LogeionPerseus analysis of ὄφρ':
ὄφρα,ὄφρα (that, in order that): indeclform (conj)
LSJ entry
ὄφρᾰ
ὄφρα,
used as a Final and Temporal Conj., correlat. to τόφρα,
by Ion. and Dor. Poets, and thrice (in the latter sense) in lyr. passages of Trag., A. Ch. 360,
Eu. 338,
S. El. 225.
1. after primary tenses and imper., Il. 1.524,
4.205,
al.; so also ὄ. κε 22.382,
etc.; ὄφρʼ ἄν Od. 17.10,
18.364;
ὄ. μή Il. 1.118,
etc.; ἴομεν, ὄ. κε θᾶσσον ἐγείρομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα (where ἴομεν, ἐγείρομεν are Ep. for ἴωμεν, ἐγείρωμεν)
2.440;
so ὄ. . . ἱερεύσομεν,
for -ωμεν,
6.308,
etc.; so also ὄ. . . αἰνέσω Pi. O. 7.15;
ὄ. . . κελαδῆτον Id. P. 11.9;
ὄ. βάσομεν . . ἵκωμαί τε Id. O. 6.23 (where βάσομεν is prob. aor. subj.);
ὄ. μήσεται B. 17.42;
but Hom. thrice uses it with fut. ind., ὄφρα καὶ Ἕκτωρ εἴσεται Il. 16.242;
ὄφρα . . ἔπος ὑποθήσεαι Od. 4.163;
ὄφρα με μήτηρ ὄψεται 17.6.
2. after past tenses, Il. 1.158,
444,
5.128,
Od. 3.15,
6.173,
9.13,
Pi. P. 4.92,
A.R. 1.16,
3.1307,
4.908.
1. commonly with impf.,
ἀνδρῶν . . ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας, ὄφρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν Il. 2.769,
cf. Od. 20.136,
al.: the correlat. τόφρα or τόφρα δέ . .
commonly follows in apodosi, as ὄ. μὲν ἠὼς ἦν καὶ ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ, τόφρα δὲ . .
9.56,
cf. Il. 4.220,
9.550,
15.343,
etc. 2. with subj.,
and usu. with ἄν, κε or κεν,
6.113,
Od. 2.124,
etc.: also pleon., ὄφρʼ ἂν μέν κεν ὁρᾷς,
with τόφρα in apodosi, Il. 11.202,
cf. Od. 5.361,
6.259;
but τόφρα precedes in Od. 2.124:
sts. without ἄν, κε or κεν,
Il. 4.346,
Od. 15.81,
etc.: in Il. 24.554 κεῖται (so codd. with v.l. κῆται) is subj. 1. with aor. ind., of a fact in past time, ὄ. καὶ αὐτὼ κατέκταθεν till at last they too were slain, Il. 5.557,
cf. 588,
10.488,
13.329,
Od. 5.57,
7.141,
etc.; with τόφρα preceding, 4.289.
2. with aor. subj.,
of an event at an uncertain future time, ἔχει κότον, ὄ. τελέσσῃ he bears malice till he shall have satisfied it, Il. 1.82,
cf. 14.87,
16.10:
but in this case ἄν (
κε or κεν)
is commonly added, 6.258,
10.444,
Od. 4.588,
etc.; with τόφρα preceding, Il. 1.509.