οὕνεκα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and (usu. before a vowel) [[οὕνεκεν]] (first in Pi., v. infr.): relat. Conj. for [[οὗ ἕνεκα]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[on account of which]], [[wherefore]], δὸς δ'… ἐμὲ πρήξαντα νέεσθαι, οὕ. δεῦρ' ἱκόμεσθα Od.3.61; ἡ δ' Ἄτη σθεναρή τε καὶ ἀρτίπος, οὕ. πάσας… ὑπεκπροθέει Il.9.505; οὕνεκεν τὸ πεποναμένον εὖ μὴ… κρυπτέτω Pi.''P.''9.93.<br><span class="bld">2</span> correlat. to [[τοὔνεκα]], [[because]], after τοῦδ' ἕνεκα Il.1.111; after τῷ Od.13.332: but usually without any antec. expressed, Il.1.11, etc.; οὕνεκ' ἄρα 7.140, 11.79; οὕ. δή 3.403, cf. Pi. ''N.''9.36, A.''Supp.''639 (lyr.), ''Fr.''374, S.''Ph.''586, al.; οὕνεκα πιστὸς ἔφυς ''IG''12.1017; οὕνεκεν πλεῖ τὴν θάλασσαν Herod.2.21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> like [[ὅτι]], [[that]], i.e. [[the fact that]], after οἶδα Od.5.216; ἔγνω ''h.Ap.''376; ἐνόησε Od.7.300; ἐρέει 16.379, cf. 330, 15.42; τόδε… νεμέσσα 23.214: in Trag., after ἴσθι S.''Ph.''232; ἐννοεῖν Id.''Ant.''63; μαθεῖν Id.''OT''708; αἰσθάνεσθαι Id.''El.''1478; λέγειν E.''IA''102.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[οὕνεκα]] (in this sense rarely [[οὕνεκεν]], Herod.1.84), as [[preposition]] c. gen., = simple [[ἕνεκα]], [[εἵνεκα]], [[on account of]], [[because of]], sometimes following its case, Sol.37.5: freq. in Trag., as A.''Pr.''347, ''Ag.''823, S.''Ph.''774, ''El.''387, al. (S. never uses [[ἕνεκα]]); whereas reversely in Call., A.R.4.1523, and even in ''h.Ven.'' 199, [[εἵνεκα]], [[ἕνεκα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) are used for [[οὕνεκα]], [[because]].—It has been suggested that the Ion. form [[εἵνεκα]] should be restd. for [[οὕνεκα]], wherever it occurs as a Prep.; [[εἵνεκα]] occasionally occurs in Mss., as A.''Supp.'' 188, Ar.''Pax''210, ''Lys.''74, ''Ec.''659: but [[οὕνεκα]] as a Prep. freq. occurs in Inscrr., ''IG''12.802, 1037, 2.1334.11, etc.; [[οὕνεκεν χρόνου]] [[in respect of]] years, Poet. in ''PMich.Zen.''77.9 (iii B. C.).—Poet. word, rare and late in Att. Prose, ''IG''2 [[l.c.]] (iii A. D.), [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Th.6.56, D.49.36,53, 59.39.