Plato Greek Lexicon ὅστε

ὅστε

hoste-2

who, which

Appears 163 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὅστε, ἥτε, ὅτε (also written divisim), in Hom. 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 Pi. P. 2.39, al., and lyr. passages of Trag. (A. Pers. 16, Ag. 49, Ch. 615, S. El. 151, Tr. 824, E. Hec. 445), but very rare in trim., A. 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 . . , A. 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, Ar. Lys. 1308 (lyr.): ἐφʼ ᾧτε, v. ἐπί B. III.3.
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