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|Definition=Dor. [[ὁπανίκα]], Adv., relat. and indirect interrog.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[at what point of time]], [[at what hour]], [[on what day]], more precise than [[ὁπότε]], S. OC434, Th.4.125, Theoc.23.33; though sometimes it cannot be distinguished from [[ὁπότε]], Pl.Alc.1.105d, Jul.Or.7.204a, al.; ὁπότε καὶ ὁπηνίκα Pl.Lg.772d; [[ὁπηνίκα ἄν]] = [[at whatever hour]] or [[at whatever time]], S.Ph.464; [[whenever]], PGiss.53.3 (iv A. D.); simply, [[when]], [[LXX]] 4 Ma.2.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., οὐδεὶς οἶδ' ὁπηνίκα ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ = [[what]] [[time]] of [[year]], Id.Fr.569.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> with conditional or causal force, ὁπηνίκα ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς = [[when]] [[once]] it was seen that... D.18.14, cf. 21.42.