Plato, Symposium, 200b

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Here is the context:

ἐμοὶ μὲν γὰρ θαυμαστῶς δοκεῖ, ὦ Ἀγάθων, ὡς ἀνάγκη εἶναι: σοὶ δὲ πῶς;
κἀμοί, φάναι, δοκεῖ.

καλῶς λέγεις. ἆρ᾽ οὖν βούλοιτ᾽ ἄν τις μέγας ὢν μέγας εἶναι, ἢ ἰσχυρὸς ὢν ἰσχυρός;

ἀδύνατον ἐκ τῶν ὡμολογημένων.

οὐ γάρ που ἐνδεὴς ἂν εἴη τούτων ὅ γε ὤν.

ἀληθῆ λέγεις.

And my question concerns this sentence:

οὐ γάρ που ἐνδεὴς ἂν εἴη τούτων ὅ γε ὤν.

Trial translation: For if he were not in want, then he would not be needful of-those-things.

ὅ: I need a grammatical commentary on this word, which I’m reading as a relative pronoun, standing for the state of being needful.

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Hi Hugh,
ὅ is just the definite article, with the participle ὤν. It picks up the accent from the enclitic γε.
“For I suppose the one who is (μέγας and ἰσχυρὸς) …" Typical use of γε. The negative goes only with ἐνδεὴς ἂν εἴη τούτων.

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Thanks for the help Michael. Enclitics and particles are weak points of mine.