ὅταν, c indicativo coniunctum exhibetur ὅταν ὁ εὖρος πνεῖπκσ53. 946 a33. -- ὅταν causalem vim videtur habere κ4.395 a19. -- ὅταν omisso verbo, ἀλλ̓ ὅταν ἤδη διὰ λογι-σμὸν πράττοντα ηεβ8. 1224 a29, videtur corr esse.
Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon
ὅταν, for ὅτ' ἄν (ὅτε ἄν) as sts. in codd.: Adv. of Time,
whenever
, with a conditional force, so as nearly to = ἐάν (v. εἰB. II), referring to an indef. future (cf. ὅτεA. I. IC), Il.1.519, etc.; also of events like ly to recur, 2.397, IG12.97.9, etc.: also in Ep. ὅτε κενIl.1.567, 6.225: strengthd., ὅ. περS.OC301, Pl.R.565a, 565d: repeated for rhet. effect, ὅ. ὡς ὑβρίζων, ὅ. ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπάρχων, ὅ. κονδύλοις, ὅ. ἐπὶ κόρρησD.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 εἰσήρχετοGe.38.9, cf. Plb.4.32.5, Ev.Marc.3.11: also with aor. ind., LXXEx.16.3, Apoc.8.1: with fut. ind., ὅταν ἕξουσιApollod.Poliorc.187.12; ὅταν ὄψεσθε (v.l. ὄψησθε) Ev.Luc. 13.28: with pres. ind., ὅταν δείκνυταιStr.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: 1. to introduce a simile, 10.5, Od.5.394. 2.πρίν γ' ὅ., = πρίν γε ἢ ὅ. (v. ὅτεA. 11.2), 2.374. 3.εἰς ὅτε κεν until
such time as
.., ib.99, 19.144. 4.ὅ. τάχιστα, Lat.
cum primum
, Ar.Th.1205, X.Cyr.4.5.33; ὅ. πρῶτονPl.Ly.211b. [ὅτᾱν only in later Poetry,