ὅτε : when,
since.—(1) temporal, w. the same constructions as
other relative words, see ἄν, κέν.
Freq. in similes, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε, ὡς δ̓ ὁτ̓
ἄν, and without verb, ὡς
ὅτε, just like; there is nothing peculiar
in such a usage.—(2) less often causal, Il. 1.244.