A. of Time, when, at the time when,
I. Constr.:
1. with ind. to denote single events or actions in past time, with impf. or aor., when, Il.1.397,432, etc.: rarely with plpf., 5.392: the Verb is sts. to be repeated from the apodosis, Καλλίξενος δὲ κατελθών, ὅ. καὶ οἱ ἐκ Πειραιῶς (sc. κατῆλθον) X.HG1.7.35: freq. in ellipt. phrases, πῇ ἔβαν εὐχωλαί, ὅ. δὴ φάμεν εἶναι ἄριστοι; whither are gone the boasts, [which we made] when we said . . ? Il.8.229: so after Verbs of perception and the like , ἦ οὐ μέμνῃ, ὅ. τ᾽ ἐκρέμω . . ; rememberest thou not [the time] when . . ? 15.18, cf. 21.396, Od.24.115, Ar.V.354, Th.2.21, etc.; ἄκουσα εὐχομένης ὅτ᾽ ἔφησθα . . Il.1.397, cf. Pl.Lg.782c; “οὐδ᾽ ἔλαθ᾽ Αἴαντα Ζεύς, ὅ. δὴ Τρώεσσι δίδου . . νίκην” Il.17.627.
b. with pres., of a thing always happening or now going on, 2.471; “νῦν, ὅ . . . σοι ὀξέως ὑπακούω” X.Cyr.2.4.6; “ᾔδεα μὲν γὰρ ὅ. . . Δαναοῖσιν ἄμυνεν, οἶδα δὲ νῦν ὅ. τοὺς . . κυδάνει” Il.14.71.
c. rarely with fut., of a definite future, Od.18.272.
2. with opt., to denote repeated events or actions in past time, ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθ᾽, ὅ. μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι whenever, as often as, Il.1.610, cf. Od.8.87, etc.; “ὅ. δή” Il.3.216.
b. sts. of future events which are represented as uncertain, in clauses dependent on a Verb in the opt. or subj., “οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις . . , ὅτ᾽ ἐν κονίῃσι μιγείης” 3.55, cf. 18.465, 21.429, A.Eu.726.
c. ὅ. μή, in early authors always with opt., for εἰ μή, unless, except, save when, Il.13.319, Od.16.197, Arist.Pol.1277a24: used by A.R. with subj., 1.245, 4.409.
II. Special usages:
1. in Hom. to introduce a simile, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε as when, mostly with subj., Il. 2.147, 4.130,141, 6.506, al.: sts. with ind., 16.364, 21.12: the Verb must freq. be supplied from the context, as in 2.394, 4.462.
III. ὅτε with other Particles,
2. ὅτε δή and ὅτε δή ῥα, stronger than ὅτε, freq. in Hom. and Hes., “ὅτε δή” Il.5.65, al., Hes.Th.280, al.; “ὅτε δή ῥα” Il.4.446, al., Hes. Th.58,al.; v. infr. IV. I; so “ὅτ᾽ ἄρ᾽” Il.10.540.
IV. the proper correl. Adv. is τότε, as ὅ. δὴ . . , τότε δὴ . . 10.365; “ὅ. δή ῥ᾽ . . , δὴ τότε” 23.721; ὅ. δὴ . . , καὶ τότε δὴ . . 22.208; “ὅ. δή ῥα . . , καὶ τότ᾽ ἄρ᾽” 24.31: for τότε we sts. have ἔπειτα, 3.221; αὐτίκα δ᾽, 4.210; δὲ . . , 5.438; also νῦν . . , ὅ . . . S.Aj.710 (lyr.), etc.; μεθύστερον, ὅ. . . Id.Tr.711; ἤματι τῷ, ὅ . . . Il.2.743, etc.; so in Att., ἦν ποτε χρόνος, ὅ . . . Pl.Prt.320c, cf. Phd.75a, Hdt.1.160.
2. elliptical in the phrase ἔστιν ὅ. or ἔσθ᾽ ὅ., there are times when, sometimes, now and then, ἔστι ὅ. Id.2.120; ἔστιν ὅ. Pl.Phd.62a; ἔσθ᾽ ὅ. S.Aj.56 (v. infr. c).
B. ὅτε sts. has a causal sense, when, seeing that, mostly with pres. ind., Il.16.433 (v.l. ὅ τε）“ ὅ. δή” 20.29; and in Trag. and Att. Prose, as S.Aj.1095, OT918, Pl.Smp.206b, R.581e, Prt.356c, Sph.254b, etc.; so “ὅ. γε” Hdt.5.92.ά: with pf. used as pres., S.Ph.428, Ar.Nu. 34.
2. sts. where ὥστε would be more usual, “οὕτω . . πόρρω κλέος ἥκει, ὅ. καὶ βασιλεὺς ἠρώτησεν” Id.Ach.647.
C. ὁτέ Indef. Adv., sometimes, now and then, used like ποτέ at the beginning of each of two corresponding clauses, now . . , now . . , sometimes . . , sometimes . . (not in early Prose, ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Arist. Pol.1290a4, al.), ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἄλλοτε . . Il.20.49sq.; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖ . . 18.599 sq.; ὁτὲ μέν τε . . , ἄλλοτε δὲ . . 11.64; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δ᾽ αὖτε . . A.R.1.1270; ὁτὲ μέν τε . . , ὅτ᾽ αὖ . . Id.3.1300; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ποτὲ δὲ . . Plb.6.20.8; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . , καὶ ἄλλοτε . . D.L.2.106; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , πάλιν δὲ . . Arist.EN1100a28; ἐνίοτε μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Id.Mete.360b3; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἢ . . Id.Po.1448a21 (s. v.l.): also reversely, ἄλλοτε μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Il.11.568; also ὁτὲ δέ in the second clause, without any correlative in the first, 17.178; S. joins “ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε . . , ὅτ᾽ ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον” Aj.56; ὁτὲ δέ alone, at the beginning of a clause, X.Cyn.5.8 and 20, 9.8 and 20.
