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1 ὁπόταν
ὁπότᾰν, i. e. ὁπότ' ἄν, as it is freq. written in codd. (the distn. did not exist for the Greeks): Adv., related to ὅταν as ὁπότε to ὅτε (v. ὁπότε),A whensoever, used only with subj., Il.15.209, etc. (Hom. uses ὁππότε κεν in the same way, Il.4.40, 229, al.): rarely after past tenses, πολλὰς.. η?ὁπότανXσθου πλαγάς, ὁπόταν.. νὺξ ὑπολείφθῃ (for ὁπότε νὺξ ὑπολειφθείη) S.El.91 (anap.): never with ind. in early writers, for φθέγξομαι (Il.21.340), ἱμείρεται (Od.1.41 ) are [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. subj. forms, and in Od. 16.282 θῇσιν is the right reading: never with opt. save in late writers (unless the Mss. can be trusted in Pl.Alc.2.146a), for in Il.7.415 ὁππότ' ἄρ' is the reading of the best codd. ; in X.Cyr.1.3.11 ὁπότε ἥκοι is the right reading.
См. также в других словарях:
οπόταν — (Α ὁπόταν, επικ. τ. ὁππόταν) (σύνδ. χρον.) 1. όταν, όταν συμβεί να 2. φρ. «ὁπότ ἂν (τὸ) πρῶτον» όταν για πρώτη φορά, μόλις, αμέσως μόλις («ὁπότ ἂν τὸ πρῶτον ἴδῃ φάος», Ύμν. Απόλλ.). [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὁπότε + ἄν] … Dictionary of Greek
