ὁπηνίκα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ὁπᾱνίκα, Adv., relat. and indirect interrog., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">at what point of time, at what hour, on what day</b>, more precise than [[ὁπότε]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>434</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.125</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.23.33</span>; though sts. it cannot be distd. from [[ὁπότε]], Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.105d, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.204a</span>, al.; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>772d</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ. ἄν</b> [[at whatever hour]] or [[time]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>464</span>; [[whenever]], PGiss.53.3 (iv A. D.); simply, [[when]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>2.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in indirect questions, in answer to a direct question, <b class="b3">πηνίκ' ἐστὶν ἄρα τῆς ἡμέρας</b>;— [[ὁπηνίκα]]; what time of day is it ?—[[what time]], do you say ? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1499</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">οὐδεὶς οἶδ' ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ</b> [[what time]] of year, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> with conditional or causal force, <b class="b3">ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς</b> [[when once]] it was seen that... <span class="bibl">D.18.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.42</span>.</span>