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ἡνίκα

ἡνίκα, at which time, when

ἡνίκᾰ [ῐ], Dor. ἁνίκα Pi. P. 4.24, al., Theoc. 5.41; Aeol. ἄνικα Id. 29.33:—Adv. of Time, relat. to τηνίκα,
  • at the time when, usu. with past tenses of ind., Od. 22.198 (nowhere else in Hom.), Pi. l.c., S. Aj. 1144, al., Th. 7.73, Ar. Nu. 607, Lys. 19.4, Pl. Grg. 509e, D. 21.78, etc.; ἡνίκʼ ἐχρῆν δύνειν, νῦν ἄρχεται ἡδύνεσθαι Timo 17: with pres. ind., ἡνίκαπερ X. Cyr. 8.8.9; μετὰ τὴν ζωὴν . . ἡνίκʼ οὐκ εἰσίν Phld. Mort. 36; rarely while, ἡ. ἦν ἔτʼ ἐν φάει E. Ion 726.
      • 2 ἡνίκʼ ἄν, like ὅταν, with Subj., of fut. time, whenever, S. Ph. 880, OT 1492: to denote repeated occurrence in pres. time, Id. Ph. 310, Ar. Pax 1179, X. Cyr. 1.2.4, etc.; ἄν shd. be restored in A. Fr. 304.7; ἄν goes with Verb in ἡνίκʼ ἂν ὠφέλει when it would have been to his advantage, D. 29.16; but ἡνίκʼ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη, of repeated occurrence, LXX Ex. 40.36(30).
      • 3 with opt. in orat. obliq., or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, whenever, S. Ph. 705 (lyr.): also in orat. obliq., of future time, ἡνίκα . . ἀπείη when he should have been absent, Id. Tr. 164; but ἡνίκʼ ἂν ἡμεῖς μὴ δυναίμεθα, with implied protasis, D. 4.31; and so ἡνίκʼ <ἂν> καταλαμβάνοιμι, εἰ τυγχάνοιμι X. Oec. 11.14.
      • 4 c. gen., ἡ. τοῦ χρόνου at which point of time, Ael. NA 12.35.
      • 5 ἡ. χρὴ φλεβοτομεῖν in which case . ., Orib. Syn. 6.13.
      • 6 after Verbs of knowing or remembering, οὐ μνημονεύεις . . ἡνίκα . . ; S. Aj. 1273; οἶδʼ ἡνίκʼ Αἴας εἷλκε Κασάνδραν E. Tr. 70, cf. Ar. Ec. 815.

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