ὅστε
hoste-2
who, which
Appears 182 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὅστε, ἥτε, ὅτε (also written divisim), in also ὅ τε as masc., Il. 17.757 : (ὅς, τε):—A. who, which, like the simple ὅς or ὅστις, freq. with a generalizing force (τε is however sts. otiose, as in ὅτε, ὥστε, οἷός τε, ἐπεί τε, etc., v. τε B. I), Od. 14.221, etc.: neut. pl. τά τε Il. 5.481, etc.: pl. fem. τάς τε 11.554 : used also in P. 2.39, al., and lyr. passages of Trag. ( Pers. 16, Ag. 49, Ch. 615, El. 151, Tr. 824, Hec. 445), but very rare in trim., Pers. 297,762,Eu. 25, 1024 ; and in Prose only in special forms, such as ἅτε, ἐφʼ ᾧτε :—rarely with antec. expressed, θεάων τάων, αἵ τʼ . . Il. 5.332 ; τῷ ἴκελος, ὅν τʼ . . 24.758 ; τά τε φρονέων, ἅ τʼ ἐγώπερ Od. 7.312.—Not to be confounded with ὅς τε, and who, Il. 2.365, Od. 3.185,al. 2. ἐξ οὗτε from the time when . . , Pers. 762, Eu. 25; ἀπʼ οὗτε PCair.Zen. 291.3 (iii B. C.). 3. freq. folld. by περ, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοίπερ Il. 20.65. 4. with ῥα between ὅς and τε, αἴγειρος ὥς, ἥ ῥά τε . . 4.483, cf. 15.411, 19.31, al. II. ὅ τε in that, because, 1.244; introducing the reason for making a statement or asking a question, 4.32, al.; so prob. 15.468: for ἅτε, ᾧτε, v. sub vocc.: ᾇτε, Dor. for ᾗτε, as, Lys. 1308 (lyr.): ἐφʼ ᾧτε, v. ἐπί B. III.3.
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