ὥτε
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
Dor. for ὥστε A.1, Pi.N.6.28, 7.62, I.4(3).18(36), O.10(11).86, P.10.54, Alcm.23.41, B.16.105, Corinn.Supp.2.65, Lyr.Adesp.ap. A.D.Pron.48.28. (For the accent, cf. Wackernagel Beitr.z.Lehre vom Gr.Akzent p.20; ὧτε· σὺν τῷ ῑ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὡσειτε, Choerob. in An.Ox.2.281; this spelling (ᾥτε, ὥιτε) is found in Alcm. and cod. A of A. D. l. c., Corinn. l. c.)
English (Slater)
ὥτε (Schr.: ὧτε Boeckh: v. ὥστε b.)
1 just as introducing similes ἀλλ' ὥτε παῖς ἐξ ἀλόχου πατρὶ ποθεινὸς (Boeckh: ὥστε codd.) (O. 10.86) ὥτε φοινικανθέμου ἦρος ἀκμᾷ (Bergk: ὥστε unus cod. om. rell.) (P. 4.64) ἐγκωμίων γὰρ ἄωτος ὕμνων ἐπ' ἄλλοτ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον (ὥστε v.l.) (P. 10.54) ἔλπομαι μέγα εἰπὼν σκοποῦ ἄντα τυχεῖν ὥτ' ἀπὸ τόξου ἱείς (ᾧτ, ὥτ codd.: ὧτ Tricl.: ]ωσταπο[ Π.) (N. 6.28) ὕδατος ὥτε ῥοὰς φίλον ἐς ἄνδρ' ἄγων κλέος ἐτήτυμον αἰνέσω (Schr.: ὧτε codd.) (N. 7.62) ἄκονθ' ὥτε χαλκοπάρᾳον ὄρσαι θοὰν γλῶσσαν (Boeckh: ὡσείτε codd.: ὥστε Tricl.) (N. 7.71) ἐπεὶ τετραόροισιν ὥθ' ἁρμάτων ζυγοῖς ἐν τεμέ- νεσσι δόμον ἔχει τεοῖς (ὥσθ, ὧθ codd.) (N. 7.93) ἐναργέα τ' ἔμ ὥτε μάντιν οὐ λανθάνει (van Groningen: νεμέω, νέμεα, τεμεῷ τε codd. Dion. Hal.) fr. 75. 13. νῦν δ' αὖ μετὰ χειμέριον ποικίλα μηνῶν ζόφον χθὼν ὥτε φοινικέοισιν ἄνθησεν ῥόδοις (ἅτε, ὧτε codd.) (I. 4.18)
