ὁπηνίκᾰ,
Doric dialect ὁπᾱνίκα, adverb, relative and indirect interrogative, at what point of time, at what hour, on what day, more precise than ὁπότε, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 434, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; though sometimes it cannot be distinguished from ὁπότε, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.105d, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.204a, +others; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 772d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. ἄν at whatever hour or time, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 464 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; whenever, [[ PGiss. 53.3 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; simply, when, [[ LXX.4Mac.2.16. ] LXX]
__2 in indirect questions, in answer to a direct question, πηνίκ᾽ ἐστὶν ἄρα τῆς ἡμέρα;— ὁπηνίκ; what time of day is it ?—what time, do you say ? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1499. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive, οὐδεὶς οἶδ᾽ ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ what time of year, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 569.7. ] Refs]
__II with conditional or causal force, ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς when once it was seen that.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.14, compare 21.42. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]