ὁπηνίκᾰ · hopēnika — LSJ
at what point of time, at what hour, on what day, more precise than ὁπότε, S. OC 434, Th. 4.125, Theoc. 23.33 ; though sts. it cannot be distd. from ὁπότε, Pl. Alc. 1.105d, Jul. Or. 7.204a, al. ; ὁπότε καὶ ὁ. Pl. Lg. 772d ; ὁ. ἄν at whatever hour or time, S. Ph. 464 ; whenever, PGiss. 53.3 (iv A. D.); simply, when, LXX 4 Ma. 2.16.
in indirect questions, in answer to a direct question, πηνίκʼ ἐστὶν ἄρα τῆς ἡμέρας ;— ὁπηνίκα; what time of day is it ?—what time, do you say ? Ar. Av. 1499.
c. gen., οὐδεὶς οἶδʼ ὁ. ἐστὶ τοὐνιαυτοῦ what time of year, Id. Fr. 569.7.
with conditional or causal force, ὁ. ἐφαίνετο ταῦτα πεποιηκώς when once it was seen that . . , D. 18.14, cf. 21.42.