Ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Epicurus, Letter to MenoeceusGreek (Liddell-Scott)
χὤταν: κατὰ κρᾶσιν ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ ὅταν, Πινδ. Π. 2. 161, Σοφ. Οἰδ. Κολ. 1530.
French (Bailly abrégé)
crase poét. p. καὶ ὅταν.