Οστις | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

ὅστις — an indefinitive relative pronoun meaning “whoever” or “whichever” (i.e., “anyone who” / “anything that”). It introduces a generalizing or hypothetical relative clause and may occur with ἄν in potential statements.

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Grammatical Analysis

"Οστις"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine or feminine (common)

Compound form: ὅς (relative pronoun) + τις (indefinite pronoun)

Special notes: ‘ὅστις’ is an indefinite/interrogative relative pronoun, meaning ‘whoever’, ‘anyone who’, etc. It is declined like the simple relative pronoun with the indefinite enclitic ‘τις’ suffixed. In some contexts it can have slightly different forms for neuter, and in the plural. The feminine nominative singular is ἥτις, the neuter nominative/accusative singular is ὅ τι. Used to introduce relative clauses of general/indefinite reference.

Related Forms of ὅστις

6 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Ήτις nominative, singular, feminine Ὅστις nominative, singular, masculine ἥτις nominative, singular, feminine ἥντινα accusative, singular, feminine αἵτινες nominative, plural, feminine ἡτις nominative, singular, feminine

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