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|Full diacritics=τοίνυν
|Medium diacritics=τοίνυν
|Low diacritics=τοίνυν
|Capitals=ΤΟΙΝΥΝ
|Transliteration A=toínyn
|Transliteration B=toinyn
|Transliteration C=toinyn
|Beta Code=toi/nun
|Definition=(τοι, νυν) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">therefore, accordingly</b>, an inferential Particle (never in Hom. or Hes.), χρὴ τ. πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.27</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰ τ</b> . . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.57</span>; <b class="b3">ἂν τ</b> . . . <span class="bibl">D.4.7</span>; introducing a logical conclusion (less freq. than <b class="b3">οὖν</b>), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>159d</span>; <b class="b3">φανερὸν τ., δῆλον τ</b>., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1260a2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>641a15</span>; also to introduce a minor premiss, or a particular instance of a general proposition, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>399b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.103</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in dialogue, to introduce an answer, <b class="b2">well</b> or <b class="b2">well then</b>, ἄπειμι τ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1050</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.89</span>, etc.; esp. an answer which has been led up to by the same speaker, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>76a</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.31 (Epid., iv B. C.); in response to an invitation to speak, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>961</span>, etc.; in expression of approval, esp. in phrase καλῶς τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>433a</span>, etc.; κάλλιστα τ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>856</span>; also of disapproval or criticism, ἀπόλοιο τ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1236</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1067</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> continuing an argument, <b class="b2">well then</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>178d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">7.7.28</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> resuming the thread of argument or narrative after a break, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>562b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>275d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.47.64</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> adding or passing to a fresh item or point, <b class="b2">further, moreover, again</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>33c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.8.73</span>, <span class="bibl">20.18</span>; ἔτι τ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 109a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cri.</span>52c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.8</span>; καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.25</span>; καί τ. καί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>234a</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ τ. μηδέ</b> . . <b class="b2">nay</b>, not even... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.19</span>; οὐ τ. οὐδέ <b class="b2">nor again</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>57</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> sts. at the beginning of a speech, <b class="b3">ἐγὼ μὲν τ</b> .... referring to something present to the minds of the speaker and hearer, <b class="b2">now</b> I... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.1.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> with subj. of exhortation or imper., in signfs. <span class="bibl">1</span>,<span class="bibl">2</span>,<span class="bibl">3</span>, <b class="b3">εὖ τ. ἐπίστασθε</b> . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>20.25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Position: in early writers <b class="b3">τοίνυν</b> is never the first word in a sentence, but this is not uncommon in later authors, as <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>3.10</span>, <span class="title">Mim. Oxy.</span>413.225, <span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>13.13</span>, Gal.2.526, <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>8.429</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>11.127 (Poll.), <span class="title">IG</span>4.620.13 (Argos), Chor.32.34 F.-R. cod. (&lt;<b class="b3">τῷ</b>&gt; add. Kaibel); it is usually placed second, but sts. later, ἥξω φέρουσα συμβολὰς τ. ἅμα <span class="bibl">Alex.143.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>863</span>, etc. [ῠ regularly, as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>760</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>71</span>: but sts. ῡ, as <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1259</span>, Alex. l. c.; in anap., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>429</span>,<span class="bibl">435</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>481</span>.]</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1124.png Seite 1124]] bes. in Prosa sehr häufige Verstärkung der enklit. Partikel τοι, darum, deshalb, demnach also; oft dient es bei den Att. die Rede wieder aufzunehmen und fortzusetzen, Aesch. Ch. 898 Spt. 978 u. sonst; Soph. El. 1039 O. C. 405; ἔλεγες [[τοίνυν]] δὴ ὅτι, Plat. Gorg. 459 a; Phaed. 72 a Conv. 173 e u. öfter; auch mit leichter Ironie, Soph. O. R. 1067; Ar. oft; Xen. u. Folgde; zu Anfang des Satzes steht es sehr selten, s. Lob. Phryn. 342; Jae. A. P. p. 681; ἔτι [[τοίνυν]], porro, Dem. 1, 25.
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|lstext='''τοίνῠν''': (νυν) [[ὅθεν]], λοπόν, δι’ ὅ, [[μόριον]] συμπερασματικὸν ἐν χρήσει εἰς ἔκφρασιν τῆς ἰσχυρᾶς τοῦ λέγοντος πεποιθήσεως, σχεδὸν ὡς τὸ [[τοιγάρ]], πλὴν ὅτι παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις συγγραφεῦσιν [[οὐδέποτε]] τίθεται ἐν ἀρχῇ προτάσεως, (ἴδε κατωτ. ΙΙ), πρῶτον παρ’ Ἡροδ., Πινδ. καὶ τοῖς Τραγ.· εἰ [[τοίνυν]]... Ἡρόδ. 1. 57· ― [[ἐνίοτε]] [[εἶναι]] ὀλίγῳ πλέον ἢ ἐπιτεταμένον τοι, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1067, Ξεν. Κύρ. 2. 2, 24, κλπ.· ἐν τῇ τοῦ Ξεν. Ἀναβ. 7. 6, 19, μὴ [[τοίνυν]] μηδ’ ὅσα..., [[μηδὲ]] τόσα ἀληθῶς ὅσα... 2) παρ’ Ἀττικ. κεῖται [[πολλάκις]] εἰς ἀνάληψιν ἢ ἐξακολούθησιν λόγου, περαιτέρω, περιπλέον, [[προσέτι]], ἔλεγες [[τοίνυν]] δὴ ὅτι... Πλάτ. Γοργ. 459Α, πρβλ. Ξεν. Ἀν. 3. 1, 36. κλπ.· ― [[ἐνίοτε]] μετ’ ἐλαφρᾶς εἰρωνείας, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1067. 3) [[ἐνίοτε]] τίθεται ἐν ἀρχῇ λόγου ἢ ἀγορεύσεως, ἐγὼ μὲν [[τοίνυν]]..., ὅτε ἀναφέρεται εἰς [[πρᾶγμα]] παρὸν ἐν τῷ νῷ τοῦ ἀγορεύοντος καὶ τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ, ἐγὼ μὲν [[τοίνυν]], ἔφη, ὦ ἄνδρες, [[ἀπείρηκα]] Ξεν. Ἀν. 5. 1, 2, πρβλ. Θουκ. 5. 87, 89· οὕτω [[μετὰ]] τῆς προστ., «λοιπόν...», Ξεν. Κύρ. 2. 4, 8, κλπ. ΙΙ. παρὰ μεταγεν. συγγραφεῦσιν, [[οἷον]] παρὰ Γαληνῷ, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. καὶ ἑτέροις, οὓς μνημονεύει ο Λοβέκ. εἰς Φρύν. 342, κεῖται [[ἐνίοτε]] ὡς ἡ πρώτη [[λέξις]] περιόδου· ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 904 συνέβη τοῦτο μόνον [[ἕνεκα]] τῆς πλημμελοῦς στίξεως. [ῠ συνήθως, [[οἷον]] Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 760, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 71· ἀλλ’ [[ἐνίοτε]] ῡ, ὡς ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1259, Νεφ. 429, 435].
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|btext=<i>particule affirmative, chez les Att., touj. après un mot</i>;<br /><b>1</b> certes en effet, certes;<br /><b>2</b> donc, ainsi donc ; <i>qqf avec une légère ironie</i> eh bien donc.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[τοί]]¹, [[νῦν]].
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