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ὁπηνίκα

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Gloss: when once

Transliteration: hopēnika

Strong’s: G20840

1. at what point of time, at what hour, on what day , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; ὁπ. ἄν at whatever hour or time , (Sophocles Tragicus)
2. in indirect questions, ἢν ὥραν προσήκει ἰέναι, καὶ ὁπ. ἀπιέναι (Aeschines Orator); in answer to a direct question, πηνίκ᾽ ἐστιν τῆς ἡμέρα;—; ὁπηνίκ; what time of day is it? —; what time , do you ask? (Aristophanes Comicus): with genitive, ὁπ. τῆς ὥρας (Xenophon Historicus)
3. in a causal sense, supposing that , ὁπ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
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