Strong G3754G3754Hὅτι
that/since: since
One of the 2 senses of Strong G3754
- Transliteration
- hoti
- Pronunciation
- hot'-ee
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because: - as concerning that as though because (that) for (that) how (that) (in) that though why.
Detailed definition
ὅτι,
conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις).
I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that;
1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13, Rom.1:13 8:38 10:9, Php.4:15, Jas.2:24, al.; elliptically, Jhn.6:46, Php.3:12, al.
2. After εἶναι (γίνεσθαι): defining a demonstr. or of person(s) pron., Jhn.3:19 16:19, Rom.9:6, 1Jn.3:16 al.; with pron. interrog., Mat.8:27, Mrk.4:41, Luk.4:36, Jhn.4:22 al.; id. elliptically, Luk.2:49, Act.5:4, 9, al.;
3. Untranslatable, before direct discourse (ὅτι recitantis): Mat.7:23, Mrk.2:16, Luk.1:61, Jhn.1:20, Act.15:1, Heb.11:18, al. (on the pleonastic ὡς ὅτι, see: ὡς).
II. As causal particle, for that, because: Mat.5:4-12, Luk.6:20, 21, J0 1:30 5:27, Act.1:5, 1Jn.4:18, Rev.3:10, al. mult.; διὰ τοῦτο ὅτι, Jhn.8:47 10:17, al.; answering a question (διὰ τί), Rom.9:32, al.; οὐκ ὅτι... ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι, Jhn.6:26 12:6.
(AS)
conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις).
I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that;
1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13, Rom.1:13 8:38 10:9, Php.4:15, Jas.2:24, al.; elliptically, Jhn.6:46, Php.3:12, al.
2. After εἶναι (γίνεσθαι): defining a demonstr. or of person(s) pron., Jhn.3:19 16:19, Rom.9:6, 1Jn.3:16 al.; with pron. interrog., Mat.8:27, Mrk.4:41, Luk.4:36, Jhn.4:22 al.; id. elliptically, Luk.2:49, Act.5:4, 9, al.;
3. Untranslatable, before direct discourse (ὅτι recitantis): Mat.7:23, Mrk.2:16, Luk.1:61, Jhn.1:20, Act.15:1, Heb.11:18, al. (on the pleonastic ὡς ὅτι, see: ὡς).
II. As causal particle, for that, because: Mat.5:4-12, Luk.6:20, 21, J0 1:30 5:27, Act.1:5, 1Jn.4:18, Rev.3:10, al. mult.; διὰ τοῦτο ὅτι, Jhn.8:47 10:17, al.; answering a question (διὰ τί), Rom.9:32, al.; οὐκ ὅτι... ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι, Jhn.6:26 12:6.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3754H appears in 420 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- for239
- because155
- that23
- be1
- concern1
- how1
- of1
- see1
- though1
First verses
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
- Matthew 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
- Matthew 5:34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
- Matthew 5:35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
- Matthew 11:20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
- Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅτῐ,
Epic dialect ὅττῐ (both in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]: conjunction, to introduce an objective clause, that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently strengthened ὅτι ῥα, and ὅτι δή:)] —Usage:
I when ὅτι introduces a statement of fact:
I.a in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always with indicative, the tense following the same rules as in English, ἤγγειλ᾽ ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε πυλάων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.439.)]
I.b in Attic dialect, ὅτι takes indicative after primary tenses, indicative or optative after secondary tenses, e.g. ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23b; ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ Μένωνος στράτευμα ἤδη ἐν Κιλικίᾳ ἦν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.21, compare 2.2.15, +others; ἔλεγον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς αἱ σπονδαὶ γένοιντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59e, etc.; ἠπείλησ᾽ ὅτι.. βαδιοίμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 88: the _indicative_ is frequently retained in the same tense which the speaker used or would have used, ἠγγέλθη.. ὅτι Μέγαρα ἀφέστηκε)] news came that Megara had (literal has) revolted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.114; ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσι [prev. work] 90)]: sometimes optative and indicative are found in the same sentence, ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς.. εἴη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.3; Περικλῆς.. προηγόρευε.. ὅτι Ἀρχίδαμος μέν οἱ ξένος εἴη.., τοὺς δ᾽ ἀγροὺς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ καὶ οἰκίας.., ἀφίησιν αὐτὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, etc.: also ὅτι)].. and the accusative with infinitive are found together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.13.)]
I.2 when ὅτι introduces a conditional sentence, the Constr. after ὅτι is the same as in independent conditional sentences, εἴ τις ἔροιτο, καθ᾽ ὁποίους νόμους δεῖ πολιτεύεσθαι, δῆλον ὅτι ἀποκρίναισθ᾽ ἄν.. it is manifest that you would answer.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.12.)]
II ὅτι is frequently inserted pleonastic in introducing a quotation (where we use no conjunction and put inverted commas), λόγον τόνδε ἐκφαίνει ὁ Πρωτεύς, λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ἡγεύμην.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115)]; καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ὅ. ἡ αὐτή μοι ἀρχή ἐστι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 318a, compare 356a, 361a, etc.)]; even where the quotation consists of one word,[Refs ([prev. work] 330c, “Men.” 74b, 74c.)]
II.2 ὅ. is also used pleonastic with the infinitive and accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ὡς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus I.I), εἶπον ὅτι πρῶτον ἐμὲ χρῆναι πειραθῆναι κατ᾽ ἐμαυτόν (which is in fact a mixture of two constructions) [prev. author] “Lg.” 892d, compare “Phd.” 63c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, etc.)]; but ὅτι has frequently been wrongly inserted by the copyists, as if εἶπεν or λέγουσιν must be followed by it, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37 (om. Papyrus), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.1, etc.)]
III ὅτι in Attic dialect frequently represents a whole sentence, especially in affirmative answers, οὐκοῦν.. τὸ ἀδικεῖν κάκιον ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι. Answ. δῆλον δὴ ὅτι (i.e. ὅτι κάκιον ἂν εἴη, or ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 475c)]; compare οἶδ᾽ ὅτι, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι, οἶσθ᾽ ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 276, 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 486a, etc.: hence arose the practice of using δηλονότι (which see) as)] adverb
III.2 what we make the subject of the Verb which follows ὅτι frequently stands in the preceding clause, Αυκάονας δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἴδομεν, ὅτι.. καρποῦνται (for εἴδομεν, ὅτι Λυκάονες καρποῦνται) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.23, compare 3.2.29, etc.)]
IV ὅτι sometimes = with regard to the fact that, ὅτι.. οὔ φησι.. ὄνομα εἶναι, ὑποπτεύω αὐτὸν σκώπτειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 384c, compare “Prt.” 330e, etc.)]
V οὐχ ὅ..., ἀλλὰ or ἀλλὰ καὶ.., οὐχ ὅ. ὁ Κρίτων ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἦν, ἀλλὰ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ not only [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Crito Medicus)].., but his friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.8; more fully, οὐ μόνον ὅ. ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179b: so followed by ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ.., ταύτῃ ἀδύνατα ἐξισοῦσθαι οὐχ ὅ. τὰ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ)] not only the powers in Europe, but.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97: οὐχ ὅ)]., not followed by a second clause, means although, οὐχ ὅ. παίζει καί φησι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 336d, compare “Grg.” 450e, “Tht.” 157b; compare ὅπως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus II. 2.)]
V.2 for ὅτι μή, see at {ὅ τι} 11.
B as a causal Particle, for that, because, generally after Verbs of feeling, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.56, 14.407, +others; οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγείς, ὅτι.. εἶδες 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.31a)]: but without such a Verb, ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης, ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.326, compare 9.76, +others; μάλιστα δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὅτι τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοὶ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.75, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.231; so ὅτιπερ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.14.)]
B.b followed by τί, ὅτι τ; why? (literal because why?) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.214)]; ὅτι τί δ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 136, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 22)]; ὅτι δὴ τί μάλιστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343a)]; ὅτι δὴ τί γ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 161c)]; compare ὁτιή.
B.2 seeing that, in giving the reason for saying what is said, γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα.. ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀπηνής as is proved by the fact that.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.35, compare 21.488, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.36. [The last syllable is never elided in _Attic dialect_, probably to avoid confusion with ὅτε: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ὅτ᾽)] (ὅ τ᾽) probably always represents ὅτε (ὅ τε): there are no examples of ὅττ᾽: hiatus after ὅτι is permitted in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 611, “Ach.” 516.])]
Epic dialect ὅττῐ (both in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]: conjunction, to introduce an objective clause, that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently strengthened ὅτι ῥα, and ὅτι δή:)] —Usage:
I when ὅτι introduces a statement of fact:
I.a in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always with indicative, the tense following the same rules as in English, ἤγγειλ᾽ ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε πυλάων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.439.)]
I.b in Attic dialect, ὅτι takes indicative after primary tenses, indicative or optative after secondary tenses, e.g. ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 23b; ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ Μένωνος στράτευμα ἤδη ἐν Κιλικίᾳ ἦν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.21, compare 2.2.15, +others; ἔλεγον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς αἱ σπονδαὶ γένοιντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59e, etc.; ἠπείλησ᾽ ὅτι.. βαδιοίμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 88: the _indicative_ is frequently retained in the same tense which the speaker used or would have used, ἠγγέλθη.. ὅτι Μέγαρα ἀφέστηκε)] news came that Megara had (literal has) revolted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.114; ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσι [prev. work] 90)]: sometimes optative and indicative are found in the same sentence, ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς.. εἴη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.3; Περικλῆς.. προηγόρευε.. ὅτι Ἀρχίδαμος μέν οἱ ξένος εἴη.., τοὺς δ᾽ ἀγροὺς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ καὶ οἰκίας.., ἀφίησιν αὐτὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, etc.: also ὅτι)].. and the accusative with infinitive are found together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.13.)]
I.2 when ὅτι introduces a conditional sentence, the Constr. after ὅτι is the same as in independent conditional sentences, εἴ τις ἔροιτο, καθ᾽ ὁποίους νόμους δεῖ πολιτεύεσθαι, δῆλον ὅτι ἀποκρίναισθ᾽ ἄν.. it is manifest that you would answer.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.12, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.12.)]
II ὅτι is frequently inserted pleonastic in introducing a quotation (where we use no conjunction and put inverted commas), λόγον τόνδε ἐκφαίνει ὁ Πρωτεύς, λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ἡγεύμην.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115)]; καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ὅ. ἡ αὐτή μοι ἀρχή ἐστι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 318a, compare 356a, 361a, etc.)]; even where the quotation consists of one word,[Refs ([prev. work] 330c, “Men.” 74b, 74c.)]
II.2 ὅ. is also used pleonastic with the infinitive and accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ὡς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus I.I), εἶπον ὅτι πρῶτον ἐμὲ χρῆναι πειραθῆναι κατ᾽ ἐμαυτόν (which is in fact a mixture of two constructions) [prev. author] “Lg.” 892d, compare “Phd.” 63c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, etc.)]; but ὅτι has frequently been wrongly inserted by the copyists, as if εἶπεν or λέγουσιν must be followed by it, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37 (om. Papyrus), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.1, etc.)]
III ὅτι in Attic dialect frequently represents a whole sentence, especially in affirmative answers, οὐκοῦν.. τὸ ἀδικεῖν κάκιον ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι. Answ. δῆλον δὴ ὅτι (i.e. ὅτι κάκιον ἂν εἴη, or ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 475c)]; compare οἶδ᾽ ὅτι, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι, οἶσθ᾽ ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 276, 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 486a, etc.: hence arose the practice of using δηλονότι (which see) as)] adverb
III.2 what we make the subject of the Verb which follows ὅτι frequently stands in the preceding clause, Αυκάονας δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἴδομεν, ὅτι.. καρποῦνται (for εἴδομεν, ὅτι Λυκάονες καρποῦνται) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.23, compare 3.2.29, etc.)]
IV ὅτι sometimes = with regard to the fact that, ὅτι.. οὔ φησι.. ὄνομα εἶναι, ὑποπτεύω αὐτὸν σκώπτειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 384c, compare “Prt.” 330e, etc.)]
V οὐχ ὅ..., ἀλλὰ or ἀλλὰ καὶ.., οὐχ ὅ. ὁ Κρίτων ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἦν, ἀλλὰ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ not only [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Crito Medicus)].., but his friends, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.8; more fully, οὐ μόνον ὅ. ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179b: so followed by ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ.., ταύτῃ ἀδύνατα ἐξισοῦσθαι οὐχ ὅ. τὰ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ)] not only the powers in Europe, but.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97: οὐχ ὅ)]., not followed by a second clause, means although, οὐχ ὅ. παίζει καί φησι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 336d, compare “Grg.” 450e, “Tht.” 157b; compare ὅπως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus II. 2.)]
V.2 for ὅτι μή, see at {ὅ τι} 11.
B as a causal Particle, for that, because, generally after Verbs of feeling, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.56, 14.407, +others; οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγείς, ὅτι.. εἶδες 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.31a)]: but without such a Verb, ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης, ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.326, compare 9.76, +others; μάλιστα δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὅτι τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοὶ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.75, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.231; so ὅτιπερ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.14.)]
B.b followed by τί, ὅτι τ; why? (literal because why?) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.214)]; ὅτι τί δ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 136, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 22)]; ὅτι δὴ τί μάλιστ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343a)]; ὅτι δὴ τί γ; [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 161c)]; compare ὁτιή.
B.2 seeing that, in giving the reason for saying what is said, γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα.. ὅτι τοι νόος ἐστὶν ἀπηνής as is proved by the fact that.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.35, compare 21.488, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.36. [The last syllable is never elided in _Attic dialect_, probably to avoid confusion with ὅτε: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ὅτ᾽)] (ὅ τ᾽) probably always represents ὅτε (ὅ τε): there are no examples of ὅττ᾽: hiatus after ὅτι is permitted in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 611, “Ach.” 516.])]