γε,
Doric dialect and
Boeotian dialect γα, enclitic Particle, giving emphasis to the word or words which it follows.
I with single words,
at least, at any rate, but often only to be rendered by italics in writing, or emphasis in pronunciation: τὸ γὰρ.. σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν such is the power of
iron, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ που πτωχῶν γε θεοὶ.. εἰσίν if the poor
have any gods to care for them,[
Refs]; ὅ γ᾽ ἐνθάδε λεώς
at any rate the people here, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] not
even two, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔκουν φθόγγος γε not
the least sound, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2 with Pronouns: with
pronoun of
1st pers. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τουτογί, ταυταγί, etc., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσον γε χρῄζεις
even as much as..,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with
interrogative Pronouns, τίνα γε.. εἶπας
;[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίου γε τούτου πλήν γ᾽ Ὀδυσσέως ἐρεῖς
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3 after Conjunctions, to emphasize the modification or condition introduced by the subjoined clause, πρίν γε, before
at least, sometimes repeated, οὐ μὲν.. ὀΐω πρίν γ᾽ ἀποπαύσεσθαι, πρίν γε.. αἵματος ἆσαι Ἀρῆα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἄν γε or πρίν γ᾽ ἄν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ γε, ἐάν γε, if
that is to say, if
really, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also simply to lay stress on the condition, κἄν γε μὴ λέγω and
if I do not.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴπερ γε if
at any rate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ὥστε γε (variantὥς γε), with
infinitive, so far
at least as to.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς γε or ὥσπερ γε as
at least, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—γε may follow τε, when τε is closely attached to the preceding word, ὡς οἷόν τέ γε μάλιστα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4 after other Particles, καὶ μὴν.. γε, οὐ μὴν.. γε, with words intervening, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; after ἄν in apodosi, when preceded by οὐ or καί, [
Refs]; ἄταρ.. γε but
yet, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καίτοι γε, see at καί το; ἀλλά γε (without intervening words) is
falsa lectio in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλά γε δή uncertain in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.5 when preceding other Particles, γε commonly refers to the preceding word, while the Particle retains its own force: but sometimes modifies the sense of the following Particle, γε μήν
nevertheless, πάντως γε μήν [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect γε μέν [
Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently strengthens an assertion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέ τοι, implying that the assertion is
the least that one can say, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέ που
at all events, any how, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; for γε οὖν, see at γοῦν.
II exercising an influence over the whole clause:
II.1 epexegetic,
namely, that is, Διός γε διδόντος
that is if God grant it, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλῦθι, Ποσείδαον.., εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι if
indeed I am really thine, [
Refs] any man—
at least any wise man, [
Refs]; frequently preceded by καί, usually with words intervening, ἦ μὴν κελεύσω κἀπιθωΰξω γε πρός
ay and besides that.., [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; παρῆσάν τινες καὶ πολλοί γε some,
ay and a great many, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with the last term in an enumeration, ταύτῃ ἄρα.. πρακτέον καὶ γυμναστέον καὶ ἐδεστέον γε καὶ ποτέον [
LXX]; rarely without intervening words, καί γε ὁ θάνατος διὰ τὴν μοίρην ἔλαχεν [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2 in dialogue, in answers where something is added to the statement of the previous speaker, as ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι.. κρέα
; Answ. καλῶς γε ποιῶν
yes and quite right too, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κενὸν τόδ᾽ ἄγγος, ἢ στέγει τι
; Answ. σά γ᾽ ἔνδυτα..
yes indeed, your clothes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω γὰρ ἂν μάλιστα δηχθείη πόσις. Answ. σὺ δ᾽ ἂν γένοιο γ᾽ ἀθλιωτάτη γυνή
yes truly, and you.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάνυ γε
yes certainly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω γέ πως
yes somehowso, [
Refs]; sometimes preceded by καί, καὶ οὐδέν γ᾽ ἄτοπον
yes and no wonder, [
Refs]; sometimes ironically, εὖ γε κηδεύεις πόλιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 to heighten a contrast or opposition,
II.3.a after conditional clauses, εἰ μὲν δὴ σύ γ᾽.., τῷ κε Ποσειδάων γε.. if
you do so, then
at all events Poseidon will.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+] γέα; ἐπεὶ πρὸς τοῦτο σιωπᾶν ἥδιόν σοι.. τόδε γε εἰπέ
at any rate tell me this, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.b in disjunctive sentences to emphasize an alternative, ἤτοι κεῖνόν γε.. δεῖ ἀπόλλυσθαι ἢ σέ.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in the second clause, εἰπέ μοι, ἠὲ ἑκὼν ὑποδάμνασαι ἤ σέ γε λαοὶ ἐχθαίρουσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.4 in exclamations, etc., ὥς γε μή ποτ᾽ ὤφελον λαβεῖν uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in oaths, οὔτοι μὰ τὴν Δήμητρά γ᾽ variant in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; merely in strong assertions, τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; ἄφρων δὴ κεῖνός γέ.. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.5 implying concession, εἶμί γε
well then I will go (in apodosi), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III γε frequently repeated in protasis and apodosis, as πρίν γε.., πρίν γε, see[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; even in the same clause, οὐδέν γ᾽ ἄλλο πλήν γε καρκίνους [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV POSITION: γε normally follows the word which it limits; but is frequently placed immediately after the Article, as ὅ γε πόλεμος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or the
preposition, κατά γε τὸν σὸν λόγον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δέ γε[
Refs]; frequently in retorts, ἁμές ποκ᾽ ἦμες ἄλκιμοι νεανίαι. Answ. ἁμὲς δέ γ᾽ εἰμές [
Refs]; οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι λέγεις. Answ. ἡ γραῦς δέ γε οἶδ᾽, ὡς ἐγῷμαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
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