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ὅτι, adv. + superl., as...as possible; ὅτι μή except

ὅτι2, ὅτι (conj.), that, because

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ὅ τι or ὅτι (as it is freq. written exc. in I, sts. also ὅ, τι), Ep. ὅττι,
  • neut. of ὅστις, used as an Adv. like διότι, in indirect questions, for what, wherefore, ὅς κʼ εἴποι, ὅ τι τόσσον ἐχώσατο Il. 1.64, cf. Od. 19.464; εἴρετο, ὅ τι οὐ χρᾶται τῇ χειρί Hdt. 3.78, cf. 1.111, 2.19, 91, al.; ἢν μὴ φράσῃς ὅ τι . . unless you tell me why . ., Ar. Pl. 19, cf. 966: sts. with a Prep., εἰρωτώμενος κατʼ ὅ τι . . οὕτως ἐπέστειλε Hdt. 6.3.
    • II ὅ τι μή (usu. written ὅτι μή), after a neg. clause, except, Il. 16.227 (v.l. ὅτε μή) ; οὐδαμοί . ., ὅ τι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι Hdt. 1.18; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅ τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνη ib. 181, cf. 143, Th. 4.26, etc.: rarely with a different Verb, διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, ὅ τι μὴ διέλαθέ τις no one escaped, save that one escaped notice, Arr. An. 1.16.2, etc.: after a question with οὐ, so far as not, οὐ . . τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ μανθάνειν [ἡδονήν], ὅ τι μὴ μάθημα τιμὴν φέρει, καπνὸν καὶ φλυαρίαν [ἡγεῖται]; Pl. R. 581d.—That this phrase belongs to the pronominal ὅ τι is shown by the similar usage of ὅσον, v. ὅσος IV. 5c.
      • 2 so ὅτι ἀλλʼ ἤ, = ὅτι μή, LXX 1 Ki. 30.17, al.
    • III with a Sup. Adv., ὅττι τάχιστα as quick as possible, Il. 4.193, Od. 5.112, al.; also ὅ τι τάχος Hdt. 9.7.βʹ, S. Ant. 1321 codd. (lyr., dub. l.), Th. 7.42, etc.; ὅ τι μάλιστα Id. 5.36, etc.; ὅ τι ἐγγύτατα Id. 3.40; ὅ τι ἐλάχιστα Id. 6.23; ὅ τι χρησιμώτατα Id. 7.74: also with Adjs., ὅ τι πλείστη ἀπορία Id. 4.32; ὅ τι πλεῖστον ναυτικόν, ὅ τι πλεῖστον χρόνον, X. HG 4.8.6, Cyr. 6.1.43; ὅ τι πλείστη εὐδαιμονία Pl. R. 421b; ὅ τι μεγίστη πρόφασις Th. 1.126, cf. 7.69; παῖδας ὅ τι χειροτεχνικωτάτους Ar. V. 1276, etc.— Here also the usage may be compared with that of ὅσος I.7, IV.4.
ὅτῐ, Ep. ὅττῐ (both in Hom.): Conj., to introduce an objective clause,
  • that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in Hom. freq. strengthd. ὅτι ῥα, and ὅτι δή:—Usage:
    • I when ὅτι introduces a statement of fact:
        • a in Hom. always with ind., the tense following the same rules as in English, ἤγγειλʼ ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε πυλάων Il. 22.439.
        • b in Att., ὅτι takes ind. after primary tenses, ind. or opt. after secondary tenses, e.g. ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός Pl. Ap. 23b; ᾔσθετο ὅτι τὸ Μένωνος στράτευμα ἤδη ἐν Κιλικίᾳ ἦν X. An. 1.2.21, cf. 2.2.15, al.; ἔλεγον ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς αἱ σπονδαὶ γένοιντο Th. 5.61, cf. Pl. Phd. 59e, etc.; ἠπείλησʼ ὅτι . . βαδιοίμην Ar. Pl. 88: the ind. is freq. retained in the same tense which the speaker used or would have used, ἠγγέλθη . . ὅτι Μέγαρα ἀφέστηκε news came that Megara had (lit. has) revolted, Th. 1.114; ἀποκρινάμενοι ὅτι πέμψουσι ib. 90: sts. opt. and ind. are found in the same sentence, ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς . . εἴη X. An. 2.1.3; Περικλῆς . . προηγόρευε . . ὅτι Ἀρχίδαμος μέν οἱ ξένος εἴη . ., τοὺς δʼ ἀγροὺς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ καὶ οἰκίας . ., ἀφίησιν αὐτὰ δημόσια εἶναι Th. 2.13, cf. Pl. Phd. 61b, etc.: also ὅτι . . and the acc. with inf. are found together, Th. 3.25, X. Cyr. 1.3.13.
      • 2 when ὅτι introduces a conditional sentence, the Constr. after ὅτι is the same as in independent conditional sentences, εἴ τις ἔροιτο, καθʼ ὁποίους νόμους δεῖ πολιτεύεσθαι, δῆλον ὅτι ἀποκρίναισθʼ ἄν . . it is manifest that you would answer . ., D. 46.12, cf. X. Mem. 1.6.12.
    • II ὅτι is freq. inserted pleon. in introducing a quotation (where we use no Conj. and put inverted commas), λόγον τόνδε ἐκφαίνει ὁ Πρωτεύς, λέγων ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ἡγεύμην . . Hdt. 2.115; καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ὅ. ἡ αὐτή μοι ἀρχή ἐστι . . Pl. Prt. 318a, cf. 356a, 361a, etc.; even where the quotation consists of one word, ib. 330c, Men. 74b, 74c.
      • 2 ὅ. is also used pleon. with the inf. and acc. (cf. ὡς B. I.I), εἶπον ὅτι πρῶτον ἐμὲ χρῆναι πειραθῆναι κατʼ ἐμαυτόν (which is in fact a mixture of two constrr.) Id. Lg. 892d, cf. Phd. 63c, X. HG 2.2.2, etc.; but ὅτι has freq. been wrongly inserted by the copyists, as if εἶπεν or λέγουσιν must be followed by it, as in Th. 4.37 (om. Pap.), X. Cyr. 5.4.1, etc.
    • III ὅτι in Att. freq. represents a whole sentence, esp. in affirm. answers, οὐκοῦν . . τὸ ἀδικεῖν κάκιον ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι. Answ. δῆλον δὴ ὅτι (i.e. ὅτι κάκιον ἂν εἴη, or ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει) Pl. Grg. 475c; cf. οἶδʼ ὅτι, ἴσθʼ ὅτι, οἶσθʼ ὅτι, S. Ant. 276, 758, Pl. Grg. 486a, etc.: hence arose the practice of using δηλονότι (q.v.) as Adv.
      • 2 what we make the subject of the Verb which follows ὅτι freq. stands in the preceding clause, Λυκάονας δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἴδομεν, ὅτι . . καρποῦνται (for εἴδομεν, ὅτι Λυκάονες καρποῦνται) X. An. 3.2.23, cf. 3.2.29, etc.
    • IV ὅτι sts.= with regard to the fact that, ὅτι . . οὔ φησι . . ὄνομα εἶναι, ὑποπτεύω αὐτὸν σκώπτειν Pl. Cra. 384c, cf. Prt. 330e, etc.
    • V οὐχ ὅ. . ., ἀλλὰ or ἀλλὰ καὶ . ., οὐχ ὅ. ὁ Κρίτων ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ἦν, ἀλλὰ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ not only Crito . ., but his friends, X. Mem. 2.9.8; more fully, οὐ μόνον ὅ. ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες Pl. Smp. 179b: so folld. by ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ . ., ταύτῃ ἀδύνατα ἐξισοῦσθαι οὐχ ὅ. τὰ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ, ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ not only the powers in Europe, but . ., Th. 2.97: οὐχ ὅ., not folld. by a second clause, means although, οὐχ ὅ. παίζει καί φησι Pl. Prt. 336d, cf. Grg. 450e, Tht. 157b; cf. ὅπως A. II. 2.
      • 2 for ὅτι μή, v. ὅ τι II.
  • B as a causal Particle, for that, because, generally after Verbs of feeling, Il. 1.56, 14.407, al.; οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγείς, ὅτι . . εἶδες Jul. Or. 1.31a: but without such a Verb, ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης, ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη Il. 5.326, cf. 9.76, al.; μάλιστα δʼ αὐτοὺς ἐπεκαλέσαντο ὅτι τειχομαχεῖν ἐδόκουν δυνατοὶ εἶναι Th. 1.102, cf. And. 1.75, Aeschin. 3.231; so ὅτιπερ Th. 4.14.
        • b folld. by τί, ὅτι τί; why? (lit. because why?) D. 23.214; ὅτι τί δή; Ar. Pl. 136, Luc. Dem.Enc. 22; ὅτι δὴ τί μάλιστα; Pl. R. 343a; ὅτι δὴ τί γε; Id. Chrm. 161c; cf. ὁτιή.
      • 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 . ., Il. 16.35, cf. 21.488, Od. 22.36. [The last syll. is never elided in Att., prob. to avoid confusion with ὅτε: in Hom. ὅτʼ (ὅ τʼ) prob. always represents ὅτε (ὅ τε): there are no examples of ὅττʼ: hiatus after ὅτι is permitted in Com., Ar. Lys. 611, Ach. 516.]

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