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|Full diacritics=ὁπηνίκᾰ
|Medium diacritics=ὁπηνίκα
|Low diacritics=οπηνίκα
|Capitals=ΟΠΗΝΙΚΑ
|Transliteration A=hopēníka
|Transliteration B=hopēnika
|Transliteration C=opinika
|Beta Code=o(phni/ka
|Definition=Dor. ὁπᾱνίκα, Adv., relat. and indirect interrog., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">at what point of time, at what hour, on what day</b>, more precise than <b class="b3">ὁπότε</b>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>434</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.125</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.23.33</span> ; though sts. it cannot be distd. from <b class="b3">ὁπότε</b>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.105d, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.204a</span>, al. ; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>772d</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁ. ἄν</b> <b class="b2">at whatever hour</b> or <b class="b2">time</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>464</span> ; <b class="b2">whenever</b>, PGiss.53.3 (iv A. D.); simply, <b class="b2">when</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>2.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in indirect questions, in answer to a direct question, <b class="b3">πηνίκ' ἐστὶν ἄρα τῆς ἡμέρας</b> ;— <b class="b3">ὁπηνίκα</b>; what time of day is it ?—<b class="b2">what time</b>, do you say ? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1499</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">οὐδεὶς οἶδ' ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ</b> <b class="b2">what time</b> of year, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> with conditional or causal force, <b class="b3">ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς</b> <b class="b2">when once</b> it was seen that... <span class="bibl">D.18.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.42</span>.</span>
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