ὁπότε, Ep.
ὁππότε, both in Hom. ; Ion.
ὁκότε; Cyrenaicὁπόκᾰ
Berl.Sitzb. 1927.164 ; in Dor. Poetsὁππόκᾰ
Theoc. 5.98 :Adv.of Time, correlat. toπότε,used much
A.
like ὅτε , exc. that the sense is less definite (cf. X. Cyr. 1.6.3 ), though the two were freq. used without distinction :
I. Relat., with the ind., mostly with reference to the past,when,
Il. 1.399 , 3.173 , etc. ; the ind.ἦστεis omitted, 8.230 : in Class. Att. Prose onlyὅτεis so used, when referring to a particular time, but laterὁπότεreturns, asὁπότε περιῆν whenshe was alive, POxy. 243.10
(i A. D.): with thepres.in a simile, ὡς δ' ὁπότε . . ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι
Il. 11.492
: withsubj., like ὁπόταν , with reference to an indef. number of occasions in thepres.or to the future, ὁππότ' Ἀχαιοὶ Τρώων ἐκπέρσως' εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον