ὁπότε
hopoteConjunctionG3698
when(-ever)
From: from G3739 (ὅς) and G4218 (ποτέ);
Short Definition
what(-ever) then, i.e. (of time) as soon as
Full Lexicon Entry
1.of Time, correlated to πότε, much like ὅτε
2.with the indicative, when, Lat. quando, (Homer): —; εἰς ὁπότε, with future, when, by what time, *λέγειν εἰς ὁπότ᾽ ἔσται *(Aeschines Orator)
3.with the optative in reference to the past, whenever, to express an event that has often occurred, *ὁπότε Κρήτηθεν ἵκοιτο *(Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;also in oratio obliqua, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
4.in indirect phrases, ἴδμεν, *ὁππότε Τηλέμαχος νεῖται *when he is to return, (Odyssey by Homer); with optative, *δέγμενος ὁππότε ναυσὶν ἐφορμηθεῖεν *(Iliad by Homer)
5.in causal sense, for that, because, since, like Lat. quando for quoniam, (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.: so ὁπότε γε, Lat. quandoquidem, (Sophocles Tragicus)
Grammar
Part of Speech Conjunction
Morphology G:CONJ
DescriptionGreek Conjunction
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