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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κἀν: κατὰ κρᾶσιν ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ ἐν.

French (Bailly abrégé)

crase poét. p. καὶ ἐν.

Greek Monotonic

κἀν: κράση αντί καὶ ἐν.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κἀν crasis voor καὶ ἐν.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κἀν: in crasi = καὶ ἐν.

Middle Liddell


crasis for καὶ ἄν or καὶ ἐάν
I. for καὶ ἄν, Hes., attic; κακὸν δὲ κἂν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ γνοίης μιᾷ Soph.:—later, κἄν came to be used, even when the Verb in apodosi was of a tense that could not be joined with ἄν, as, κἂν εἰ πολλαὶ [αἱ ἀρεταί] εἰσιν, for ὦσι, Plat.
II. for καὶ ἄν or καὶ ἐάν, and if, even if, although, Soph., Ar., etc.