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|Definition=(with changed accent, cf. [[ὅτε]], [[ὁτέ]]), Adv. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[at times]], [[now and then]], in answering clauses, <b class="b3">τοτὲ μὲν... τοτὲ δὲ</b> . . (much like [[ποτὲ μὲν]], ποτὲ δὲ . . ) <b class="b2">at one time... at another</b>... <span class="bibl">Od.24.447</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 100</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1745</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>540</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>270a</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τόκα μὲν... τόκα δέ</b> (Dor. parox.) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.10</span>; τότ' ἄλλος, ἄλλοθ' ἅτερος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>739</span>; <b class="b3">τ. μὲν... ἄλλοτε δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>237e</span>, Poet. ap. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.20</span>; <b class="b3">τ. μὲν... αὖθις δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>491b</span>, etc.; τ. μὲν δίκαιον, ὅταν δὲ βούληται, ἄδικον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>261d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>412</span> (lyr.):—<b class="b3">τοτὲ μέν</b> in the first clause is sometimes omitted, <span class="bibl">Il.11.63</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>116a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>192d</span>.</span>