ὁπηνίκᾰ, Dor.
ὁπᾱνίκα,Adv., relat. and indirect interrog.,
A. at what point of time, at what hour, on what day,more precise thanὁπότε,
S. OC 434 , Th. 4.125 , Theoc. 23.33 ; though sts. it cannot be distd. fromὁπότε,
Pl. Alc. 1.105d , Jul. Or. 7.204a , al. ; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ.
Pl. Lg. 772d
;ὁ. ἄν at whatever hourortime,
S. Ph. 464 ;whenever,
PGiss. 53.3
(iv A. D.); simply,when,
LXX 4 Ma. 2.16 .
2. 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 .
3. c. gen.,οὐδεὶς οἶδ' ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ what timeof year, Id. Fr. 569.7 .
II. with conditional or causal force,ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς when onceit was seen that . . , D. 18.14 , cf. 21.42 .