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τότε

tote

at that time, then

Appears 274 times across Homer's epics.

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τότε, Dor. τόκᾰ (q. v.) (both forms in Pi. (τότε P. 2.89, τόκα O. 6.66) and Theoc. (τότε 13.23, τόκα 7.154)); Aeol. τότᾰ Alc. Oxy. 1789 Fr. 1i12 (τόκα acc. to codd. of Theoc. 29.39, cf. ποτα, ὄτα):—A. Adv. at that time, then, corresponding to Relat. ὅτε or ὁπότε (infr. I.5), and to interrog. πότε; mostly of some point in past time, opp. νῦν, Il. 15.724, etc.: c. gen., τ. τοῦ χειμῶνος Th. 7.31: also of a future time, τότε κέν μιν . . πεπίθοιμεν Il. 1.100, cf. 4.182; λέξεις καὶ τότʼ εἴσομαι S. OT 1517 (troch.) (or of imagined circumstances, in that case (cf. νῦν I.4), Pl. R. 334c); sts., then, next, πρῶτον μὲν . . , εἶτα . . , καὶ τ . . . D. 24.48:—in Trag. and Att. also in indef. sense, formerly, καὶ νῦν θʼ ὁμοίως καὶ τότʼ ἐξεπίσταμαι S. El. 907, cf. Ant. 391, Aj. 650, Ar. Pl. 1117, Lys. 1023 (lyr.); ὃ δὴ καὶ τότε ἐλέγομεν just now, Pl. Tht. 157a; τ. μὲν . . , νῦν δὲ . . A. Ag. 799 (anap.), cf. E. Alc. 915 (anap.); νῦν . . τότʼ Id. Med. 1402 (anap.); ὁμοῖοι καὶ τ. καὶ νῦν Th. 1.86, cf. 3.40, D. 6.12; also τότʼ ἢ τόθʼ, ὅτε τὸ κύριον μόλῃ at one time or other, A. Ag. 766 (lyr.); συμφοραὶ . . βροτοῖσιν ἢ τότʼ ἦλθον ἢ τ. E. Andr. 853. 2. joined with other Particles, καὶ τ. even then, or (at the beginning of a clause) and then, Il. 16.691, Hes. Op. 536, etc.; καὶ τ. δή Il. 1.92, Od. 8.299; καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτα Il. 1.426; καὶ τ. μέν 21.40; δὴ τ. Hes. Op. 417, Pi. O. 3.25, A. Th. 214 (lyr.), etc.; τ. δή ῥα Od. 9.52; τ. γʼ Il. 3.224, Od. 12.250; δὴ τ. γʼ 15.228; τ. δʼ ἤδη by that time, Il. 2.699; ἀλλὰ τότʼ ἤδη when that time comes, Hes. Op. 588, cf. A. Pr. 911, Lys. 12.66, etc.: repeated with emphasis, τότʼ ἄρα τ. S. Ant. 1273 (lyr.); τ. δὴ τ. D. 18.47. 3. with the Art., ἄνδρες οἱ τ. people then living, the men of that time, Il. 9.559, etc.; οἱ τότʼ ἐόντες ἀοιδοί Pi. I. 4(3).27(45); ὁ τ. τυραννεύων Hdt. 1.20; οἱ τ. ἄνθρωποι Id. 8.8; ἡ τ. ἀρωγή A. Ag. 73 (anap.); τῇ τόθʼ ἡμέρᾳ S. El. 1134; ὁ τ. κόσμος 2 Ep.Pet. 3.6; ἐν τῷ τ. Th. 1.92, Pl. Criti. 110d; ἐν τῷ τ. χρόνῳ ib. 111e (χρόνῳ om. cod. A), Plt. 270e; εἰς τὸν τ. χρόνον Id. Lg. 740c. 4. εἰς τ. with fut., on the day, then (v. εἰς II.2), ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ἀγῶνος ἐμανθάνομεν . . ἂν μάχεσθαι . . , μιμούμενοι πάντα ἐκεῖνα ὁπόσοις ἐμέλλομεν εἰς τ. χρήσεσθαι ib.830b, cf. D. 14.24, etc.; ἐκ τ. or ἔκτοτε (q. v.) from that time, Plu. Caes. 48, Arr. An. 1.26.4; so ἀπὸ τ. LXXPs. 92(93).2, Ev.Matt. 4.17. 5. in apodosi, answering to ὅτε, S. OC 778, etc.; to ὅταν, A. Ag. 971, Ar. Av. 1116 (troch.); to ὁππότε, Il. 16.244, Od. 23.257; to ὁππότε κεν or ὁπότʼ ἂν δή, Il. 9.702, 21.341; to ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή, ib.451; to εἰ, 4.36; to ἐπεί κε, 11.192; to ἡνίκα, S. Aj. 773: also after a part., like εἶτα, πάντα ἐάσαντες καὶ μόνον οὐχὶ συγκατασκευάσαντες αὐτῷ τ . . . ζητήσομεν; D. 3.17, cf. 9.73 (interpol.), etc.: freq. joined with other Particles, δὴ τ. after η ος, Il. 1.476; after αὐτὰρ ἐπεί, 12.17; after ὁππότε κεν, Od. 10.294; also καὶ τ. δή after ἦμος, Il. 8.69, Od. 9.59; after ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή, Il. 22.209, Od. 4.461; δή ῥα τ. after εὖτʼ ἄν, Hes. Op. 565; τότʼ ἔπειτα after αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν δή, ib.616; καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτα after ἦμος, Il. 1.478. II. later for ὅτε, Nic. Al. 422,595.
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