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οποιος
whoever / whichever /ˈo.pços/
adjectiveC1#3745 most common
Also: whichever one, anyone who
Example sentences
Όποιος θέλει, μπορεί να έρθει.
Whoever wants to can come.
Πάρε όποιο βιβλίο σου αρέσει.
Take whichever book you like.
Όποια ώρα φτάσεις, θα είμαι εδώ.
Whatever time you arrive, I'll be here.
Μίλησε με όποιον γνωρίζει την απάντηση.
Speak with whoever knows the answer.
Όποιοι δεν έχουν εισιτήριο δεν μπορούν να μπουν.
Whoever doesn't have a ticket cannot enter.
Όποιου το σχέδιο εγκριθεί θα πάρει τη χρηματοδότηση.
Whoever's plan gets approved will get the funding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | όποιος | όποιοι |
| Genitive | όποιου | όποιων |
| Accusative | όποιον | όποιους |
| Vocative | - | - |
Word family
ποιοςwhat kind of, whichτέτοιοςsuch, this kind ofοποιοσδήποτεanyone at all, whoeverποιότηταquality
ποιοτικόςqualitative
Etymology
Όποιος combines the relative prefix ο-, from ancient ὅς meaning 'who' or 'which', with ποιος, an old interrogative pronoun meaning 'what kind of'. Turning a question into a relative form changes 'what kind?' into an open reference: 'whatever kind, whoever'. Ποιος itself continues a Proto-Indo-European interrogative stem that also produced Latin qualis and English which and who, through different regular sound changes from the same ancestral consonant.
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