ὅ τιorὅτι(as it is freq. written exc. in 1 , sts. alsoὅ,τι), Ep.
ὅττι, neut. ofὅστις, used as an A dv.
A.
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.;ἢν μὴ φράσῃς ὅ τι. . unless you tell mewhy. . , Ar. Pl. 19 , cf. 966 : sts. with a Prep., εἰρωτώμενος κατ' ὅ τι . . οὕτως ἐπέστειλε
Hdt. 6.3
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II. ὅ τι μή(usu. writtenὅτι μή), after a neg. clause,except, Il. 16.227 ( v.l. ὅτε μή ) ; οὐδαμοί . . , ὅ τι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι
Hdt. 1.18
;οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅ τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνηib. 181 , cf. 143 , Th. 4.26 , etc.: rarely with a different Verb,διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, ὅ τι μὴ διέλαθέ τιςno one escaped,save thatone escaped notice, Arr. An. 1.16.2 , etc.: after a question withοὐ,so far as not,οὐ . . τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ μανθάνειν [ἡδονήν], ὅ τι μὴ μάθημα τιμὴν φέρει, καπνὸν καὶ φλυαρίαν [ἡγεῖται]; Pl. R. 581d .—That this phrase belongs to the pronominalὅ τιis shown by the similar usage ofὅσον, v. ὅσος IV. 5c .