ὅσπερ

pronoun (relative pronoun with encl... pronoun (relative pronoun with enclitic -περ)

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Definition

Relative pronoun with intensive force: “who/which/that very one,” “the very person/thing who/which,” often with a demonstrative nuance (“the same as”). Also used correlatively, “just as (indeed).”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ὅσπερ"

Type: relative pronoun with enclitic/emphatic particle περ (intensive: 'precisely who/which')

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine

Related Forms of ὅσπερ

11 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὄπερ nominative or accusative, singular, neuter ἥπερ nominative, singular, feminine απερ accusative, plural, neuter ὦνπερ particle ωνπερ genitive, plural, masculine/neuter οὕσπερ accusative, plural, masculine οὗπερ genitive, singular, masculine or neuter ᾗπερ pronoun (relative) + particle ᾧπερ dative, singular, masculine/neuter οἵσπερ nominative, plural, masculine ἅπερ nominative or accusative, plural, neuter

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