ὁπηνίκα
Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 356] correlat. zu πηνίκα, dann wann, zu welcher Zeit, relat. u. indirect fragend; Soph. O. C. 435; ὡς ὁπηνίκ' ἂν θεὸς πλοῦν ἧμιν εἴκῃ, τηνικαῦθ' ὁρμώμεθα, Phil. 462; ὁπηνίκα; Ar. Av. 1499; ἐθύσαντο ὅπως, ὁπηνίκα καὶ δοκοίη τῆς ὥρας, τὴν πορείαν ποιοῖντο, Xen. An. 3, 5, 18, zu welcher Stunde sie auch wollten; Plat. Legg. VI, 772 d; Dem. 21, 42.
