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|auten=(3): by apocope [[for]] [[ἀνά]], [[before]] ν (Il. 10.298), [[before]] τ (Il. 5.167), [[before]] [[στόμα]] (Od. 5.456); and in ἂν δέ (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὤρνυτο]]), Il. 3.268, Il. 23.709,,, Od. 8.110, 115, 118.<br />1): modal adv., indicating a [[condition]]; [[essentially]] equivalent to [[κέν]], and of [[less]] [[frequent]] [[occurrence]]. The [[use]] of ἄν is [[less]] [[exactly]] defined in [[Homer]] [[than]] in Attic Greek; [[besides]] the [[regular]] usages in Attic (viz. in conclusions expressed by the [[secondary]] tenses of the ind., and by the opt., or by the inf. representing these, and joined to εἰ or [[relative]] words, [[ἐάν]], [[ὅταν]], etc., in conditional clauses [[that]] [[take]] the subjunctive), [[Homer]] employs ἄν [[with]] the subj. in [[independent]] sentences, and κέ ([[rarely]] ἄν) [[with]] the fut. indicative. In [[final]] clauses the [[use]] of ἄν or κέ prevails, and is [[not]] [[uncommon]] [[even]] [[with]] the opt. in conditions. On the [[other]] [[hand]] the potential opt. occurs [[without]] ἄν (κέ) oftener [[than]] in Attic. The [[following]] examples [[will]] [[illustrate]] the [[most]] [[important]] of these peculiarities of [[usage]]:—(1) ἄν w. subj. in [[independent]] [[sentence]], [[οὐκ]] ἄν [[τοι]] χραίσμῃ [[κίθαρις]], ‘[[perchance]] the [[harp]] [[may]] [[avail]] thee [[not]],’ Il. 3.54, cf. Il. 1.205.— (2) ἄν w. fut. ind., αὐτὸν δ' ἂν πύματόν με κύνες.. ἐρύουσι, [[ἐπεί]] κε [[τις]] κτλ., ‘me [[like]] [[enough]] [[last]] of [[all]] [[will]] dogs [[drag]] [[about]], [[after]] I am [[slain]],” etc., Il. 22.66.—(3) ἄν w. opt. in [[final]] [[clause]], σὺ δέ με προΐεις.. ὄφρ' ἂν [[ἑλοίμην]] δῶρα, Od. 24.334.—(4) ἄν w. opt. in [[condition]], στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νῖκήσεμεν, [[εἴπερ]] ἂν αὐταὶ &#x007C; Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν, Il. 2.597.

|sltr=<b>ἄν</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> in [[principal]] clauses<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> c. opt. ἀποίητον οὐδ' ἂν [[χρόνος]] δύναιτο [[θέμεν]] (O. 2.16) [[λάθα]] δὲ πότμῳ σὺν εὐδαίμονι γένοιτ' ἄν (O. 2.18) [[τίς]] ἂν φράσαι δύναιτο; (O. 2.100) κεῖνα δὲ [[κεῖνος]] ἂν εἴποι ἔργα (O. 8.62) [[[varia lectio|v.l.]] διαλλάξαιντ' ἄν (διαλλάξαιντο codd. cett.) (O. 11.20) ] τά τ' ἐσσόμενα τότ ἂν φαίην σαφές (O. 13.103) ὡς μὰν σαφὲς [[οὐκ]] ἂν [[εἰδείην]] λέγειν (O. 13.46) φιλέων δ' ἂν εὐχοίμαν Κρονίδαις Παρθ. 1. 11.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> c. ind. aor. [[ἐπεὶ]] [[ἀντίον]] [[πῶς]] ἂν τριόδοντος [[Ἡρακλέης]] [[σκύταλον]] τίναξε χερσίν (O. 9.30) παρ' εὐδένδρῳ μολὼν ὄχθῳ Κρόνου [[κάλλιον]] ἂν δηριώντων ἐνόστησ ἀντιπάλων (N. 11.26) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> [[dub]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> c. ind. fut. [μαθὼν δέ [[τις]] ἂν ἐρεῖ (codd., quorum lectionem recepit Snell, conferens Schwyz-Debr. 2. 351. 2.: ἀνερεῖ Gildersleeve, cf. infra 3.) (N. 7.68) ]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [[μέλανος]] ἂν (δ' ἂν codd.: δ del. Er. Schmid: ἂν om. codex unus: μέλανα δ coni. Hermann: [[μέλανος]] ὅγ Bowra.) ἐσχατιὰν καλλίονα θανάτουλτ;στείχοι&gt; (coni. Wil.: ἐν codd.: θανάτοἰ ἔσχε Shackle: θάνατόν γ' ἔσχε Boeckh: ἄν vel ἀν edd.) (P. 11.56) Χρομίῳ κεν ὑπασπίζων ἔκρινας ἂν κίνδυνον (sic Σ: alii [[post]] ἔκρινας distinxerunt, ἄν = ἀνὰ interpretati.) (N. 9.35) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> in subord. [[clause]]. (cf. [[ὅταν]], [[ὁπόταν]].)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> c. subj.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> [[temporal]] οἱ ὤπασε θησαυρὸν δίδυμον μαντοσύνας, [[τόκα]] μὲν φωνὰν ἀκούειν, εὖτ' ἂν δὲ [[Ἡρακλέης]] πατρὶ ἑορτὰν κτίσῃ, τότ αὖ [[χρηστήριον]] [[θέσθαι]] κέλευσεν (O. 6.67) [[ὄλβος]] [[οὐκ]] ἐς μακρὸν [[ἀνδρῶν]] ἔρχεται [[σάος]], πολὺς εὖτ' ἂν ἐπιβρίσαις ἕπηται (P. 3.106) — εὖτ' ἂν μόλῃ (P. 4.76) τάκομαι, εὖτ' ἂν [[ἴδω]] fr. 123. 11.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [[relative]] ἀμφοτέροισι δ' ἀνὴρ ὃς ἂν ἐγκύρσῃ καὶ [[ἕλῃ]], στέφανον ὕψιστον δέδεκται (P. 1.100) δίδωσί τε Μοῖσαν [[οἶς]] ἂν ἐθέλῃ (P. 5.65) [[εὐδαίμων]] δὲ καὶ ὑμνητὸς [[οὗτος]] ἀνὴρ γίνεται σοφοῖς, ὃς ἂν τὰ μέγιστ' ἀέθλων [[ἕλῃ]] (P. 10.23) [τὰ δ' αὐτὸς ἄν [[τις]] τύχῃ (codd. contra metr.: ἀντιτύχῃ Mingarelli) (N. 4.91) ]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> c. opt., in [[relative]] [[clause]]. [[εἶπε]] δ' ἐν μέσσοις ἀπάγεσθαι, ὃς ἂν [[πρῶτος]] θορὼν [[ἀμφί]] οἱ ψαύσειε πέπλοις (P. 9.119) in [[object]] [[clause]]. ἔντειλεν φυλάξασθαι [[χρέος]] παισὶν φίλοις, ὡς ἂν θεᾷ πρῶτοι κτίσαιεν βωμὸν (O. 7.42) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b> dub., [[due]] to false [[division]] of words. cf. (N. 7.68), (I. 8.47) [περ ἂν codd.: [[πέραν]] corr. Hermann (N. 7.75) ἂν ἔχοι codd.: ἀνέχοι corr. Thiersch (N. 7.89) ἂν ἀξίαις codd.: ἀναξίαις corr. Alberti (N. 8.10) ]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b> frag. ][[οὐκ]] ἂν παρ[ Θρ. 2. 3.

|mdlsjtxt=1<br />[[Perseus]].<br />conditional Particle. In [[attic]], it is not joined with pres. or perf. ind., nor with imperat. of any tense. Three uses of ἄν must be [[distinguished]] in [[practice]]:<br />A. in [[combination]] with Conjunctions and Relatives.<br />B. in Apodosis.<br />C. in Iterative sentences.<br />A. in combinations with Conjunctions and Relatives:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[such]] words are [[regularly]] foll. by the subj., viz. ἐάν (= εἰ ἄν) ἤν, ἄν, [[ἐπήν]]; ὃς ἄν quicunque, πρὶν ἄν, etc.; [[ἐπειδάν]], [[ὅταν]], [[ὁπόταν]]: the [[protasis]] [[generally]] has a fut. in [[apodosis]], εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἔρξηις, γνώσηι if [[perchance]] thou do [[thus]], thou shalt [[know]], Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in epic [[sometimes]] with Opt., ὥς κε δοίη ὧι κ' ἐθέλοι that he [[might]] [[give]] her to whomsoever he [[might]] [[please]], Od.: in [[such]] cases κε or ἄν does not [[affect]] the Verb.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in epic, [[sometimes]] with εἰ and Ind., οἵ κέ με τιμήσουσι Il.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> in [[late]] Greek, ἐάν, etc., [[take]] Ind., ἐὰν οἴδαμεν NTest.<br />B. combined IN APODOSIS with the Verb, denoting that the [[assertion]] is [[dependent]] on [[some]] [[condition]]; ἦλθεν he came, ἦλθεν ἄν he would [[have]] [[come]]; ἔλθοι may he [[come]], ἔλθοι ἄν he would [[come]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> with Ind.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> with imperf. and aor., the [[protasis]] implies non-[[fulfilment]] of a [[condition]], and the apod. expresses [[what]] would be or would [[have]] been the [[case]] if the [[condition]] were or had been [[fulfilled]]. The imperf. with ἄν refers to continued [[action]] in [[present]] or [[past]] [[time]], the aor. [[generally]] to [[action]] in [[past]] [[time]]; οὐκ ἂν νήσων ἐκράτει, εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he would not [[have]] been [[master]] of islands if he had not had a [[fleet]], Thuc.; εἰ ταύτην ἔσχε τὴν γνώμην, οὐδὲν ἂν ἔπραξεν if he had [[come]] to [[this]] [[opinion]], he would [[have]] [[accomplished]] [[nothing]], Dem.:—the [[protasis]] is often understood, οὐ γὰρ ἦν [[ὅ τι]] ἂν ἐποιεῖτε for [[there]] was [[nothing]] [[which]] you could [[have]] done (i. e. if you had [[tried]]), Dem.:—[[hence]] the Ind. with ἄν represents a potential [[mood]]; ἦλθε [[τοῦτο]] [[τοὔνειδος]] τάχ' ἄν [[this]] [[reproach]] [[might]] [[perhaps]] [[have]] [[come]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in epic, with fut. ind., so as to [[modify]] the [[simple]] fut.; καί κέ τις ὧδ' ἐρέει and [[some]] one [[will]] [[perchance]] [[speak]] [[thus]], Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> with Subj., in epic, [[much]] like fut. ind., εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώηισιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς [[ἕλωμαι]], i. e. I [[will]] [[take]] her [[myself]], Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with Opt.:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[after]] [[protasis]] in opt. with εἰ or [[some]] [[relative]] [[word]], εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη if he should [[obey]] me, it would be [[much]] [[better]], Il.; [[sometimes]] with ind. in [[protasis]], καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο, εἰ μὴ νόησε he would [[have]] perished, had she not perceived, Dem.:—[[sometimes]] the tense in [[protasis]] is pres. or fut., and the opt. with ἄν in [[apodosis]]= fut., [[φρούριον]] εἰ ποιήσονται, βλάπτοιεν ἄν if they shall [[build]] a [[fort]], they [[might]] [[perhaps]] [[damage]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[protasis]] is often understood: τὸν δ' οὔ κε δύ' ἀνέρε [[ὀχλίσσειαν]] two men could not [[heave]] the [[stone]] (i. e. if they should try), Il.:—[[hence]] the opt. with ἄν becomes a potential [[mood]], βουλοίμην ἄν I should like, Lat. [[velim]] (but ἐβουλόμην ἄν I should [[wish]], if it were of any [[avail]], vellem).<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the opt. with ἄν [[comes]] to [[have]] the [[force]] of a [[mild]] [[command]] or [[entreaty]], χωροῖς ἂν [[εἴσω]] you may go in, Soph.; κλύοις ἂν ἤδη [[hear]] me now, Soph.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> with inf. and [[part]].:—the pres. inf. or [[part]]. represents imperf. ind., φησὶν αὐτοὺς ἐλευθέρους ἂν [[εἶναι]], εἰ [[τοῦτο]] ἔπραξαν he says they would (now) be [[free]], if they had done [[this]], Dem.; ἀδυνάτων ἂν ὄντων [[ὑμῶν]] ἐπιβοηθεῖν [[when]] you would [[have]] been [[unable]] to [[assist]], Thuc.;—or represents pres. opt., φησὶν αὐτοὺς ἐλευθέρους ἂν [[εἶναι]], εἰ [[τοῦτο]] πράξειαν he says they would ([[hereafter]]) be [[free]], if they should do [[this]], Xen.;—the aor. inf. or [[part]]. represents aor. ind. or opt., οὐκ ἂν ἡγεῖσθ' αὐτὸν κἂν [[ἐπιδραμεῖν]]; do you not [[think]] he would [[even]] [[have]] run [[thither]]? Dem.; οὐδ' ἂν κρατῆσαι αὐτοὺς τῆς γῆς ἡγοῦμαι I [[think]] they would not [[even]] be masters of the [[land]], Thuc.; [[οὔτε]] [[ὄντα]] [[οὔτε]] ἂν [[γενόμενα]], i. e. things [[which]] are not and [[never]] could [[happen]], Thuc.:—so the perf. (or plup.) inf. or partic., πάντα ταῦθ' ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἂν ἑαλωκέναι [φήσειεν ἄν] he would say that all these would [[have]] been destroyed by the barbarians, Dem.<br />C. with imperf. and aor. ind. in the ITERATIVE [[construction]], to [[express]] a [[condition]] [[fulfilled]] [[whenever]] an [[opportunity]] offered; [[εἶτα]] πῦρ ἂν οὐ [[παρῆν]] then [[there]] would be no [[fire]] at [[hand]], i. e. [[there]] [[never]] was, Soph.; διηρώτων ἂν αὐτοὺς τί λέγοιεν Plat.<br />D. GENERAL REMARKS:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Position of ἄν.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> ἄν may be separated from its inf. by [[such]] verbs as [[οἴομαι]], [[δοκέω]], so that ἄν has the [[appearance]] of belonging to the pres. ind., καὶ νῦν [[ἡδέως]] ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαι I [[think]] that I should, Xen.:—in the [[peculiar]] [[case]] of οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ, ἄν belongs not to [[οἶδα]] but to the Verb [[which]] follows, οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ πείσαιμι = οὐκ [[οἶδα]] εἰ πείσαιμι ἄν, Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἄν [[never]] begins a [[sentence]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Repetition of ἄν:— in [[apodosis]] ἄν may be [[repeated]] with the [[same]] verb, ὥστ' ἄν, εἰ [[σθένος]] λάβοιμι, δηλώσαιμ' ἄν Soph. <br />2 = ἐάν, ἤν, often in Plat., etc.; cf. κἄν.]