ὄπερ

Lemma: ὅσπερ

relative pronoun (strengthened with... relative pronoun (strengthened with -περ)

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Definition

Relative pronoun meaning “who/which/that very one,” often with emphatic force (“the very one who/which”); frequently used in apposition or for clarification (“namely who/which”).

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Grammatical Analysis

"ὄπερ"

Type: relative pronoun (ὅς) with enclitic particle -περ (intensive/emphatic)

Case: nominative or accusative

Number: singular

Gender: neuter

Note: ὄπερ = ὅπερ (‘which/that very thing’, ‘precisely what’); neuter nom./acc. sg. forms are identical

Related Forms of ὅσπερ

1 form discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

απερ accusative, plural, neuter

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