οὐδέποτε

English (LSJ)

in Ion. Prose οὐδέκοτε, Dor. οὐδέποκα prob. in IG22.1126.5 (cf. μηδέποκα ib. 11), etc.:—Conj. and Adv.

   A and not ever or nor ever, not even ever or never, in Hom. mostly with past tenses, Il.1.155, 5.789, al.: but with pres., Od.10.464, Hes.Th.759: with fut., Od.2.203, Hes.Op.176; in Att., οὐδέποτε is commonly found with pres. or fut. (or its equivalent, as in οὐδέποτε μὴ λειφθῇ SIG800.29 (Lycosura, i A. D.)), οὐδεπώποτε with past tenses, so οὐδέποτε ἐπὶ μέλλοντος... ἐπὶ δὲ παρῳχημένου τὸ οὐδεπώποτε Phryn.PSp.91 B.: but οὐδέποτε occurs with past tenses in Com.Adesp.23 (cited by Phryn. l.c.), X.An.2.6.13, Ages.11.7, Oec.20.22, Aeschin.3.151, Men.653; cf. οὐδέποτε tam in praeterito quam in futuro, quomodo et nos 'nunquam', Priscian.Inst. 18.257: in late writers the reference of πω to past time was neglected, v. οὐδεπώποτε, and cf. ἐξ ὧν ἀνάγκη . . μηδεπώποτε ἐλευθερίας ἐπιτυγχάνειν D.Chr.14.1; cf. οὐδέπω, οὔποτε, οὔπω, οὐπώποτε, also μηδέποτε, μηπώποτε.—In Hom. οὐδέ ποτε shd. prob. be written divisim: sts. a word is put between, as in Il.6.99.