ὅταν,
for ὅτ᾽ ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sometimes in codices:
adverb of Time,
A whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to =ἐάν (see. εἰ [
Refs 5th c.BC+], referring to an
indefinite future [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of events like ly to recur,[
Refs]: also in
Epic dialect ὅτε κεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated for
rhetorical effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.b later causal,
since, ὅταν.. ᾖ
since it is, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (
i.e. my staff) is blind
when I am (=
when its owner is) short-sighted, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.2 never with
indicative in early authors, except in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; and in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: but frequently in LXX with
imperfect indicative, as ὅταν εἰσήρχετο [
LXX+2nd c.BC+]: also with
aorist indicative, [
LXX+NT]: with
future indicative, ὅταν ἕξουσι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (variantὄψησθε) [
NT]: with
present indicative, ὅταν δείκνυται [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
A.3 never with
optative in early authors, except in indirect speech, where in orat. recta the
subjunctive with ὅταν would have stood, as perhaps [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅτε κεν followed by ἵκοι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II Special usages:
A.II.1 to introduce a simile,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II.2 πρίν γ᾽ ὅ., =πρίν γε ἢ ὅ. (see. ὅτε [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
A.II.3 εἰς ὅτε κεν until
such time as.., [
Refs]
A.II.4 ὅ. τάχιστα, Latin
cum primum, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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