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Local clauses

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES (RELATIVE CLAUSES: 2488-2573)

Local clauses are introduced by the relative adverbs οὗ, ὅπου, ἔνθα, ἵνα (usually poetic, but sometimes in Plato) where, οἷ, ὅποι, ἔνθα whither, ὅθεν, ὁπόθεν, ἔνθεν whence, ᾗ, ὅπῃ which way, where, whither. ὅθι and ὁπόθι where are Epic and Lyric, ἧχι where is Epic. ἔνθα and ἔνθεν are also demonstratives (there, thence).

conjunctions

PARTICLES

Conjunctions are either coördinating or subordinating. The coördinating conjunctions with their several varieties are given in 2163. The subordinating conjunctions are

Causal: ὅτι, διότι, διόπερ, ἐπεί, ἐπειδή, ὅτε, ὁπότε, ὡς (2240).

Comparative: ὡς, ὥσπερ, καθάπερ, ὅπως, ᾗ, ὅπῃ, ᾗπερ (2463; cp. 2481).

Concessive: καὶ εἰ (κεἰ), καὶ ἐο̄́ν (κᾱ̓́ν), εἰ καί, ἐᾱ̀ν καί (2369).

Conditional: εἰ, ἐᾱ́ν, ἤν, ᾱ̓́ν (2283).

Consecutive: ὥστε, ὡς (2250).

Declarative: ὅτι, διότι, οὕνεκα, ὁθούνεκα, ὡς (2578).

Final: ἵνα, ὅπως, ὡς, μή, etc. (2193; cp. 2209, 2221).

Local: οὗ, ὅπου, οἷ, ὅποι, ἔνθα, ὅθεν, ὁπόθεν, ᾗ, ὅπῃ, etc (2498).

Temporal: ὅτε, ὁπότε, ἡνίκα, ἐπεί, ἐπειδή, ὡς, μέχρι, ἔστε, ἕως, πρίν, etc (2383).

Some conjunctions belong to more than one class.