ὅς 1

ὅς 1.

Grammatical information: relative pron.

Meaning: `who, which' (Il.).

Other forms: ἥ, ὅ

Derivatives: From it ὄτερος `who, which of both' (Cret.), also ὅσ-τις, ὅ-τε, οἷος, ὅσος a.o.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [283] *i̯o- `which'

Etymology: Inherited and identical with Skt. yás, yā́, yád, Av. yō, yā, yat̃, Phryg. ιος, IE *i̯os, i̯ā, i̯od. Old is also ὄ-τερος = Skt. ya-tará-, Av. ya-tāra- `id.'. The orig. function was not relative, but rather demonstrative; s. Gonda Lingua 4, 1ff., also Moods 96 f., 126; further details w. rich lit. in Schwyzer 614f., also WP. 1, 98, Pok. 283.

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