ὅ τι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[ὅτι]] (as it is freq. written exc. in ''1'', sometimes also [[ὅ, τι]]), Ep. [[ὅττι]], neut. of [[ὅστις]], used as an A dv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> like [[διότι]], in indirect questions, [[for what]], [[wherefore]], ὅς κ' εἴποι, ὅ τι τόσσον ἐχώσατο Il.1.64, cf. Od.19.464; εἴρετο, ὅ τι οὐ χρᾶται τῇ χειρί Hdt.3.78, cf. 1.111, 2.19,91, al.; <b class="b3">ἢν μὴ φράσῃς ὅ τι</b>.. unless you tell me [[why]]... Ar.''Pl.''19, cf. 966: sometimes with a Prep., εἰρωτώμενος κατ' ὅ τι.. οὕτως ἐπέστειλε Hdt.6.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ὅ τι μή</b> (usu. written <b class="b3">ὅτι μή</b>), after a neg. clause, [[except]], Il.16.227 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὅτε μή]]); οὐδαμοί... ὅ τι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι Hdt.1.18; <b class="b3">οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅ τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνη</b> ib.181, cf. 143, Th.4.26, etc.: rarely with a different Verb, <b class="b3">διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, ὅ τι μὴ διέλαθέ τις</b> no one escaped, [[save that]] one escaped notice, Arr.''An.''1.16.2, etc.: after a question with [[οὐ]], [[so far as not]], <b class="b3">οὐ.. τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ μανθάνειν [ἡδονήν], ὅ τι μὴ μάθημα τιμὴν φέρει, καπνὸν καὶ φλυαρίαν [ἡγεῖται]</b>; [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 581d.—That this phrase belongs to the pronominal <b class="b3">ὅ τι</b> is shown by the similar usage of [[ὅσον]], v. [[ὅσος]] IV. 5c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> so <b class="b3">ὅτι ἀλλ' ἤ</b>, = [[ὅτι μή]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''30.17, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> with a Sup. Adv., <b class="b3">ὅττι τάχιστα</b> as quick as possible, Il.4.193, Od.5.112, al.; also ὅ τι τάχος Hdt.9.7.β, S.''Ant.''1321 codd. (lyr., dub. l.), Th.7.42, etc.; ὅ τι μάλιστα Id.5.36, etc.; ὅ τι ἐγγύτατα Id.3.40; ὅ τι ἐλάχιστα Id.6.23; ὅ τι χρησιμώτατα Id.7.74: also with Adjs., ὅ τι πλείστη ἀπορία Id.4.32; <b class="b3">ὅ τι πλεῖστον ναυτικόν, ὅ τι πλεῖστον χρόνον</b>, X.''HG''4.8.6, ''Cyr.''6.1.43; ὅ τι πλείστη εὐδαιμονία [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 421b; ὅ τι μεγίστη πρόφασις Th.1.126, cf. 7.69; παῖδας ὅ τι χειροτεχνικωτάτους Ar.''V.''1276, etc.—Here also the usage may be compared with that of ὅσος 1.7, IV.4.