οὕσπερ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Relative pronoun, “who/which/that very one”; often with emphatic or explanatory force, “just the one who/which,” “the very same as.” Used to introduce a defining clause: “who indeed,” “which precisely.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"οὕσπερ"

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

Case: accusative

Number: plural

Gender: masculine

Function: introduces a relative clause; -περ adds emphasis ('whom/which indeed', 'those very whom')

Related Forms of ὅσπερ

7 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

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

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