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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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English (LSJ)
Ep. Conj., correl. to ἠδέ (from ἦ and μέν, δέ),
A both . . and... ἠ. νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες Il.2.789, etc.; ἠ. ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι 5.751; sts. καί is added to ἠδέ, ἠ. θεὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρα 5.128; ἠ. δέμας ἠδὲ καὶ αὐδήν Od.2.268; ἠ. δή ποτ' ἐμεῦ πάρος ἔκλυες . . ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν μοι . . ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ Il.1.453: rarely folld. by δέ or τε, ἠ . . . πολλοὶ δέ . . 12.428; ἠ. ὅσοι χαλεποί . . οἵ τε φιλόξεινοι Od.8.575: more freq. by καί, Il.15.664,670, Hes.Op.339.
