ὅταν,
for ὅτ᾽ ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sometimes in codices: adverb of Time,
__A whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to ={ἐάν} (see. εἰ [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus II)] Refs 5th c.BC+], referring to an indefinite future [[compare (ὅτε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus I. IC), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.519, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of events like ly to recur,[[ 2.397, “IG” 12.97.9, etc.] Refs]: also in Epic dialect ὅτε κεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.567, 6.225: strengthened, ὅ. περ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 301, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565a, 565d ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated for rhetorical effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.72. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.b later causal, since, ὅταν.. ᾖ since it is, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a19, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.105, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Gaurum - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 11.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (i.e. my staff) is blind when I am (= when its owner is) short-sighted, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 744, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 137 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 241a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 never with indicative in early authors, except in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.410, ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν.. σκαίρουσι (assuming variant); in 24.88, ὅτε κεν.. ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.41, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἔν τε κύνεσσι καὶ ἀνδράσι.. στοέφεται (ἔναντα κύνεσσι conjecture Monro)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: but frequently in LXX with imperfect indicative, as ὅταν εἰσήρχετο [[ LXX.Gen.38.9, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.32.5, NT.Mark.3.11 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]: also with aorist indicative, [[ LXX.Exo.16.3, NT.Rev.8.1 ] LXX+NT]: with future indicative, ὅταν ἕξουσι [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 187.12 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (variant{ὄψησθε}) [[ NT.Luke.13.28 ] NT]: with present indicative, ὅταν δείκνυται [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.27 (assuming variant): generally, ὅταν supersedes ὅτε in Hellenistic Greek. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]