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|Definition=Ep. [[ὁππότε]], both in Hom.; Ion. ὁκότε; Cyrenaic ὁπόκᾰ ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.164; in Dor. Poets ὁππόκᾰ Theoc.5.98: Adv. of [[time]], correlat. to [[πότε]], used much<br><span class="bld">A</span> like [[ὅτε]], exc. that the sense is less definite (cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.3), though the two were freq. used without distinction:<br><span class="bld">I</span> Relat., with the ind., mostly with reference to the past, [[when]], Il.1.399,3.173, etc.; the ind. [[ἦστε]] is omitted, 8.230: in Class. Att. Prose only [[ὅτε]] is so used, when referring to a particular time, but later [[ὁπότε]] returns, as <b class="b3">ὁπότε περιῆν</b> [[when]] she was alive, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''243.10(i A. D.): with the pres. in a simile, ὡς δ' ὁπότε.. ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι Il.11.492: with subj., like [[ὁπόταν]], with reference to an indef. number of occasions in the pres. or to the future, ὁππότ' Ἀχαιοὶ Τρώων ἐκπέρσωσ' εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον 1.163, cf.13.817, 21.112, Od.14.170, Hes.''Th.''782: sometimes in similes, ὡς ὁπότε νέφεα Ζέφυρος στυφελίξῃ Il.11.305, cf. Od.4.335; but <b class="b3">ὁπότ' ἄν</b>, Ep. [[ὁπότε]] or <b class="b3">ὁππότε κεν</b>, is more common with subj., and in Att. Prose [[ἄν]] must be used, v. [[ὁπόταν]]: Cyrenaic <b class="b3">ὁπόκα κα δήληται</b> ''Berl.Sitzb.'' l. c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with opt.:<br><span class="bld">a</span> to express an event that occurred often, ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο Il.3.233, cf. 10.189, 15.284, Od.11.591, Th.1.99,2.15, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 220a, X.''An.''3.4.28.<br><span class="bld">b</span> after a verb of waiting, of a time future relatively to the past, ἷζε.. δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Il.2.794, cf. 4.334,7.415,9.191,18.524.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in orat. obliq., S.''Tr.''824 (lyr.), X.''An.''4.6.20; in implied orat. obliq., Od.24.344 (of a past promise); <b class="b3">ἀποδοτέον.. ὁ. μανεὶς ἀπαιτοῖ</b> we were not [as you remember] to... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 332a.<br><span class="bld">d</span> where the principal clause has an opt., μηδ' ἀντιάσειας ἐκείνῳ ὁππότε νοστήσειε Od.18.148, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 396c, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in indirect questions, with ind., <b class="b3">ἦ ῥά τι ἴδμεν.. ὁππότε Τηλέμαχος νεῖται</b>; [[when]] he is to return, Od. 4.633; εἰς ὁ. [[by what time]], Aeschin.3.99: rarely after a past tense, <b class="b3">προσεδέρκετο, δέγμενος αἰεί, ὁππότε δὴ.. ἐφήσει</b> (for [[ἐφείη]], v. supr. 1.2 b) Od.20.386; εἰς σὲ βλέψαι καὶ τὸν ταμίαν ὁπότ' ἄριστον παραθήσει Ar.''V.''613.<br><span class="bld">III</span> ὁποτεοῦν [[at any time whatever]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]'' 1049a1.<br><span class="bld">B</span> in causal sense, [[because]], [[since]], with ind., Thgn.749 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.125, Pl.''Lg.''895c, etc.; also [[ὁπότε]] γε S.''OC''1699 (lyr.), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 8.3.7.