οὖν,
Ionic dialect and
Doric dialect ὦν (the latter in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
adverb certainly, in fact, confirming something, frequently in contrast with something which is not confirmed, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] only in combination with γε (see. γοῦν), γάρ, οὔτε or μήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc.:
1 really, φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι.. Κρονίωνα for I declare that Zeus did
really promise.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα.., ὄφρ᾽ for we followed them up to the
very point, where.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐλέχθησαν λόγοι ἄπιστοι μὲν ἐνίοισι Ἑλλήνων, ἐλέχθησαν δ᾽ ὦν but they
really were spoken, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι.., Πλαταιῆς δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι.., ἐκ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν
at all events they
did return, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so δ᾽ οὖν after a parenthesis; εἰ δή τις ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχει,—οὐκ ἀξιῶ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε,—εἰ δ᾽ οὖν but if he is so, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀλλ᾽ οὖν.. γε but
at all events, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔμπης οὖν ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον to stay nevertheless
at least till to-morrow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὖν concessive,
I grant you, τάχ᾽ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τληπόλεμος δ᾽, ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα.. κατέκτα
when once, i.e. as soon as, he had grown up, [
Refs]; νεβροί, αἵ τ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔκαμον.. ἑστᾶσ᾽ which,
as soon as they are tired, stand still, [
Refs]; to indicate that something foreshadowed has
actually occurred, ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς.., οἱ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ οὖν.., οὔτε.. or οὔτε.., οὔτ᾽ οὖν.. both =
neither.. nor, but preferred according as the first or second clause is to be marked by emphasis,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἰ.., εἴτ᾽ οὖν.. if.., or if.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴτ᾽ οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεται whether it shall be so, or no, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνος αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός, i.e. αἴτε ξ. αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀ., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
even as,
just as, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ δ᾽ ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεός if he is, as he
in fact is, a god, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; for μὲν οὖν, see at μέν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 added to
indefinite Prons. and
adverbs, like Latin
cunque, ὅστις
whoever, ὁστισοῦν
whosoever; ὅπως
how, ὁπωσοῦν
howsoever; ἄλλος ὁστισοῦν another,
be he who he may; so ὁποιοσοῦν, ὁποιοστισοῦν, ὁποσοσοῦν, ὁπωσδηποτοῦν, ὁπητιοῦν, ὁποθενοῦν, etc., (see entry).
II to continue a narrative,
so, then, καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν.. θῆκαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅτ᾽ οὖν since,
then,.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζεῖ οὖν ἐν τούτῳ.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is very common in this sense; so δ᾽ οὖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὖν is also used alone merely to resume after a parenthesis or long protasis,
well, as I was saying, ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, χρήσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ.., ὑμεας γὰρ πυνθάνομαι προεστάναι..,—ὑμέας ὦν.. προσκαλέομαι.. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 ὦν is frequently inserted by [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
participle, οἱ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορήν, ἀπ᾽ ὦν ἔδοντο[
Refs]; so in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: this tmesis is rare in
Attic dialect, ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατ᾽ οὖν ἔβαλεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but occurs in later writers, Dorieus cited in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III in inferences,
then, therefore, not in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in a statement, [
Refs]; very common from [
Refs 5th c.BC+] downwards; so καὶ σὺ οὖν you too
therefore, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare οὐ γὰρ οὖν, τοιγαροῦν: strengthened, δὴ οὖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in questions, τίς οὖν ὁ λύσων σ᾽ ἐστίν
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ἆρ᾽ οὖν δή
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὖν δή
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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