ὁπηνίκα

English (LSJ)

Dor. ὁπᾱνίκα, Adv., relat. and indirect interrog.,

   A at what point of time, at what hour, on what day, more precise than ὁπότε, S. OC434, Th.4.125, Theoc.23.33 ; though sts. it cannot be distd. from ὁπότε, Pl.Alc.1.105d, Jul.Or.7.204a, al. ; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ. Pl.Lg.772d ; ὁ. ἄν at whatever hour or time, S.Ph.464 ; whenever, PGiss.53.3 (iv A. D.); simply, when, LXX 4 Ma.2.16.    2 in indirect questions, in answer to a direct question, πηνίκ' ἐστὶν ἄρα τῆς ἡμέρας ;— ὁπηνίκα; what time of day is it ?—what time, do you say ? Ar.Av. 1499.    3 c. gen., οὐδεὶς οἶδ' ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ what time of year, Id.Fr.569.7.    II with conditional or causal force, ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς when once it was seen that... D.18.14, cf. 21.42.