ὁπότε

ὁπότε, [dialect] Ep. [full] ὁππότε, both in Hom. ; [dialect] Ion. [full] ὁκότε; Cyrenaic [full] ὁπόκᾰ Berl.Sitzb.1927.164 ; in [dialect] Dor. Poets [full] ὁππόκᾰ Theoc.5.98 : Adv. of Time, correlat. to πότε, used much

A like ὅτε, exc. that the sense is less definite (cf. X.Cyr.1.6.3), though the two were freq. used without distinction :

I Relat., with the ind., mostly with reference to the past, when, Il.1.399,3.173, etc. ; the ind. ἦστε is omitted, 8.230 : in Class. [dialect] Att. Prose only ὅτε is so used, when referring to a particular time, but later ὁπότε returns, as ὁπότε περιῆν when she was alive, POxy.243.10(i A. D.): with the [tense] pres. in a simile,

ὡς δ' ὁπότε . . ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι Il.11.492

: with subj., like ὁπόταν, with reference to an indef. number of occasions in the [tense] pres. or to the future,

ὁππότ' Ἀχαιοὶ Τρώων ἐκπέρσωσ' εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον 1.163

, cf.13.817, 21.112, Od.14.170, Hes.Th.782 : sts. in similes,

ὡς ὁπότε νέφεα Ζέφυρος στυφελίξῃ Il.11.305

, cf. Od.4.335 ; but ὁπότ' ἄν, [dialect] Ep. ὁπότε or ὁππότε κεν, is more common with subj., and in [dialect] Att. Prose ἄν must be used, v. ὁπόταν: Cyrenaic ὁπόκα κα δήληται Berl.Sitzb. l. c.

2 with opt. :

a to express an event that occurred often,

ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο Il.3.233

, cf. 10.189, 15.284, Od.11.591, Th.1.99,2.15, Pl.Smp.220a, X.An.3.4.28.

b after a verb of waiting, of a time future relatively to the past,

ἷζε . . δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Il.2.794

, cf. 4.334,7.415,9.191,18.524.

c in orat. obliq., S.Tr.824 (lyr.), X.An.4.6.20 ; in implied orat. obliq., Od.24.344 (of a past promise) ; ἀποδοτέον . . ὁ. μανεὶς ἀπαιτοῖ we were not [as you remember] to . . , Pl.R.332a.

d where the principal clause has an opt.,

μηδ' ἀντιάσειας ἐκείνῳ ὁππότε νοστήσειε Od.18.148

, cf. Pl.R.396c, X.Cyr.1.6.3.

II in indirect questions, with ind., ἦ ῥά τι ἴδμεν . . ὁππότε Τηλέμαχος νεῖται; when he is to return, Od. 4.633 ;

εἰς ὁ.

by what time,

Aeschin.3.99

: rarely after a past tense, προσεδέρκετο, δέγμενος αἰεί, ὁππότε δὴ . . ἐφήσει (for ἐφείη, v. supr. 1.2 b) Od.20.386 ;

εἰς σὲ βλέψαι καὶ τὸν ταμίαν ὁπότ' ἄριστον παραθήσει Ar.V.613

.

III

ὁποτεοῦν

at any time whatever,

Arist.Metaph. 1049a1

.

B in causal sense, because, since, with ind., Thgn.749 (s. v.l.), Hdt.2.125, Pl.Lg.895c, etc. ; also

ὁπότε γε S.OC1699

(lyr.), X.Cyr. 8.3.7.