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ὁπότερος
ὁπότερος, α, ον, Ep. ὁππότερος, as always in Hom. ; Ion. ὁκότερος Hdt. 5.119 :—correlat. to πότερος, used in sg. of individuals, in pl. of groups, e.g. of two armies, Il. 3.299, 5.33 :

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which of two, whether of the twain

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ὁπότερος, α, ον, Ep. ὁππότερος, as always in Hom. ; Ion. ὁκότερος Hdt. 5.119 :—correlat. to πότερος, used in sg. of individuals, in pl. of groups, e.g. of two armies, Il. 3.299, 5.33 :
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o(po/teros

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which of two, ἡμέων δʼ ὁπποτέρῳ θάνατος . . τέτυκται, τεθναίη Il. 3.101 : with ἄν, Ep. κε, whichsoever, ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ ib. 71 ; ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς A. Supp. 434 (lyr.) ; ὁπότεροι ἂν κρατῶσιν X. Cyr. 4.2.37.
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Il. 3.101
ἡμέων δʼ ὁπποτέρῳ θάνατος . . τέτυκται, τεθναίη
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A. Supp. 434
ὁπότερʼ ἂν κτίσῃς
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X. Cyr. 4.2.37
ὁπότεροι ἂν κρατῶσιν
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Ζεὺς οἶδε . . , ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τέλος πεπρωμένον ἐστίν Il. 3.309, cf. 22.130, 23.487 ; περὶ τοῦ ὁκότερος ἡμέων πλέω ἀγαθὰ . . ἐργάσεται about the question, which of us two . . , Hdt. 8.79 ; ὥστε μὴ γνῶναι ὁπότερος . . Lys. Fr. 78.3, cf. Antipho 3.2.6 ; ἀσαφῶς ὁποτέρων ἀρξάντων, for ἀσαφὲς ὂν ὁπότεροι ἦρξαν, Th. 4.20 : rarely in direct questions, for πότερος, prob. f.l. in Pl. Euthd. 271a and Ly. 212c.
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Il. 3.309
Ζεὺς οἶδε . . , ὁπποτέρῳ θανάτοιο τέλος πεπρωμένον ἐστίν
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Lys. Fr. 78.3
ὥστε μὴ γνῶναι ὁπότερος . .
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either of two, ἐὰν . . ὁπότερος αὐτοῖν . . πράξῃ Id. Lg. 868a, cf. R. 509a, X. Cyr. 3.2.22, And. 3.26, D. 16.27 ; so ὁποτεροσοῦν Pl. Men. 98d, Phlb. 14c, al.; ἐξεῖναι δʼ ὁποτεροισοῦν Th. 5.41, cf. Arist. Pol. 1319b9, al. : with οὐδέ, οὐδʼ ὁπότερος (or οὐδοπ-) neither, Hero Dioptr. 37.
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Id. Lg. 868a
ἐὰν . . ὁπότερος αὐτοῖν . . πράξῃ
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Pl. Men. 98d
ὁποτεροσοῦν
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Th. 5.41
ἐξεῖναι δʼ ὁποτεροισοῦν
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II
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Adv. ὁποτέρως, in which of two ways, as Relat. and indirect interrog., ὁ. ἔσται, ἐν ἀδήλῳ κινδυνεύεται Th. 1.78, cf. Lys. 26.5, Isoc. 12.76, Pl. R. 348b, etc. ; so ὁποτερωσοῦν Arist. APr. 60a16, al.
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Th. 1.78
ὁ. ἔσται, ἐν ἀδήλῳ κινδυνεύεται
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Arist. APr. 60a16
ὁποτερωσοῦν
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ὁπότερον or -ερα as Adv., mostly in indirect questions, whether, folld. by ἢ . . ἤ . . , as ἐβουλεύοντο ὁκότερα ἢ παραδόντες . . ἢ ἐκλιπόντες . . , ἄμεινον πρήξουσι Hdt. 5.119 ; by one ἤ, Ar. Nu. 157 : folld. by πότερον . . ἤ . . , Pl. Erx. 405c, etc.; also ὁπότερον εἴτε . . , εἴτε . . Isoc. 12.76, cf. X. HG 3.5.19.
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Hdt. 5.119
ἐβουλεύοντο ὁκότερα ἢ παραδόντες . . ἢ ἐκλιπόντες . . , ἄμεινον πρήξουσι
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Isoc. 12.76
ὁπότερον εἴτε . . , εἴτε . .
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