γοῦν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or γ' οὖν, Ion. and Dor. γῶν (γε οὖν); restrictive Particle with an inferential force, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">at least then</b>, freq. scarcely distinguishable from simple γε: twice in Hom. (with a second γε added), εἴ γ' οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν <span class="bibl">Il.5.258</span>; μὴ ἐμέ γ' οὖν οὗτός γε <span class="bibl">16.30</span> (so ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε… σοφώτερος εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>21d</span>); freq. later, δοκέων πάγχυ δευτερεῖα γῶν οἴσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>; γνώσει… ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1425</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">432</span> (lyr.), etc.; freq. in adducing an instance, or a fact giving rise to a presumption, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.5.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνον</b> in past time <b class="b2">at all events</b>, <span class="bibl">D.20.16</span>; emphasizing a personal or possessive pronoun, τὸ γ. ἐμόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>626</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>45</span>; introducing an apodosis, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.112b; simply emphatic, [[why yes]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>618</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>219d</span>, etc.; each Particle has its full force in <b class="b3">τὰς γοῦν Ἀθήνας οἶδα</b> [[well]] (οὖν), I know <span class="title">Athens</span> (γε), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>24</span>:—freq. separated by a word, πάνυ γ' ἂν οὖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>806</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>, etc.:— rarely <b class="b3">γε οὖν</b> in full, <span class="bibl">D.H.2.56</span> codd. (The negat. form is <b class="b3">οὔκουν… γε</b>.) </span>