A. 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. τε B. I), Od. 14.221, etc.: neut. pl. τά τε Il. 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, ἐφʼ ᾧτε :—rarely with antec. expressed, θεάων τάων, αἵ τʼ . . Il. 5.332 ; τῷ ἴκελος, ὅν τʼ . . 24.758 ; τά τε φρονέων, ἅ τʼ ἐγώπερ Od. 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; ἀπʼ οὗτε PCair.Zen. 291.3 (iii B. C.).

3. freq. folld. by περ, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοίπερ Il. 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, as, Ar. Lys. 1308 (lyr.): ἐφʼ ᾧτε, v. ἐπί B. III.3.

A. of Time, when, at the time when,

I. Constr.:

1. with ind. to denote single events or actions in past time, with impf. or aor., when, Il. 1.397,432, etc.: rarely with plpf., 5.392: the Verb is sts. to be repeated from the apodosis, Καλλίξενος δὲ κατελθών, ὅ. καὶ οἱ ἐκ Πειραιῶς (sc. κατῆλθον) X. HG 1.7.35: freq. in ellipt. phrases, πῇ ἔβαν εὐχωλαί, ὅ. δὴ φάμεν εἶναι ἄριστοι; whither are gone the boasts, [which we made] when we said . . ? Il. 8.229: so after Verbs of perception and the like, ἦ οὐ μέμνῃ, ὅ. τʼ ἐκρέμω . . ; rememberest thou not [the time] when . . ? 15.18, cf. 21.396, Od. 24.115, Ar. V. 354, Th. 2.21, etc.; ἄκουσα εὐχομένης ὅτʼ ἔφησθα . . Il. 1.397, cf. Pl. Lg. 782c; οὐδʼ ἔλαθʼ Αἴαντα Ζεύς, ὅ. δὴ Τρώεσσι δίδου . . νίκην Il. 17.627.

b. with pres., of a thing always happening or now going on, 2.471; νῦν, ὅ . . . σοι ὀξέως ὑπακούω X. Cyr. 2.4.6; ᾔδεα μὲν γὰρ ὅ. . . Δαναοῖσιν ἄμυνεν, οἶδα δὲ νῦν ὅ. τοὺς . . κυδάνει Il. 14.71.

c. rarely with fut., of a definite future, Od. 18.272.

2. with opt., to denote repeated events or actions in past time, ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθʼ, ὅ. μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι whenever, as often as, Il. 1.610, cf. Od. 8.87, etc.; ὅ. δή Il. 3.216.

b. sts. of future events which are represented as uncertain, in clauses dependent on a Verb in the opt. or subj., οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις . . , ὅτʼ ἐν κονίῃσι μιγείης 3.55, cf. 18.465, 21.429, A. Eu. 726.

c. ὅ. μή, in early authors always with opt., for εἰ μή, unless, except, save when, Il. 13.319, Od. 16.197, Arist. Pol. 1277a24: used by A.R. with subj., 1.245, 4.409.

3. with subj., only in Ep. and Lyr., Il. 4.259, 19.337, 21.323, etc., prob. in A. Ag. 766(lyr.).

II. Special usages:

1. in Hom. to introduce a simile, ὡς δʼ ὅτε as when, mostly with subj., Il. 2.147, 4.130,141, 6.506, al.: sts. with ind., 16.364, 21.12: the Verb must freq. be supplied from the context, as in 2.394, 4.462.

2. in the Ep. phrase πρίν γʼ ὅτε δή . . , ἤ is omitted before ὅτε, 9.488, 12.437, cf. Od. 13.322.

III. ὅτε with other Particles,

1. ὅτʼ ἄν, ὅτε κεν, v. ὅταν.

2. ὅτε δή and ὅτε δή ῥα, stronger than ὅτε, freq. in Hom. and Hes., ὅτε δή Il. 5.65, al., Hes. Th. 280, al.; ὅτε δή ῥα Il. 4.446, al., Hes. Th. 58,al.; v. infr. IV. I; so ὅτʼ ἄρʼ Il. 10.540.

3. ὅτε τε (where τε is otiose, v. τε B. I) 2.471, 10.83, etc.

4. ὅτε περ even when, 5.802, 14.319, al., Hdt. 5.99, Th. 1.8, etc.; ὅτε πέρ τε Il. 4.259, 10.7.

IV. the proper correl. Adv. is τότε, as ὅ. δὴ . . , τότε δὴ . . 10.365; ὅ. δή ῥʼ . . , δὴ τότε 23.721; ὅ. δὴ . . , καὶ τότε δὴ . . 22.208; ὅ. δή ῥα . . , καὶ τότʼ ἄρʼ 24.31: for τότε we sts. have ἔπειτα, 3.221; αὐτίκα δʼ, 4.210; δὲ . . , 5.438; also νῦν . . , ὅ . . . S. Aj. 710 (lyr.), etc.; μεθύστερον, ὅ. . . Id. Tr. 711; ἤματι τῷ, ὅ . . . Il. 2.743, etc.; so in Att., ἦν ποτε χρόνος, ὅ . . . Pl. Prt. 320c, cf. Phd. 75a, Hdt. 1.160.

2. elliptical in the phrase ἔστιν ὅ. or ἔσθʼ ὅ., there are times when, sometimes, now and then, ἔστι ὅ. Id. 2.120; ἔστιν ὅ. Pl. Phd. 62a; ἔσθʼ ὅ. S. Aj. 56 (v. infr. C).

B. ὅτε sts. has a causal sense, when, seeing that, mostly with pres. ind., Il. 16.433 (v.l. ὅ τε) ὅ. δή 20.29; and in Trag. and Att. Prose, as S. Aj. 1095, OT 918, Pl. Smp. 206b, R. 581e, Prt. 356c, Sph. 254b, etc.; so ὅ. γε Hdt. 5.92.αʹ: with pf. used as pres., S. Ph. 428, Ar. Nu. 34.

2. sts. where ὥστε would be more usual, οὕτω . . πόρρω κλέος ἥκει, ὅ. καὶ βασιλεὺς ἠρώτησεν Id. Ach. 647.

C. ὁτέ Indef. Adv., sometimes, now and then, used like ποτέ at the beginning of each of two corresponding clauses, now . . , now . . , sometimes . . , sometimes . . (not in early Prose, ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Arist. Pol. 1290a4, al.), ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἄλλοτε . . Il. 20.49sq.; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἄλλοτε δʼ αὖ . . 18.599 sq.; ὁτὲ μέν τε . . , ἄλλοτε δὲ . . 11.64; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δʼ αὖτε . . A.R. 1.1270; ὁτὲ μέν τε . . , ὅτʼ αὖ . . Id. 3.1300; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ποτὲ δὲ . . Plb. 6.20.8; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . , καὶ ἄλλοτε . . D.L. 2.106; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , πάλιν δὲ . . Arist. EN 1100a28; ἐνίοτε μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Id. Mete. 360b3; ὁτὲ μὲν . . , ἢ . . Id. Po. 1448a21 (s. v.l.): also reversely, ἄλλοτε μὲν . . , ὁτὲ δὲ . . Il. 11.568; also ὁτὲ δέ in the second clause, without any correlative in the first, 17.178; S. joins ἔσθʼ ὅτε . . , ὅτʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλον Aj. 56; ὁτὲ δέ alone, at the beginning of a clause, X. Cyn. 5.8 and 20, 9.8 and 20.