οὔκουν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[οὔκων]], Adv., ([[οὐκ]], [[οὖν]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> in direct negation, [[certainly not]], [[at any rate… not]], freq. with stress on the word which follows <b class="b3">οὖν, οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτ' ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν</b> the Atridae (emphat.) [[certainly]] did [[not]] consent... S.''Ph.''872; οὔκουν μ' ἐν Ἄργει γ' οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''465; <b class="b3">οὔκουν… γε</b> is the neg. of γοῦν, οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ A.''Pr.''324, cf. S.''Ant.''321, 993, ''Ph.''907, 1389, E.''IA''9, ''IT''516, Th.2.43, Pl.''Sph.''241c, ''Phdr.''258c, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.10; <b class="b3">οὔκουν ἀπολείψομαί γέ σου... εὶ τοῦτο λέγεις</b> I will [[not]] desert (emphat.) you, if that is what you mean, Id.''Cyr.''4.1.23; <b class="b3">οὔκουν γ' ἂν οἶμαι… εἰπεῖν τινα</b>… [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 70b; <b class="b3">ἐγὼ τοίνυν κινδυνεύω ἐκτὸς τῶν πάντων εἶναι· οὔκουν ἱκανῶς γε ἔχω… συμβαλέσθαι</b> [[at any rate]] I cannot [[guess]]... Id.''R.''398c, cf. ''Lg.''807a, 810e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> where [[οὖν]] has a resumptive force, <b class="b3">οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός</b> [[accordingly]], it is [[un]]reasonable to disbelieve... Th.1.10 (referring back to <b class="b3">οὐκ ἄν τις ἀπιστοίη</b> ibid.); so <b class="b3">οὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἐκράτει… εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχε</b> ib.9; οὔκουν χρή Id.2.11; with inferential force, <b class="b3">οὔκουν τοῦτο δεῖ δεικνύναι, ὅτι... ἀλλ' ὅτι</b>… [[therefore]] one ought to [[prove]] [[not]] that... but that... Arist.''Ph.''213a31, cf. Ar.''Ra.''1065; <b class="b3">οὔκουν οἶδα</b> [[so]] I [[don't]] [[know]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''384b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in impassioned questions, almost = [[οὐ]] alone, <b class="b3">οὔκουν, Προμηθεῦ, τοῦτο γιγνώσκεις, ὅτι</b>…; A.''Pr.''379, cf. ''Eu.''725; οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι; S.''OT''973; οὔκουν τάδ', ὦ παῖ, δεινά; Id.''Ph.''628, cf. E.''IT'' 1190, 1196, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''820, Lys.10.12,13, Is.5.34, 11.13, Aeschin.1.85, 2.87, al. (sts., but prob. wrongly, written [[οὐκοῦν]] or <b class="b3">οὐκ οὖν</b>): sometimes separately, <b class="b3">οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτ'</b>…; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''875: freq. with 2sg. fut., to express an urgent or impatient imper., οὔκουν ἐπείξῃ τῷδε δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν; A.''Pr.''52; οὔκουν μ' ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ; S.''OT''676, cf. ''Ant.''244, Ar.''Ra.''200, ''Pl.''71, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 175a: also with τις and 3sg. fut., <b class="b3">οὔκουν τις ὡς τάχιστα… ἀναγκάσει</b>…; S.''OC''897; or opt. with <b class="b3">ἄν, οὔκουν ἂν εἴποις</b>…; Id.''Aj.''1051: with neg. repeated, οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδ' ὑπ' εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαί με; Id.''El.''630.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in replies, where the speaker seizes an opening offered by the previous speaker, <b class="b3">οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών</b>[[; well]], [[and]] is [[not]] he who died facing him your brother too? Id.''Ant.''512; <b class="b3">οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν</b>[[; well]], [[and]] is [[not]] the sweetest laughter to laugh over one's enemies? Id.''Aj.''79; <b class="b3">ἴτ' ἐγκονεῖτε, σπεύδεθ', ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν</b>. Answ. οὔκουν ὁρᾷς ὁρμωμένους ἡμᾶς πάλαι προθύμως; Ar.''Pl.''257, cf. 916, 1031, ''Ra.''27, 89, 1139, ''V.''171.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Ion. Prose [[ὦν]] (freq. with little meaning) is inserted between [[οὐκ]] and a Verb (as elsewhere between a Prep. and a Verb, v. [[οὖν]] II.2), ταῦτα λέγοντες, τοὺς Κροτωνιήτας οὐκ ὦν ἔπειθον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.137, cf. 138; <b class="b3">οὐκ ὦν δὴ ἔπειθε</b> [[however]], he [[failed to]] persuade her, Id.1.11, cf. 24,59,al.