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Well, it depends, as always, on what you think the antecedent is! That
is, any relative pron in Latin can be either a subordinating pron or a
connecting pron, depending on (as someone else observed) the context,
so either 'He who' or 'That which' is possible if we think it comes
at the beginning of a new sentence. But choosing between
those two is more a matter of syntax than context! 'qui' can refer
back to any masculine noun, not just a male person/being; what are the
grammatical possiblities here? (I don't have anything but a Vulg
without apparatus here in my office!)

A.

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