Strong G20840ὁπηνίκα
at what time; when; whenever
- Transliteration
- hopēnika
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
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)
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)