- οὐδέποτε
- οὐδέποτε, in [dialect] Ion. Prose [full] οὐδέκοτε, [dialect] Dor. [full] οὐδέποκα prob. in IG22.1126.5 (cf. μηδέποκα ib. 11), etc.:—Conj. and Adv.A and not ever or nor ever, not even ever or never, in Hom. mostly with past tenses, Il.1.155, 5.789, al.: but with [tense] pres., Od.10.464, Hes.Th.759: with [tense] fut., Od.2.203, Hes.Op.176; in [dialect] Att., οὐδέποτε is commonly found with [tense] pres. or [tense] fut. (or its equivalent, as in
οὐδέποτε μὴ λειφθῇ SIG800.29
(Lycosura, i A. D.)), οὐδεπώποτε with past tenses, soοὐδέποτε ἐπὶ μέλλοντος . . , ἐπὶ δὲ παρῳχημένου τὸ οὐδεπώποτε Phryn.PSp.91
B.: but οὐδέποτε occurs with past tenses in Com.Adesp.23 (cited by Phryn. l.c.), X.An.2.6.13, Ages.11.7, Oec.20.22, Aeschin.3.151, Men.653; cf. οὐδέποτε tam in praeterito quam in futuro, quomodo et nos 'nunquam', Priscian.Inst. 18.257: in late writers the reference of πω to past time was neglected, v. οὐδεπώποτε, and cf.ἐξ ὧν ἀνάγκη . . μηδεπώποτε ἐλευθερίας ἐπιτυγχάνειν D.Chr.14.1
; cf. οὐδέπω, οὔποτε, οὔπω, οὐπώποτε, also μηδέποτε, μηπώποτε.—In Hom. οὐδέ ποτε shd. prob. be written divisim: sts. a word is put between, as in Il.6.99.
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