: the ind. is freq. retained in the same tense which the speaker used or would have used,ἠγγέλθη . . ὅτι Μέγαρα ἀφέστηκεnews camethatMegara had (lit. has) revolted, Th. 1.114 ;ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσιib. 90 : sts. opt. and ind. are found in the same sentence, ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς . . εἴη
, cf. Pl. Phd. 61b , etc.: alsoὅτι. . and the acc. withinf.are found together, Th. 3.25 , X. Cyr. 1.3.13 .
2. whenὅτιintroduces a conditional sentence, the Constr. afterὅτιis the same as in independent conditional sentences,εἴ τις ἔροιτο, καθ' ὁποίους νόμους δεῖ πολιτεύεσθαι, δῆλον ὅτι ἀποκρίναισθ' ἄν. . it is manifestthatyou would answer . . , D. 46.12 , cf. X. Mem. 1.6.12 .
II. ὅτιis freq. inserted pleon. in introducing a quotation (where we use no Conj. and put inverted commas),λόγον τόνδε ἐκφαίνει ὁ Πρωτεύς, λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ἡγεύμην. . Hdt. 2.115 ;καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ὅ. ἡ αὐτή μοι ἀρχή ἐστι. . Pl. Prt. 318a , cf. 356a , 361a , etc.; even where the quotation consists of one word, ib. 330c , Men. 74b , 74c .
2. ὅ. is also used pleon. with theinf.and acc. (cf. ὡς
B.
I.I),εἶπον ὅτι πρῶτον ἐμὲ χρῆναι πειραθῆναι κατ' ἐμαυτόν(which is in fact a mixture of two constrr.) Id. Lg. 892d , cf. Phd. 63c , X. HG 2.2.2 , etc.; butὅτιhas freq. been wrongly inserted by the copyists, as ifεἶπενorλέγουσινmust be followed by it, as in Th. 4.37 (om. Pap.), X. Cyr. 5.4.1 , etc.
III. ὅτιin Att. freq. represents a whole sentence, esp. in affirm. answers,οὐκοῦν . . τὸ ἀδικεῖν κάκιον ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι. Answ.δῆλον δὴ ὅτι(i.e.ὅτι κάκιον ἂν εἴη, orὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει) Pl. Grg. 475c ; cf.οἶδ' ὅτι, ἴσθ' ὅτι, οἶσθ' ὅτι, S. Ant. 276 , 758 , Pl. Grg. 486a , etc.: hence arose the practice of usingδηλονότι(q.v.) asAdv.
2. what we make the subject of the Verb which followsὅτιfreq. stands in the preceding clause,Αυκάονας δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἴδομεν, ὅτι . . καρποῦνται(forεἴδομεν, ὅτι Λυκάονες καρποῦνται) X. An. 3.2.23 , cf. 3.2.29 , etc.
IV. ὅτιsts.=with regard to the fact that, ὅτι . . οὔ φησι . . ὄνομα εἶναι, ὑποπτεύω αὐτὸν σκώπτειν
Pl. Cra. 384c
, cf. Prt. 330e , etc.
V. οὐχ ὅ. . . , ἀλλὰor ἀλλὰ καὶ . . , οὐχ ὅ. ὁ Κρίτων ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἦν, ἀλλὰ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ not only
Crito
. . , but his friends, X. Mem. 2.9.8 ; more fully, οὐ μόνον ὅ. ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες
Pl. Smp. 179b
: so folld. byἀλλ' οὐδὲ . . , ταύτῃ ἀδύνατα ἐξισοῦσθαι οὐχ ὅ. τὰ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ not onlythe powers in Europe, but . . , Th. 2.97 :οὐχ ὅ., not folld. by a second clause, meansalthough, οὐχ ὅ. παίζει καί φησι
Pl. Prt. 336d
, cf. Grg. 450e , Tht. 157b ; cf. ὅπως
A.
II. 2 .
2. forὅτι μή, v. ὅ τι
11 .
B. as a causal Particle,for that, because, generally after Verbs of feeling, Il. 1.56 , 14.407 , al.; οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγείς, ὅτι . . εἶδες
Jul. Or. 1.31a
: but without such a Verb, ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης, ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη
b. folld. byτί, ὅτι τί;why?(lit.because why?) D. 23.214 ;ὅτι τί δή; Ar. Pl. 136 , Luc. Dem.Enc. 22 ;ὅτι δὴ τί μάλιστα; Pl. R. 343a ;ὅτι δὴ τί γε; Id. Chrm. 161c ; cf.ὁτιή.
2. seeing that, in giving the reason for saying what is said,γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα . . ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀπηνής as is proved by the fact that. . , Il. 16.35 , cf. 21.488 , Od. 22.36 . [The last syll. is never elided in Att. , prob. to avoid confusion withὅτε: in Hom.
ὅτ'(ὅ τ') prob. always representsὅτε(ὅ τε): there are no examples ofὅττ': hiatus afterὅτιis permitted in Com., Ar. Lys. 611 , Ach. 516 .]
