ὅταν
ὅταν, for
ὅτ’ ἄν (
ὅτε ἄν) as sts. in codd.: Adv. of Time,
A). whenever, with a conditional force, so as nearly to =
ἐάν (v.
εἰ B. II), referring to an indef. future (cf.
ὅτε A. I. IC),
Il. 1.519 , etc.; also of events like ly to recur,
2.397 ,
IG 12.97.9 , etc.: also in Ep.
ὅτε κεν Il. 1.567 ,
6.225 : strengthd.,
ὅ. περ S. OC 301 ,
Pl. R. 565a ,
565d : repeated for rhet. effect,
ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης D. 21.72 .
b). later causal,
since,
ὅταν .. ᾖ since it is,
Arist. Mu. 395a19 , cf.
D.Chr. 7.105 ,
Porph. Gaur. 11.2 ; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed,
καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ this too (viz. my staff) is blind
when I am (=
when its owner is) short-sighted,
E. Ion 744 , cf.
S. Aj. 137 (anap.),
Pl. Sph. 241a ,
Din. 3.9 .
2). never with ind. in early authors, exc. in
Od. 10.410 ,
ὡς δ’ ὅταν .. σκαίρουσι (s. v. l.); in
24.88 ,
ὅτε κεν .. ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα; and in
Il. 12.41 ,
ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἔν τε κύνεσσι καὶ ἀνδράσι .. στοέφεται (
ἔναντα κύνεσσι cj. Monro): but freq. in
LXX with impf. ind., as
ὅταν εἰσήρχετο Ge. 38.9 , cf.
Plb. 4.32.5 ,
Ev.Marc. 3.11 : also with aor. ind.,
LXX Ex. 16.3 ,
Apoc. 8.1 : with fut. ind.,
ὅταν ἕξουσι Apollod. Poliorc. 187.12 ;
ὅταν ὄψεσθε ( v.l.
ὄψησθε )
Ev.Luc. 13.28 : with pres. ind.,
ὅταν δείκνυται Str. 12.3.27 (s. v.l.): generally,
ὅταν supersedes
ὅτε in Hellenistic Greek.
3). never with opt. in early authors, exc. in orat. obliq., where in orat. recta the subj. with
ὅταν would have stood, as perh.
A. Pers. 450 may be expld.(
ὅτ’ ἐκνεῶν Elmsl.);
ὅτε κεν folld. by
ἵκοι,
Il. 9.525 .
II). Special usages:
2). πρίν γ’ ὅ., = πρίν γε ἢ ὅ . (v. ὅτε A. 11.2 ), 2.374 .
3). εἰς ὅτε κεν until such time as .. , ib. 99 , 19.144 .
ShortDef
when, whenever
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὅταν
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οταν
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-75683
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὅταν</span>, for <span class="foreign greek">ὅτ’ ἄν </span>(<span class="etym greek">ὅτε ἄν</span>) as sts. in codd.: Adv. of Time, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">whenever</span>, with a conditional force, so as nearly to = <span class="ref greek">ἐάν</span> (v. <span class="quote greek">εἰ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> </span> II), referring to an indef. future (cf. <span class="quote greek">ὅτε</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> I. IC), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:519" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.519/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.519 </a>, etc.; also of events like ly to recur, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:397" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.397/canonical-url/"> 2.397 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.97.9 </span>, etc.: also in Ep. <span class="quote greek">ὅτε κεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:567" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.567/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.567 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.225/canonical-url/"> 6.225 </a>: strengthd., <span class="quote greek">ὅ. περ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:301" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:301/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 301 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 565a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565d/canonical-url/"> 565d </a>: repeated for rhet. effect, <span class="quote greek">ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.72 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> later causal, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">since</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὅταν .. ᾖ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">since</span> it is, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 395a19 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:7:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:7.105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 7.105 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0530.tlg006:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0530.tlg006:11.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gaur.</span> 11.2 </a>; in earlier examples the application to the particular case is less directly expressed, <span class="foreign greek">καὶ τοῦτο τυφλὸν ὅταν ἐγὼ βλέπω βραχύ</span> this too (viz. my staff) is blind <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">when</span> I am (= <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">when</span> its owner is) short-sighted, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:744" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:744/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 744 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 137 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:241a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:241a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 241a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:3:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:3.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 3.9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> never with ind. in early authors, exc. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.410 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ὡς δ’ ὅταν .. σκαίρουσι</span> (s. v. l.); in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.88/canonical-url/"> 24.88 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ὅτε κεν .. ζώννυνταί τε νέοι καὶ ἐπεντύνονται ἄεθλα</span>; and in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.41 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἔν τε κύνεσσι καὶ ἀνδράσι .. στοέφεται </span>(<span class="foreign greek">ἔναντα κύνεσσι</span> cj. Monro): but freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> with impf. ind., as <span class="quote greek">ὅταν εἰσήρχετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:38:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:38.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 38.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:32:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:32:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.32.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Marc.</span> 3.11 </a>: also with aor. ind., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:16:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:16.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 16.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg027.perseus-grc1:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg027.perseus-grc1:8.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Apoc.</span> 8.1 </a>: with fut. ind., <span class="quote greek">ὅταν ἕξουσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1165.tlg001:187:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1165.tlg001:187.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Poliorc.</span> 187.12 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὅταν ὄψεσθε</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ὄψησθε</span> ) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:13.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 13.28 </a>: with pres. ind., <span class="quote greek">ὅταν δείκνυται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:3:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:3:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 12.3.27 </a> (s. v.l.): generally, <span class="foreign greek">ὅταν</span> supersedes <span class="foreign greek">ὅτε</span> in Hellenistic Greek. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> never with opt. in early authors, exc. in orat. obliq., where in orat. recta the subj. with <span class="foreign greek">ὅταν</span> would have stood, as perh. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:450/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 450 </a> may be expld.(<span class="foreign greek">ὅτ’ ἐκνεῶν</span> Elmsl.); <span class="foreign greek">ὅτε κεν</span> folld. by <span class="foreign greek">ἵκοι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.525 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Special usages: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> to introduce a simile, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.5/canonical-url/"> 10.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.394/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.394 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">πρίν γ’ ὅ.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">πρίν γε ἢ ὅ</span> . (v. <span class="quote greek">ὅτε</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> 11.2 </span> ), <span class="bibl"> 2.374 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ὅτε κεν</span> until <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">such time as</span> .. , ib.<span class="bibl"> 99 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 19.144 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ὅ. τάχιστα</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cum primum</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1205 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.5.33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὅ. πρῶτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:211b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:211b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 211b </a> .[<span class="foreign greek">ὅτᾱν</span> only in later Poetry, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Lyr.Alex. Adesp.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:37:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:37.17/canonical-url/"> 37.17 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}