The corpus record

εἴποτε

eipote

if ever, as surely as, if

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What it meant

εἴποτε · eipote — LSJ

if ever, as surely as

if ever, Il. 1.39; strengthd. εἴ ποτε δή ib. 503: used in asking a favour of any one, to call something to his mind, for εἴποτʼ ἔην γε, i.e. as surely as he was.

II if, whether ever

indirect, if or whether ever, Il. 2.97, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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