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., 15.209 , etc.( uses ὁππότε κεν in the same way, 4.40 , 229 , al.): rarely after past tenses, πολλὰς .. η&|σθου πλαγάς, ὁπόταν .. νὺξ ὑπολείφθῃ (for ὁπότε νὺξ ὑπολειφθείη) El. 91 (anap.): never with ind. in early writers, for φθέγξομαι ( 21.340 ), ἱμείρεται ( 1.41 ) are Ep. aor. subj. forms, and in 16.282 θῇσιν is the right reading : never with opt. save in late writers (unless the Mss. can be trusted in Alc. 2.146a ), for in 7.415 ὁππότ’ ἄρ’ is the reading of the best codd.; in Cyr. 1.3.11 ὁπότε ἥκοι is the right reading.