ὅ τι

ὅ τι or [full] ὅτι (as it is freq. written exc. in 1, sts. also [full] ὅ, [full] τι), [dialect] Ep. [full] ὅττι, neut. of ὅστις, used as an A dv.

A like διότι, in indirect questions, for what, wherefore,

ὅς κ' εἴποι, ὅ τι τόσσον ἐχώσατο Il.1.64

, cf. Od.19.464;

εἴρετο, ὅ τι οὐ χρᾶται τῇ χειρί Hdt.3.78

, cf. 1.111, 2.19,91, al.; ἢν μὴ φράσῃς ὅ τι . . unless you tell me why . . , Ar.Pl.19, cf. 966: sts. with a Prep.,

εἰρωτώμενος κατ' ὅ τι . . οὕτως ἐπέστειλε Hdt.6.3

.

II ὅ τι μή (usu. written ὅτι μή), after a neg. clause, except, Il.16.227 (v.l. ὅτε μή)

; οὐδαμοί . . , ὅ τι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι Hdt.1.18

; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅ τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνη ib.181, cf. 143, Th.4.26, etc.: rarely with a different Verb, διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, ὅ τι μὴ διέλαθέ τις no one escaped, save that one escaped notice, Arr.An.1.16.2, etc.: after a question with οὐ, so far as not, οὐ . . τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ μανθάνειν [ἡδονήν], ὅ τι μὴ μάθημα τιμὴν φέρει, καπνὸν καὶ φλυαρίαν [ἡγεῖται]; Pl.R.581d.—That this phrase belongs to the pronominal ὅ τι is shown by the similar usage of ὅσον, v. ὅσος IV. 5c.

2 so ὅτι ἀλλ' ἤ, = ὅτι μή, LXX 1 Ki.30.17, al.

III with a [comp] Sup. Adv., ὅττι τάχιστα as quick as possible, Il.4.193, Od.5.112, al.; also

ὅ τι τάχος Hdt.9.7

.β, S.Ant.1321 codd. (lyr., dub. l.), Th.7.42, etc.;

ὅ τι μάλιστα Id.5.36

, etc.;

ὅ τι ἐγγύτατα Id.3.40

;

ὅ τι ἐλάχιστα Id.6.23

;

ὅ τι χρησιμώτατα Id.7.74

: also with Adjs.,

ὅ τι πλείστη ἀπορία Id.4.32

; ὅ τι πλεῖστον ναυτικόν, ὅ τι πλεῖστον χρόνον, X.HG4.8.6, Cyr.6.1.43;

ὅ τι πλείστη εὐδαιμονία Pl.R.421b

;

ὅ τι μεγίστη πρόφασις Th.1.126

, cf. 7.69;

παῖδας ὅ τι χειροτεχνικωτάτους Ar.V.1276

, etc.— Here also the usage may be compared with that of

ὅσος 1.7

, IV.4.