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.
ὅστε, ἥτε, ὅτε (also written divisim), in Hom. also ὅ τε as masc., Il.17.757: (ὅς, τε):—
who, which,
like the simple ὅσ or ὅστις, freq. with a generalizing force (τε is however sts. otiose, as in ὅτε, ὥστε, οἷός τε, ἐπεί τε, etc., v. τεB. 1), Od.14.221, etc.: neut. pl. τά τεIl.5.481, etc.: pl. fem. τάς τε 11.554: used also in Pi.P.2.39, al., and lyr. passages of Trag. (A.Pers.16, Ag.49, Ch.615, S.El.151, Tr. 824, E.Hec.445), but very rare in trim., A.Pers.297,762,Eu.25, 1024; and in Prose only in special forms, such as ἅτε, ἐφ' ᾧτε:— rarely with antec. expressed, θεάων τάων, αἵ τ' ..Il.5.332; τῷ ἴκελος, ὅν τ' ..24.758; τά τε φρονέων, ἅ τ' ἐγώπερOd.7.312.— Not to be confounded with ὅς τε,
and who,
Il.2.365, Od.3.185,al. 2.ἐξ οὗτε
from the
time when
.., A.Pers.762, Eu.25; ἀπ' οὗτεPCair.Zen.291.3(iii B. C.). 3. freq. folld. by περ, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοίπερIl.20.65. 4. with ῥα between ὅσ and τε, αἴγειρος ὥς, ἥ ῥά τε ..4.483, cf. 15.411, 19.31, al. II.ὅ τε
in that, because
, 1.244; introducing the reason for making a statement or asking a question, 4.32, al.; so prob. 15.468: for ἅτε, ᾧτε, v. sub vocc.: ᾇτε, Dor. for ᾗτε,