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κἀν

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e
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Full diacritics: κἀν Medium diacritics: κἀν Low diacritics: καν Capitals: ΚΑΝ
Transliteration A: kan Transliteration B: kan Transliteration C: kan Beta Code: ka)n

English (LSJ)

crasis for καὶ ἐν.

French (Bailly abrégé)

crase poét. p. καὶ ἐν.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κἀν crasis voor καὶ ἐν.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κἀν: in crasi = καὶ ἐν.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κἀν: κατὰ κρᾶσιν ἀντὶ τοῦ καὶ ἐν.

Greek Monotonic

κἀν: κράση αντί 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.