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[*] 553. After past verbs of waiting or expecting in Homer ὁπότε with the optative sometimes has the meaning of until, like ἕως. E.g. “Οἱ δ᾽ ἕατ᾽ . . . ποτιδέγμενοι ὁππότ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔλθοι Ἰδαῖος,” “and they sat waiting until (for the time when) Idaeus should come.” Il. vii. 414. So iv. 334, Il. ix. 191, Il. xviii. 524. (See 698.)
Macmillan. London, Melbourne, Toronto. 1889. reprint edition:. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1965.
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