ἐάν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(so early Attic Inscrr., as ''IG''12.3.20, [[εἰάν]] sometimes after B.C. 400, ib.22.28.17, cf. ''PEleph.''1.8,10 (iv B.C.)), also contr. ἤν and ἄν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ἤν]], [[ἄν]] (B) [ᾱ], which by crasis with [[καί]] become [[κἄν]]:—[[if haply]], [[if]], regularly followed by subj.: for its use and for examples, v. [[εἰ]] B. 11, and [[ἄν]] (A) B.1.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Hellenistic and late Greek, = [[ἄν]] after relative Pronouns and Conjunctions, as <b class="b3">ὃς ἐάν</b> who[[soever]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''15.14, ''PTeb.'' 107.8 (ii B. C.), ''Ev.Matt.''5.19, al.; ὅσος ἐάν ''PPetr.''3p.120 (iii B.C.), ''Ev.Matt.''18.18; ὅστις ἐάν Ph.1.220, M.Ant.9.23; ὅπου ἐάν ''Ev.Matt.'' 8.19, etc.; ὅθεν ἐάν ''Gp.''1.3.3: followed by ind., [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''2.14. [The second [[syllable]] of [[ἐάν]] is long, S.''OC''1407, Ar.''V.''228, Sopat.6.9.]

|etymtx=Grammatical information: conj.<br />Meaning: [[if]] (att.), hell. and late also modal particle = [[ἄν]];<br />Other forms: with crasis [[ἄν]] (Att.), [[ἤν]] (ep. Ion.; also Att.?).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: From univerbation or crasis of [[εἰ]] and [[ἄν]] (s. vv.). Longvocalic [[ἐάν]] from cross of <b class="b3">ἐάν</b> and [[ἄν]]. - Lejeune Traité de phonétique 295, Schwyzer 402, Schwyzer-Debrunner 685 m. n. 1, with litt. and disc.

|ftr='''ἐάν''': {eán}<br />'''Forms''': daneben ἄν (att.), ἤν (ep. ion.; auch att.?).<br />'''Meaning''': [[wenn]] (att.), hell. und spät auch als Modalpartikel = ἄν;<br />'''Etymology''': Durch Univerbierung bzw. Krasis aus [[εἰ]] und [[ἄν]] (s. dd.) entstanden. Das langvokalische [[ἐάν]] erklärt sich unschwer als Kreuzung von ἐάν und ἄν. — Lejeune Traité de phonétique 295, Schwyzer 402, Schwyzer-Debrunner 685 m. A. 1, wo reiche Lit. und andere Deutungsvorschläge.<br />'''Page''' 1,432