implied,
Πολυκράτεα
.
.
,
διʼ
ὅντινα
κακῶς
ἤκουσε
,
not
the
man
through
whom
,
but
one
through
whom
. . ,
Hdt. 3.120
;
τελευταῖόν
σε
προσβλέψαιμι
νῦν,
ὅστις
πέφασμαι
φύς
τʼ
ἀφʼ
ὧν
οὐ
χρῆν
may
I
see
thee
now
for
the
last
time,
I
who
am
one
born
from
sinful
parentage,
S. OT 1184
,
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.
ἐφʼ
ὅτῳ,
=
ἐφʼ
ᾧτε,
D.S. 16.4
;
so
ἐφʼ
ὅτῳ
τε
Delph.
3(2).236
(ii
B.
C.)
.
III.
in
indirect
questions,
Hom.
,
etc.,
εἴπʼ
ἄγε
μοι
καὶ
τόνδε
.
.
,
ὅς
τις
ὅδʼ
ἐστί
Il. 3.192
,
cf.
167
,
etc.;
ἔσπετε
νῦν
μοι,
Μοῦσαι,
ὅς
τις
δὴ
κτλ
.
who
it
was
that
. . ,
14.509
;
ξεῖνος
ὅδʼ,
οὐκ
οἶδʼ
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
;
ἀνθʼ
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. OT 1335
,
OC 810
,
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
δήποτʼ
ὤν
Pl. Phdr. 273c
;
ὡς
ἀπετύγχανʼ
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.,
μηδʼ
ἂν
ὁστισοῦν
τυγχάνῃ
ὤν
Pl. Euthphr. 5e
,
cf.
Phd. 78d
,
etc.;
οὐδʼ
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. HG 1.5.9
;
οὐδʼ
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
ἐστʼ
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. OC 345
,
Tr. 326
,
Ar. Nu. 528
,
X. Cyr. 8.2.16
,
etc.;
ἐξ
ὅτου
περ
Ar. Ach. 596
;
ἀπʼ
ὅτευ
since
. . ,
Hdt. 1.7
,
cf.
SIG
45.18
(Halic.,
v
B.
C.
);
so
ἕως
ὅτου
until
. . ,
Ev.Luc.
13.8.
2.
from
what
cause
,
S. Tr. 671
,
E. Cyc. 639
.
ὅ̄τι
ὅτι
or
ὅτι
(as
it
is
freq.
written
exc.
in
I,
sts.
also
ὅ
,
τι
),
Ep.
ὅττι
,
neut.
of
ὅστις
,
used
as
an
Adv.
A.
like
διότι,
in
indirect
questions,
for
what,
wherefore
,
ὅς
κʼ
εἴποι,
ὅ
τι
τόσσον
ἐχώσατο
Il. 1.64
,
cf.
Od. 19.464
;
εἴρετο,
ὅ
τι
οὐ
χρᾶται
τῇ
χειρί
Hdt. 3.78
,
cf.
1.111
,
2.19
,
91
,
al.;
ἢν
μὴ
φράσῃς
ὅ
τι
. .
unless
you
tell
me
why
. . ,
Ar. Pl. 19
,
cf.
966
:
sts.
with
a
Prep.,
εἰρωτώμενος
κατʼ
ὅ
τι
.
.
οὕτως
ἐπέστειλε
Hdt. 6.3
.
II.
ὅ
τι
μή
(usu.
written
ὅτι
μή
),
after
a
neg.
clause,
except
,
Il. 16.227
(v.l.
ὅτε
μή)
;
οὐδαμοί
.
.
,
ὅ
τι
μὴ
Χῖοι
μοῦνοι
Hdt. 1.18
;
οὐδεὶς
ἀνθρώπων,
ὅ
τι
μὴ
γυνὴ
μούνη
ib.
181
,
cf.
143
,
Th. 4.26
,
etc.:
rarely
with
a
different
Verb,
διέφυγε
μὲν
οὐδείς,
ὅ
τι
μὴ
διέλαθέ
τις
no
one
escaped,
save
that
one
escaped
notice,
Arr. An. 1.16.2
,
etc.:
after
a
question
with
οὐ
,
so
far
as
not
,
οὐ
.
.
τὴν
ἀπὸ
τοῦ
μανθάνειν
[ἡδονήν],
ὅ
τι
μὴ
μάθημα
τιμὴν
φέρει,
καπνὸν
καὶ
φλυαρίαν
[ἡγεῖται
];
Pl. R. 581d
.—That
this
phrase
belongs
to
the
pronominal
ὅ
τι
is
shown
by
the
similar
usage
of
ὅσον
,
v.
ὅσος
IV.
5c
.
2.
so
ὅτι
ἀλλʼ
ἤ,
=
ὅτι
μή,
LXX 1 Ki. 30.17
,
al.
III.
with
a
Sup.
Adv.
,
ὅττι
τάχιστα
as
quick
as
possible,
Il. 4.193
,
Od. 5.112
,
al.;
also
ὅ
τι
τάχος
Hdt. 9.7.βʹ
,
S. Ant. 1321
codd.
(lyr.,
dub.
l.),
Th. 7.42
,
etc.;
ὅ
τι
μάλιστα
Id. 5.36
,
etc.;
ὅ
τι
ἐγγύτατα
Id. 3.40
;
ὅ
τι
ἐλάχιστα
Id. 6.23
;
ὅ
τι
χρησιμώτατα
Id. 7.74
:
also
with
Adjs.,
ὅ
τι
πλείστη
ἀπορία
Id. 4.32
;
ὅ
τι
πλεῖστον
ναυτικόν,
ὅ
τι
πλεῖστον
χρόνον
,
X. HG 4.8.6
,
Cyr. 6.1.43
;
ὅ
τι
πλείστη
εὐδαιμονία
Pl. R. 421b
;
ὅ
τι
μεγίστη
πρόφασις
Th. 1.126
,
cf.
7.69
;
παῖδας
ὅ
τι
χειροτεχνικωτάτους
Ar. V. 1276
,
etc.—
Here
also
the
usage
may
be
compared
with
that
of
ὅσος
I.7,
IV.4.