ὅτε

See also: ΟΤΕ and Ο.Τ.Ε.

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ὅς (hós) and τε (te). Compare τότε (tóte), πότε (póte), ποτέ (poté).

Pronunciation
 

Adverb

ὅτε • (hóte)

(relative adverb)
  1. (of time) when
    1. (with indicative, to denote single events) when
      1. (with present, of a thing now happening)
      2. (rarely with future)
    2. (with optative, to denote repeated events or actions in past time)
      1. (of future events which are represented as uncertain, in clauses dependent on a verb in optative or subjunctive)
      2. (only in Epic and Lyric poets, with subjunctive)
    3. (in Homer, to introduce a simile)
    4. (with other particles)
  2. (causal sense) whereas
  3. (absolute) sometimes, now and then

Derived terms

See also
Ancient Greek correlatives (edit)
typeinterrogativeindefinite(medial)
demonstrative		proximal
demonstrative		distal
demonstrative		relativeindefinite
relative		identityother
basic τίςτις†ὁ, οὗτοςὅδεἐκεῖνοςὅςὅστιςὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμόςἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual πότεροςπότερος, ποτερόςὁπότερος
quality ποῖοςποιός†τοῖος, τοιοῦτοςτοιόσδεοἷοςὁποῖοςὅμοιοςἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity πόσοςποσός†τόσος, τοσοῦτοςτοσόσδεὅσοςὁπόσος
manner πῶςπως†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτωςὧδεὡςὅπωςὁμῶςἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method,
path
place		 πῇπῃτῇ, ταύτῃτῇδεἐκείνῃᾗὅπῃἄλλῃ
place ποῦ, †πόθιπου, †ποθίἐνταῦθαἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθιοὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθιὅπου, †ὁπόθιαὐτόθι, ὁμοῦἄλλοθι
source πόθενποθέν†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθενἐκεῖθενὅθενὁπόθεν†ὁμόθενἄλλοθεν
destination ποῖ, †πόσεποιἔνθα, ἐνταῦθαἐνθάδεἐκεῖσεοἷὅποι, †ὁπόσεαὐτόσε, ὁμόσεἄλλοσε
time πότε, πῆμοςποτέτότε, τῆμοςτημόσδεὅτε, ἦμοςὁπότε, †ὁππῆμοςἅμαἄλλοτε
exact time πηνίκαπηνίκα†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτατηνικάδεἡνίκαὁπηνίκααὐτίκα
size, age πηλίκοςπηλίκος†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτοςτηλικόσδεἡλίκοςὁπηλίκοςὁμῆλιξ
repetition ποσάκις, ποσίνδαποσάκιςτουτάκις, τόσακις†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκιςὁποσάκις
multiplication ποσαπλάσιοςὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order πόστοςποστόςὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose
Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Further reading
  • ὅτε in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὅτε in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὅτε in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὅτε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ὅτε in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ὅτε in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • G3753 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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