Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ὅς • ‎(hós) m, ἥ f ‎(hḗ), ὅ n ‎(hó)

1. (in Homeric Greek, often demonstrative pronoun) this
2. (relative) who, which, that

Inflection

Derived terms

• ὡς ‎(hōs)
• οἷος ‎(hoîos)

References

• ὅς, ἥ, ὅ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 338: relative pronoun
• William Bedell Stanford (1959) [1947]. "Introduction, Grammatical Introduction". Homer: Odyssey I-XII 1 (2nd ed.). Macmillan Education Ltd. p. lxiii, § 12.1 12.2.

Etymology 2

Like ἕ ‎(hé, “him”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun). Cognate with Sanskrit स्व ‎(svá). See also ἑός ‎(heós).

Alternative forms

• ἑός ‎(heós) Epic, Doric
• ἱός ‎(hiós) Boeotian

Adjective

ὅς • ‎(hós) m ‎(feminine ἥ, neuter ὅν); first/second declension (third person singular possessive adjective)

1. (with noun) his, her, its
2. (as substantive, sometimes with article) his, hers
   1. (in the plural) his or her people, friends, family; his possessions

Inflection

References

• ὅς, ἥ, ὅν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• William Bedell Stanford (1959) [1947]. "Introduction, Grammatical Introduction". Homer: Odyssey I-XII 1 (2nd ed.). Macmillan Education Ltd. p. lxiii, § 12.1.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press