ἦ,
adverb, never in the form ἦε (ἠέ):
I TO CONFIRM an assertion,
in truth, of a surety, ἦ ὀλίγον οἷ παῖδα ἐοικότα γείνατο Τυδεύς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; with concessive force,
it is true that.. : hence,
although.. , ἦ καὶ γένει ὕστερος ἦεν [
Refs]: frequently strengthened by the addition of one or two other Particles, as ἦ ἄρα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ μήν and ἦ μέν (see. below); ἦ νυ [
Refs 8th c.BC+] used in oaths and asseverations, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with
infinitive in indirect speech, after Verbs of swearing, etc., σὺ δὲ σύνθεο, καί μοι ὄμοσσον, ἦ μέν μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ μέν also in
Ionic dialect historical Prose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυητὰς καταστῆσαι ἦ μὴν ἐκτείσειν Legal cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with other Particles, ἦ μὲν δή [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2 in the combinations ἐπεὶ ἦ, ὅτι ἢ and τί ; [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] (παραπληρωματικὸς σύνδεσμος)
perispomenon after ἐπεί, barytone after ὅτι or τί. It is probably the same as the affirmative ἦ [
Refs 2nd c.AD+], and occurs in the same combinations, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολύ.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα[
Refs 8th c.BC+] as one word, and this can be supported by τί ἢ δὲ σύ.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+] was two words. The Attic accentuation is said by [
Refs]
I.3 this ἦ (or ἢ) is probably to be recognized in ὥς τε γὰρ ἦ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II in Questions not involving alternatives:
II.1 Direct questions,
II.1.a epexegetic of a preceding question, suggesting the answer to it, τίπτ᾽ εἰλήλουθα; ἦ ἵνα ὕβριν ἴδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονο; why hast thou come?
is it that thou mayst see.. ? [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τί δῆτα χρῄζει; ἦ με γῆς ἔξω βαλεῖ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς σοι διηγεῖτ; ἦ αὐτὸς Σωκράτη; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1.b not epexegetic of a preceding question, ἦ σύ γ᾽ Ὀδυσσεύς ἐσσι πολύτροπο; art thou the wily Odysseus? [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ οὐκ ὀτρύνοντος ἀκούετε.. Ἕκτορο; do you not hear.[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ τὸ πλοῖον ἀφῖκτα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ οὐ δοκεῖ καὶ σοὶ οὕτ; don't you think so too? [
Refs]; ἦ τορῶς λέγ; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἦ κἀν δόμοισι τυγχάνει τανῦν παρώ; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Trag. (in Lyric poetry), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially to mark the first of several questions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
ff.; ἦ ἄρα δή..; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ ταῦτα δή..; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ ταῦτα δῆτα..; [
Refs]; ἦ γάρ..; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; standing alone,
is it not so? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ καί..; [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —ἦ usually begins the sentence, except that the vocative may precede, as in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —by Crasis ἦ combines with ἄρα in _Attic dialect_ and the κοινή to ἆρα (which see), in all other dialects [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
II.2 Indirect questions, οἴχετο πευσόμενος μετὰ σὸν κλέος ἤ που ἔτ᾽ εἴης [
Refs 8th c.BC+], which alone has Ms. authority in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ.. ἢ καὶ Λαέρτῃ αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἄγγελος ἔλθ; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀμφίστασθαι ἦ κα πεφυτεύκωντι πάντα κὰτ τὰν συνθήκαν they shall investigate
whether.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A ἦ, for ἔφη,
3rd.pers. singular imperfect or
aorist 2 of ἠμί (which see).
ἦ, for ἦν,
Attic dialect contraction from Ionic ἔα,
imperfect of εἰμί (
sum).
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