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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"definition": "<i>which of two,</i> ἡμέων δʼ ὁπποτέρῳ θάνατος . . τέτυκται, τεθναίη Il. 3.101 : with ἄν, Ep. κε, <i>whichsoever,</i> 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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"definition": "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, <i>which of</i> us <i>two . . ,</i> 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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"definition": "<i>either of two,</i> 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-) <i>neither,</i> Hero Dioptr. 37.",
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"quote": "ἐξεῖναι δʼ ὁποτεροισοῦν",
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"definition": "Adv. ὁποτέρως, <i>in which of two ways,</i> 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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