"ὅταν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὅταν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /hó.tan/, /ˈo.tan/, /ˈo.tan/, /hó.tan/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)o.tan/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈo.tan/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈo.tan/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈo.tan/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ὅτᾰν [canonical], hótăn [romanization]
Etymology: Univerbation of ὅτ’ (hót’, “when”) + ἄν (án, modal particle) Etymology templates: {{univerbation|grc}} Univerbation Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=subordinating conjunctions|head=ὅτᾰν|head2=}} ὅτᾰν • (hótăn), {{grc-conjunction|ὅτᾰν|s}} ὅτᾰν • (hótăn)
  1. (with a conditional force, about events likely to recur) whenever, when
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