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|auten=in [[truth]], [[surely]], [[verily]].—(1) [[particle]] of [[asseveration]], [[always]] [[standing]] at the [[beginning]] of its [[clause]] [[except]] in the [[phrase]] [[ἐπεὶ]] ἦ ([[sometimes]] written [[ἐπειή]]). Freq. in [[combination]] [[with]] [[other]] particles, ἦ δή, ἦ [[μάλα]] (δή), ἦ [[θήν]], ἦ τε, ἦ [[τοι]] (q. v.), and esp. ἦ [[μήν]] ([[μέν]]), [[which]] [[may]] be retained [[even]] in [[indirect]] [[quotation]], καί μοι ὄμοσσον | ἦ [[μέν]] μοι.. ἀρήξειν (representing in the [[direct]] [[form]], ἦ [[μέν]] [[σοι]] ἀρήξω, ‘I sol emnly [[declare]] [[that]] I [[will]] [[defend]] thee’), Il. 1.77, Il. 14.275.—(2) the [[same]] [[particle]] [[may]] [[introduce]] a [[direct]] [[question]], esp. a [[specific]] [[question]] [[following]] a [[general]] [[one]], [[always]], [[however]], [[with]] the [[expression]] of [[some]] [[feeling]]; τίπτ' αὖτ.. εἰλήλουθας; ἦ [[ἵνα]] ὕβριν ἴδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονος, ‘is it [[that]] thou [[may]]'st [[behold]], etc.?’ Il. 1.203, Il. 3.400, Il. 20.17 ; Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἦ ῥά [[τις]] ἔστι βροτῶν, κτλ., ‘[[pray]], lives [[there]] a [[man]], etc.?’ Il. 7.446.

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|sltr=<b>ἦ</b> (in [[first]] [[position]], [[but]] introducing [[phrase]] (P. 9.22), 37, postponed [[once]] (O. 13.63) ) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> emphasising [[what]] follows. ἦ κεν ἀμνάσειεν (P. 1.47) ἦ τιν' ἄγλωσσον [[μέν]], [[ἦτορ]] δ ἄλκιμον [[λάθα]] κατέχει ἐν λυγρῷ νείκει (N. 8.24) ]ᾖ Διὸς [[οὐκ]] ἐθελο[ (ἔφη interp. Bury) Πα. 7B. 43. esp. [[πολύς]]; ὃς [[τᾶς]] ὀφιώδεος [[υἱόν]] ποτε Γοργόνος ἦ πόλλ' ἀμφὶ κρουνοῖς Πάγασον ζεῦξαι ποθέων ἔπαθεν (O. 13.63) κεράιζεν ἀγρίους θῆρας, ἦ πολλάν τε καὶ ἡσύχιον βουσὶν εἰρήναν παρέχοισα πατρῴαις (P. 9.22) ἦ θαύματα [[πολλά]] (O. 1.27) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> in [[combination]] [[with]] [[other]] particles. α. [[ἦρα]] (= ἦ [[ἄρα]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> in [[asseveration]] (v. [[also]] [[ἦρα]], ῥα.) [ἦ ῥα Μηδείας ἐπέων [[στίχες]] (ἔφη Σ: [[ἦρα]] Schr.) (P. 4.57) ] ἦῤ, ὦ φίλοι, κατ' ἀμευσίπορον τρίοδον ἐδινάθην (P. 11.38) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> introducing [[question]]. “[[ὁσία]] κλυτὰν χέρα οἱ προσενεγκεῖν [[ἦρα]] καὶ ἐκ λεχέων κεῖραι μελιαδέα ποίαν;” (P. 9.37) τίνι [[τῶν]] [[πάρος]], ὦ [[μάκαιρα]] Θήβα, [[καλῶν]] ἐπιχωρίων [[μάλιστα]] θυμὸν τεὸν εὔφρανας; [[ἦρα]] χαλκοκρότου πάρεδρον Δαμάτερος ἁνίκ' εὐρυχαίταν ἄντειλας Διόνυσον; (I. 7.3) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> ἦ [[μάν]], in [[strong]] [[asseveration]]. ἦ μὰν ἀνόμοιά γε δᾴοισιν ἐν θερμῷ χροὶ ἕλκεα ῥῆξαν (N. 8.28) “ἦ [[μάν]] νιν [[ὤτρυνον]] θαμὰ” (P. 4.40) ἦ μὰν [[πολλάκι]] καὶ τὸ σεσωπαμένον εὐθυμίαν μείζω φέρει (I. 1.63) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> ἦ [[γάρ]], emphasising a [[reason]]. ἀκούσατ· ἦ γὰρ ἑλικώπιδος Ἀφροδίτας ἄρουραν ἢ Χαρίτων ἀναπολίζομεν (P. 6.1) ἦ γὰρ αὐτῶν μετάστασιν ἄκραν[ θῆ]κε Δ. 4. 40.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> ἦ δή, v. δή.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> ἀλλ' ἦ, v. [[ἀλλά]].

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