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|mdlsjtxt=1 [[ὅ τι]], epic [[ὅ ττι]], (often written ὅ, τι ὅ, ττι— to [[distinguish]] them from ὅτι, [[ὅττι]], that), neut. of [[ὅστις]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> used as an adv. like [[διότι]], in [[indirect]] questions, for [[what]], [[wherefore]], ὅς κ' εἴποι, [[ὅ τι]] τόσσον ἐχώσατο who [[might]] say, [[wherefore]] he is so [[angry]], Il.; ἢν μὴ φράσῃς [[ὅ τι]] . . [[unless]] you [[tell]] me why . ., Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[ὅ τι]] μή or ὅτι μή, [[after]] a negat. [[clause]], [[except]], Il.; οὐδαμοί, ὅτι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with Sup. adv., [[ὅ ττι]] [[τάχιστα]], as [[quick]] as [[possible]], Hom.;—so, [[ὅ τι]] [[τάχος]] Hdt., etc.; [[ὅ τι]] [[μάλιστα]], [[ὅ τι]] ἐλάχιστα, etc., Thuc.; also with Adjs., [[ὅ τι]] πλεῖστον ναυτικόν, [[ὅ τι]] πλεῖστον χρόνον Xen.; [[ὅ τι]] πλείστη [[εὐδαιμονία]] Plat. <br />2<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that, Lat. [[quod]], [[after]] Verbs of [[seeing]] or [[knowing]], [[thinking]] or [[saying]], used in quoting [[another]] [[person]]'s words, ἠγγέλθη, ὅτι [[Μέγαρα]] ἀφέστηκε [[news]] came that [[Megara]] has revolted ([[where]] we say had), Thuc.; ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσι ([[where]] we say that they would [[send]]), Thuc.;— in orat. obliq., with opt., ἠπείλησ' ὅτι βαδιοίμην I threatened that I would go, Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> pleonast. [[before]] the [[very]] words of a [[speech]] ([[where]] in our idiom the Conjunction is [[left]] out, its [[place]] [[being]] supplied by [[inverted]] commas), καὶ ἐγὼ [[εἶπον]], ὅτι ἡ [[αὐτή]] μοι [[ἀρχή]] ἐστι and I said: "I [[will]] [[begin]] at the [[same]] [[point]], " Plat.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> ὅτι in [[attic]] may [[represent]] a [[whole]] [[sentence]], especially in [[affirm]]. answers, [[οὐκοῦν]] τὸ ἀδικεῖν [[κάκιον]] ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι; Answ. δῆλον δὴ ὅτι (i. e. ὅτι [[κάκιον]] ἂν εἴἠ, Plat.; so in the affirmations conveyed by οἶδ' ὅτι, οἶσθ' ὅτι, etc., and in [[δηλονότι]] (i. e. δῆλόν ἐστιν ὅτἰ used as adv.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> οὐχ ὅτι . ., ἀλλὰ or ἀλλὰ καὶ . ., not only, but also . ., Xen.; οὐ μόνον ὅτι [[ἄνδρες]], ἀλλὰ καὶ γυναῖκες Plat.:— οὐχ ὅτι, not followed by a [[second]] [[clause]], [[means]] [[although]], οὐχ ὅτι παίζει καί φησι Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> for ὅτι μή, v. [[ὅ τι]] II.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> as a Causal Particle for that, [[because]], [[seeing]] that, inasmuch as, Lat. [[quod]], Hom., etc.