ὅτι
hoti
for what, wherefore
Appears 71 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὅτι or ὅτι (as it is freq. written exc. in I, sts. also ὅ, τι), Ep. ὅττι, neut. of ὅστις, used as an Adv. A. 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 3.78, cf. 1.111, 2.19,91, al.; ἢν μὴ φράσῃς ὅ τι . . unless you tell me why . . , Pl. 19, cf. 966: sts. with a Prep., εἰρωτώμενος κατʼ ὅ τι . . οὕτως ἐπέστειλε 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 1.18; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, ὅ τι μὴ γυνὴ μούνη ib.181, cf. 143, 4.26, etc.: rarely with a different Verb, διέφυγε μὲν οὐδείς, ὅ τι μὴ διέλαθέ τις no one escaped, save that one escaped notice, 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]; 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, 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 9.7.βʹ, Ant. 1321 codd. (lyr., dub. l.), 7.42, etc.; ὅ τι μάλιστα 5.36, etc.; ὅ τι ἐγγύτατα 3.40; ὅ τι ἐλάχιστα 6.23; ὅ τι χρησιμώτατα 7.74: also with Adjs., ὅ τι πλείστη ἀπορία 4.32; ὅ τι πλεῖστον ναυτικόν, ὅ τι πλεῖστον χρόνον, HG 4.8.6, Cyr. 6.1.43; ὅ τι πλείστη εὐδαιμονία R. 421b; ὅ τι μεγίστη πρόφασις 1.126, cf. 7.69; παῖδας ὅ τι χειροτεχνικωτάτους V. 1276, etc.— Here also the usage may be compared with that of ὅσος I.7, IV.4.
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