ὁπόταν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=i. e. <b class="b3">ὁπότ' ἄν</b>, as it is freq. written in codd. (the distn. did not exist for the Greeks) : Adv., related to [[ὅταν]] as [[ὁπότε]] to [[ὅτε]] (v. [[ὁπότε]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[whensoever]], used only with subj., <span class="bibl">Il.15.209</span>, etc. (Hom. uses <b class="b3">ὁππότε κεν</b> in the same way, <span class="bibl">Il.4.40</span>, <span class="bibl">229</span>, al.): rarely after past tenses, <b class="b3">πολλὰς . . ησθου πλαγάς, ὁπόταν . . νὺξ ὑπολείφθῃ</b> (for <b class="b3">ὁπότε νὺξ ὑπολειφθείη</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>91</span> (anap.): never with ind. in early writers, for [[φθέγξομαι]] (<span class="bibl">Il.21.340</span>), [[ἱμείρεται]] (<span class="bibl">Od.1.41</span>) are Ep. aor. subj. forms, and in <span class="bibl">Od. 16.282</span> [[θῇσιν]] is the right reading : never with opt. save in late writers (unless the Mss. can be trusted in Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.146a), for in <span class="bibl">Il.7.415</span> <b class="b3">ὁππότ' ἄρ'</b> is the reading of the best codd. ; in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.11</span> <b class="b3">ὁπότε ἥκοι</b> is the right reading. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[as soon as]], ὁπότ' ἂν τὸ πρῶτον ἴδῃ φάος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>71</span>.</span>