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  "headword": "ἄν",
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        "quote": "εἰκ ἄν",
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    {
      "definition": "",
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          "label": "•",
          "definition": "Hom. κε is four times as common as ἄν, in Lyr. about equally common. No clear distinction can be traced, but κε as an enclitic is somewhat less emphatic; ἄν is preferred by Hom. in negative clauses, κε ( ν) with the relative.",
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          "label": "A",
          "definition": "ἄν belongs to the Verb, and denotes that the assertion made by the Verb is dependent on a condition, expressed or implied: thus ἦλθεν <i>he came,</i> ἦλθεν ἄν <i>he would have come</i> (under conditions, which may or may not be defined), and so <i>he might have come;</i> ἔλθοι <i>may he come,</i> ἔλθοι ἄν <i>he would come</i> (under certain conditions), and so <i>he might come.</i>",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "impf. and aor., less freq. plpf., never pf., v. infr.,",
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                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "<i>would be</i> or <i>would have been</i> the case if the condition <i>were</i> or <i>had been</i> fulfilled. The impf. with ἄν refers to continued action, in Hom. always in past time, exc. perh. καί κε θάμʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἐόντες ἐμισγόμεθʼ Od. 4.178; later also in pres. time, first in Thgn. 905; πολὺ ἂν θαυμαστότερον ἦν, εἰ ἐτιμῶντο it <i>would be</i> far more strange if they were honoured, Pl. R. 489a; οὐκ ἂν νήσων ἐκράτει, εἰ μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he <i>would</i> not <i>have</i> been master of islands if he had not had also some naval power, Th. 1.9. The aor. strictly refers only to past time, Pi. N. 11.24, etc.; εἰ τότε ταύτην ἔσχε τὴν γνώμην, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν if he had then come to this opinion, he <i>would have</i> accomplished nothing of what he has now done, D. 4.5, al., but is used idiomatically with Verbs of saying, answering, etc., as we say <i>I should have</i> said, εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθʼ, εἶπον ἄν σʼ οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν S. Ant. 755, cf. Pl. Smp. 199d, Euthphr. 12d, etc.: the plpf. refers to completed actions, as ὃ εἰ ἀπεκρίνω, ἱκανῶς ἂν ἤδη παρὰ σοῦ τὴν ὁσιότητα ἐμεμαθήκη I <i>should have</i> already learnt . . , ib. 14c; εἰ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀπέθανεν, δικαίως ἂν ἐτεθνήκει Antipho 4.2.3.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7142",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "καί κε θάμʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἐόντες ἐμισγόμεθʼ",
                            "ref": "Od. 4.178",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.178"
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                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7143",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθʼ, εἶπον ἄν σʼ οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν",
                            "ref": "S. Ant. 755",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:755"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7144",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "εἰ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀπέθανεν, δικαίως ἂν ἐτεθνήκει",
                            "ref": "Antipho 4.2.3",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "ὑπό κεν ταλασίφρονά περ δέος εἷλεν fear <i>would have</i> seized even the stout-hearted (had he heard the sound), Il. 4.421; τὸ γὰρ ἔρυμα τῷ στρατοπέδῳ οὐκ ἂν ἐτειχίσαντο they <i>would</i> not <i>have</i> built the wall (if they had not won a battle), Th. 1.11; πολλοῦ γὰρ ἂν ἦν ἄξια for (if that were so) they <i>would be</i> worth much, Pl. R. 374d; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὅ τι ἂν ἐποιεῖτε for there was nothing which you <i>could have</i> done, i.e. <i>would have</i> done (if you had tried), D. 18.43.",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>would have been likely to happen,</i> or <i>might have happened</i> in past time: ἢ γάρ μιν ζωόν γε κιχήσεαι, ἤ κεν Ὀρέστης κτεῖνεν ὑποφθάμενος for either you will find him alive, or else Orestes <i>may</i> already <i>have</i> killed him before you, Od. 4.546; ὃ θεασάμενος πᾶς ἄν τις ἀνὴρ ἠράσθη δάϊος εἶναι every man who saw this (the ‘Seven against Thebesʼ) <i>would have</i> longed to be a warrior, Ar. Ra. 1022; esp. with τάχα, q. v., ἀλλʼ ἦλθε μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τοὔνειδος τάχʼ ἂν ὀργῇ βιασθὲν μᾶλλον ἢ γνώμῃ φρενῶν, i. e. it <i>might</i> perhaps <i>have</i> come, S. OT 523; τάχα ἂν δὲ καὶ ἄλλως πως ἐσπλεύσαντες (sc. διέβησαν) and they <i>might</i> also perhaps <i>have</i> crossed by sea (to Sicily) in some other way, Th. 6.2, cf. Pl. Phdr. 265b.",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "ἄν is freq. omitted in apodosi with Verbs expressing obligation, propriety, or possibility, as ἔδει, ἐχρῆν, εἰκὸς ἦν, etc., and sts. for rhetorical effect, εἰ μὴ . . ᾖσμεν, φόβον παρέσχεν it <i>had</i> caused (for it <i>would have</i> caused) fear, E. Hec. 1113. This use becomes more common in later Gk.",
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "fut. ind.:",
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                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "Ep., usu. with κεν, rarely ἄν, Il. 9.167, 22.66, indicating a limitation or condition, ὁ δέ κεν κεχολώσεται ὅν κεν ἵκωμαι and he <i>will likely be</i> angry to whom- <i>soever</i> I shall come, ib. 1.139; καί κέ τις ὧδʼ ἐρέει and in that case men will say, 4.176; ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι καταλέξω Od. 3.80; so in Lyr., μαθὼν δέ τις ἂν ἐρεῖ Pi. N. 7.68, cf. I. 6(5).59.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι καταλέξω",
                            "ref": "Od. 3.80",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.80"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7146",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "μαθὼν δέ τις ἂν ἐρεῖ",
                            "ref": "Pi. N. 7.68",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc2:7.68"
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "Att. Prose writers, σαφὲς ἂν καταστήσετε Th. 1.140; οὐχ ἥκει, οὐδʼ ἂν ἥξει δεῦρο Pl. R. 615d, cf. Ap. 29c, X. An. 2.5.13; dub. in Hp. Mul. 2.174: in later Prose, Philostr. V.A. 2.21, S.E. M. 9.225: also in Poetry, E. El. 484, Ar. Av. 1313; οὐκ ἂν προδώσω Herod. 6.36 (corr. -δοίην):— for ἄν with fut. inf. and part. v. infr.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7147",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "σαφὲς ἂν καταστήσετε",
                            "ref": "Th. 1.140",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.140"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7148",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐχ ἥκει, οὐδʼ ἂν ἥξει δεῦρο",
                            "ref": "Pl. R. 615d",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:615d"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7149",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐκ ἂν προδώσω",
                            "ref": "Herod. 6.36",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.36"
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Ep., the meaning being the same as with the fut. ind. ( 1.2a), freq. with 1st pers., as εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώῃσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι in that case <i>I will</i> take her myself, Il. 1.324; πείθευ, ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι εἰδέω χάριν obey and <i>if so</i> I will be grateful, 14.235 (the subj. is always introduced by δέ in this usage); also with other persons, giving emphasis to the future, οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις 3.54, al.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7150",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις",
                    "ref": "3.54",
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "fut., rarely pf. πῶς ἂν λελήθοι [με]; X. Smp. 3.6):",
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                  "definition": "",
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                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "εἰ or some other conditional or relative word, expressing a fut. condition: ἀλλʼ εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη Il. 7.28; οὐ πολλὴ ἂν ἀλογία εἴη, εἰ φοβοῖτο τὸν θάνατον; Pl. Phd. 68b:—in Hom. pres. and aor. opt. with κε or ἄν are sts. used like impf. and aor. ind. with ἄν in Attic, with either regular ind. or another opt. in the protasis: καί νύ κεν ἔνθʼ ἀπόλοιτο . . εἰ μὴ . . νόησε κτλ., i. e. he <i>would have</i> perished, had she not perceived, etc., Il. 5.311, cf. 5.388, 17.70; εἰ νῦν ἐπὶ ἄλλῳ ἀεθλεύοιμεν, ἦ τʼ ἂν ἐγὼ . . κλισίηνδε φεροίμην if we were now contending in anotherʼs honour, I <i>should</i> now carry . . , ib. 23.274: so rarely in Trag., οὐδʼ ἂν σὺ φαίης, εἴ σε μὴ κνίζοι λέχος (for εἰ μὴ ἔκνιζε) E. Med. 568.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἀλλʼ εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη",
                            "ref": "Il. 7.28",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.28"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7152",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐ πολλὴ ἂν ἀλογία εἴη, εἰ φοβοῖτο τὸν θάνατον;",
                            "ref": "Pl. Phd. 68b",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:68b"
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                      ],
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "pres. or fut., the opt. with ἄν in apodosi takes a simply future sense: φρούριον δʼ εἰ ποιήσονται, τῆς μὲν γῆς βλάπτοιεν ἄν τι μέρος they <i>might perhaps</i> damage, Th. 1.142, cf. 2.60, Pl. Ap. 25b, R. 333e; ἢν οὖν μάθῃς . . οὐκ ἂν ἀποδοίην Ar. Nu. 116, cf. D. 1.26, al.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἢν οὖν μάθῃς . . οὐκ ἂν ἀποδοίην",
                            "ref": "Ar. Nu. 116",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:116"
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "φεύγωμεν· ἔτι γάρ κεν ἀλύξαιμεν κακὸν ἦμαρ Od. 10.269; οὔτε ἐσθίουσι πλείω ἢ δύνανται φέρειν· διαρραγεῖεν γὰρ ἄν for (if they should do so) they <i>would</i> burst, X. Cyr. 8.2.21; τὸν δʼ οὔ κε δύʼ ἀνέρε . . ἀπʼ οὔδεος ὀχλίσσειαν two men <i>could</i> not heave the stone from the ground, i.e. <i>would</i> not, if they should try, Il. 12.447; οὐδʼ ἂν δικαίως ἐς κακὸν πέσοιμί τι S. Ant. 240, cf. D. 2.8: in Hom. sts. with ref. to past time, Τυδεΐδην οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη Il. 5.85.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7154",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "φεύγωμεν· ἔτι γάρ κεν ἀλύξαιμεν κακὸν ἦμαρ",
                            "ref": "Od. 10.269",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.269"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7155",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὐδʼ ἂν δικαίως ἐς κακὸν πέσοιμί τι",
                            "ref": "S. Ant. 240",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:240"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7156",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "Τυδεΐδην οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη",
                            "ref": "Il. 5.85",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.85"
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "ἡδέως δʼ ἂν ἐροίμην Λεπτίνην but I <i>would</i> gladly ask Leptines, D. 20.129; βουλοίμην ἄν I <i>should</i> like, Lat. velim (but ἐβουλόμην ἄν I <i>should</i> wish, if it were of any avail, vellem); ποῖ οὖν τραποίμεθʼ ἄν; which way then <i>can</i> we turn? Pl. Euthd. 290a; οὐκ ἂν μεθείμην τοῦ θρόνου I <i>will</i> not give up the throne, Ar. Ra. 830; idiomatically, referring to the past, αὗται δὲ οὐκ ἂν πολλαὶ εἶεν but these <i>would</i> not (on investigation) prove to be many, Th. 1.9; εἴησαν δʼ ἂν οὗτοι Κρῆτες these <i>would</i> be ( i.e. <i>would have</i> been) Cretans, Hdt. 1.2: used in order to soften assertions by giving them a less positive form, as οὐκ ἂν οὖν πάνυ γέ τι σπουδαῖον εἴη ἡ δικαιοσύνη, i.e. it <i>would</i> not <i>prove to be,</i> etc. (for, it <i>is</i> not, etc.), Pl. R. 333e.",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "e",
                      "definition": "τίς ἂν θεῶν . . δοίη; S. OC 1100, cf. A. Ag. 1448; πῶς ἂν θάνοιμι; S. Aj. 389: hence (with no question) as a mild command, exhortation, or entreaty, τλαίης κεν Μενελάῳ ἐπιπροέμεν ταχὺν ἰόν Il. 4.94; σὺ μὲν κομίζοις ἂν σεαυτὸν ᾗ θέλεις you <i>may</i> take yourself off (milder than κόμιζε σεαυτόν), S. Ant. 444; χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω you <i>may</i> go in, El. 1491; κλύοις ἂν ἤδη, Φοῖβε hear me now, Phoebus, ib. 637; φράζοις ἄν, λέγοις ἄν, Pl. Phlb. 23c, 48b.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7157",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τίς ἂν θεῶν . . δοίη;",
                            "ref": "S. OC 1100",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1100"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7158",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "πῶς ἂν θάνοιμι;",
                            "ref": "S. Aj. 389",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:389"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7159",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τλαίης κεν Μενελάῳ ἐπιπροέμεν ταχὺν ἰόν",
                            "ref": "Il. 4.94",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.94"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "f",
                      "definition": "εἴπερ ἄλλῳ τῳ ἀνθρώπων πειθοίμην ἄν, καὶ σοὶ πείθομαι if I <i>would</i> trust any (other) man (if he gave me his word), I trust you, Id. Prt. 329b; εἰ μὴ ποιήσαιτʼ ἂν τοῦτο if you <i>would</i> not do this (if you could), D. 4.18, cf. X. Mem. 1.5.3, Plot. 6.4.16.",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "g",
                      "definition": "ῥεῖα θεός γʼ ἐθέλων καὶ τηλόθεν ἄνδρα σαώσαι Od. 3.231, cf. 14.123, Il. 5.303; also in Trag., θᾶσσον ἢ λέγοι τις E. Hipp. 1186; τεὰν δύνασιν τίς . . κατάσχοι; S. Ant. 605.",
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                      "citations": [
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7160",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ῥεῖα θεός γʼ ἐθέλων καὶ τηλόθεν ἄνδρα σαώσαι",
                            "ref": "Od. 3.231",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.231"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7161",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "θᾶσσον ἢ λέγοι τις",
                            "ref": "E. Hipp. 1186",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1186"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7162",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τεὰν δύνασιν τίς . . κατάσχοι;",
                            "ref": "S. Ant. 605",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:605"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "h",
                      "definition": "ἄν c. fut. opt. is prob. always corrupt (cf. 1.2b), as τὸν αὐτὸν ἂν ἐπαινέσοι ( ἐπαινέσαι Bekk.) Pl. Lg. 719e; εἰδὼς ὅτι οὐδένʼ ἂν καταλήψοιτο ( οὐδένα Bekk.) Lys. 1.22.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-2-0-7",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "part., τῶν δυνατῶν ἂν κρῖναι Pl. R. 577b) representing ind. or opt.:",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7163",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τῶν δυνατῶν ἂν κρῖναι",
                    "ref": "Pl. R. 577b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:577b"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "pres. inf. or part.:",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-0",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "impf. ind., οἴεσθε τὸν πατέρα . . οὐκ ἂν φυλάττειν; do you think he <i>would</i> not <i>have</i> kept them safe? ( οὐκ ἂν ἐφύλαττεν), D. 49.35; ἀδυνάτων ἂν ὄντων [ὑμῶν] ἐπιβοηθεῖν when you <i>would have</i> been unable, Th. 1.73, cf. 4.40.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-0-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "pres. opt., πόλλʼ ἂν ἔχων (representing ἔχοιμʼ ἄν) ἕτερʼ εἰπεῖν παραλείπω D. 18.258, cf. X. An. 2.3.18: with Art., τὸ ἐθέλειν ἂν ἰέναι ἄκλητος ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Pl. Smp. 174b.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-0-1",
                      "citations": [
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7164",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἕτερʼ εἰπεῖν παραλείπω",
                            "ref": "D. 18.258",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc2:258"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7165",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τὸ ἐθέλειν ἂν ἰέναι ἄκλητος ἐπὶ δεῖπνον",
                            "ref": "Pl. Smp. 174b",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc2:174b"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "aor. inf. or part.:",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "aor. ind., οὐκ ἂν ἡγεῖσθʼ αὐτὸν κἂν ἐπιδραμεῖν; do you not think he <i>would</i> even <i>have</i> run thither? ( καὶ ἐπέδραμεν ἄν), D. 27.56; ἴσμεν ὑμᾶς ἀναγκασθέντας ἄν we know you <i>would have</i> been compelled, Th. 1.76, cf. 3.89; ῥᾳδίως ἂν ἀφεθείς when he <i>might</i> easily <i>have</i> been acquitted, X. Mem. 4.4.4.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-1-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "aor. opt., οὐδʼ ἂν κρατῆσαι αὐτοὺς τῆς γῆς ἡγοῦμαι I think they <i>would</i> not even be masters of the land ( οὐδʼ ἂν κρατήσειαν), Th. 6.37, cf. 2.20; ὁρῶν ῥᾳδίως ἂν αὐτὸ ληφθέν ( ληφθείη ἄν) Id. 7.42; οὔτε ὄντα οὔτε ἂν γενόμενα, i.e. things which are not and never <i>could</i> happen ( ἃ οὔτε ἂν γένοιτο), Id. 6.38.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-1-1",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "pf. inf. or part. representing:",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-2",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "plpf. ind., πάντα ταῦθʼ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἂν ἑαλωκέναι ( φήσειεν ἄν) he <i>would</i> say that all these <i>would have</i> been destroyed by the barbarians ( ἑαλώκη ἄν), D. 19.312.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-2-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "pf. opt., οὐκ ἂν ἡγοῦμαι αὐτοὺς δίκην ἀξίαν δεδωκέναι, εἰ . . καταψηφίσαισθε I do not believe they <i>would</i> (then) have suffered ( δεδωκότες ἂν εἶεν) punishment enough, etc., Lys. 27.9.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-2-1",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "fut. inf.or part., never in Ep., and prob. always corrupt in Att., νομίζων μέγιστον ἂν σφᾶς ὠφελήσειν (leg. -ῆσαι) Th. 5.82, cf. 6.66, 8.25, 71; part. is still more exceptional, ὡς ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἂν ποιήσοντος ἄλλα Pl. Ap. 30c (codd.), cf. D. 19.342 (v. l.); both are found in later Gk., νομίσαντες ἂν οἰκήσειν οὕτως ἄριστα Plb. 8.30.8, cf. Plu. Marc. 15, Arr. An. 2.2.3; with part., Epicur. Nat. 14.1, Luc. Asin. 26, Lib. Or. 62.21, dub. l. in Arr. An. 6.6.5.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-1-3-3",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7166",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡς ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἂν ποιήσοντος ἄλλα",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ap. 30c",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:30c"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7167",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "νομίσαντες ἂν οἰκήσειν οὕτως ἄριστα",
                        "ref": "Plb. 8.30.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:8.30.perseus-grc2.8"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "B",
          "definition": "",
          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-2",
          "citations": [],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "I",
              "definition": "εἰ, regularly with the subjunctive. In Attic εἰ ἄν is contracted into ἐάν, ἤν, or ἄν ( ᾱ) (q. v.): Hom. has generally εἴ κε (or αἴ κε), sts. ἤν, once εἰ δʼ ἄν Il. 3.288, twice εἴπερ ἄν 5.224, 232. The protasis expresses either future condition (with apod. of fut. time) or general condition (with apod. of repeated action): εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἔρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί, γνώσῃ ἔπειθʼ ὅς . . if thus thou shalt do . . , ib. 2.364; ἢν ἐγγὺς ἔλθῃ θάνατος, οὐδεὶς βούλεται θνῄσκειν if death (ever) come near . . , E. Alc. 671.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7168",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰ δʼ ἄν",
                    "ref": "Il. 3.288",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.288"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7169",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἴπερ ἄν",
                    "ref": "5.224",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.224"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἄν coalesces with ὅτε, ὁπότε, ἐπεί, ἐπειδή, cf. ὅταν, ὁπόταν, ἐπήν or ἐπάν ( Ion. ἐπεάν) , ἐπειδάν: Hom. has ὅτε κε (sts. ὅτʼ ἄν) , ὁππότε κε (sts. ὁπότʼ ἄν or ὁππότʼ ἄν) , ἐπεί κε ( ἐπεὶ ἄν Il. 6.412), ἐπήν, εὖτʼ ἄν; v. also εἰσόκε ( εἰς ὅ κε) : —τάων ἥν κʼ ἐθέλωμι φίλην ποιήσομʼ ἄκοιτιν whomsoever of these I <i>may</i> wish . . , Il. 9.397; ὅταν δὴ μὴ σθένω, πεπαύσομαι when I shall have no strength . . , S. Ant. 91; ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος . . ὅς χʼ ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ who <i>ever</i> conceals one thing in his mind and speaks another, Il. 9.312, cf. D. 4.6, Th. 1.21. — Hom. uses subj. in both the above constructions (1 and 2) without ἄν; also Trag. and Com., S. Aj. 496, Ar. Eq. 805; μέχρι and πρίν occasionally take subj. without ἄν in prose, e.g. Th. 1.137, 4.16 ( μέχρι οὗ), Pl. Phd. 62c, Aeschin. 3.60.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7170",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπεὶ ἄν",
                        "ref": "Il. 6.412",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.412"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ὡς, ὅπως (of Manner), ἵνα (of Place), ὄφρα, ἕως, etc. (of Time), freq. in Ep., σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι Il. 1.32; ὄφρα κεν εὕδῃ Od. 3.359; ὅπως ἂν εἰδῇ . . φράσω A. Pr. 824; ὅπως ἂν φαίνηται κάλλιστος Pl. Smp. 198e; μηχανητέον ὅπως ἂν διαφύγῃ Grg. 481a (where ὅπως with fut. ind. is the regular constr.); also after ὡς in Hdt., Trag., X. An. 2.5.16, al., once in Th. 6.91 (but fut. ind. is regular in Att.); ἵνα final does not take ἄν or κε exc. ἵνα εἰδότες ἤ κε θάνωμεν ἤ κεν . . φύγοιμεν Od. 12.156 ( ἵνα = <i>where</i> in S. OC 405). μή, = <i>lest,</i> takes ἄν only with opt. in apodosis, as S. Tr. 631, Th. 2.93.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7171",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι",
                        "ref": "Il. 1.32",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.32"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7172",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὄφρα κεν εὕδῃ",
                        "ref": "Od. 3.359",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.359"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7173",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅπως ἂν εἰδῇ . . φράσω",
                        "ref": "A. Pr. 824",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:824"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7174",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅπως ἂν φαίνηται κάλλιστος",
                        "ref": "Pl. Smp. 198e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc2:198e"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7175",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μηχανητέον ὅπως ἂν διαφύγῃ",
                        "ref": "Grg. 481a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:481a"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7176",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἵνα εἰδότες ἤ κε θάνωμεν ἤ κεν . . φύγοιμεν",
                        "ref": "Od. 12.156",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.156"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Ep. sts. with OPTATIVE as with subj. (always κε ( ν), exc. εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν Il. 2.597), εἴ κεν Ἄρης οἴχοιτο Od. 8.353; ὥς κε . . δοίη ᾧ κʼ ἐθέλοι that he <i>might</i> give her to whomsoever he <i>might</i> please, ib. 2.54: so in Hdt. in final clauses, 1.75, 99:—in Od. 23.135 ὥς κέν τις φαίη, κέν belongs to Verb in apod., as in ὡς δʼ ἂν ἥδιστα ταῦτα φαίνοιτο X. Cyr. 7.5.81.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7177",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν",
                    "ref": "Il. 2.597",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.597"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7178",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἴ κεν Ἄρης οἴχοιτο",
                    "ref": "Od. 8.353",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.353"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7179",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὡς δʼ ἂν ἥδιστα ταῦτα φαίνοιτο",
                    "ref": "X. Cyr. 7.5.81",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:7.5.perseus-grc2.81"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "oratio obliqua, where a relat. or temp. word retains an ἄν which it would have with subj. in direct form, S. Tr. 687, X. Mem. 1.2.6, Isoc. 17.15; ἐπειδὰν δοκιμασθείην D. 30.6:—similarly after a preceding opt., οὐκ ἀποκρίναιο ἕως ἂν . . σκέψαιο Pl. Phd. 101d.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7180",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐπειδὰν δοκιμασθείην",
                        "ref": "D. 30.6",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg030.perseus-grc2:6"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7181",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκ ἀποκρίναιο ἕως ἂν . . σκέψαιο",
                        "ref": "Pl. Phd. 101d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:101d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "εἰ and INDICATIVE in protasis, only in Ep.:",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "fut. ind. as with subj.: αἴ κεν Ἰλίου πεφιδήσεται Il. 15.213:—so with relat., οἵ κέ με τιμήσουσι 1.175.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-2-2-0",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7182",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἴ κεν Ἰλίου πεφιδήσεται",
                        "ref": "Il. 15.213",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.213"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7183",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἵ κέ με τιμήσουσι",
                        "ref": "1.175",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.175"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "εἰ and a past tense of ind., once in Hom., εἰ δέ κʼ ἔτι προτέρω γένετο δρόμος Il. 23.526; so Ζεὺς γάρ κʼ ἔθηκε νῆσον εἴ κʼ ἐβούλετο Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.174, cf. Ar. Lys. 1099 (cod. R), A.R. 1.197.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n6207-0-2-2-1",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7184",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰ δέ κʼ ἔτι προτέρω γένετο δρόμος",
                        "ref": "Il. 23.526",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.526"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "ἄν with relative words is used with INDICATIVE in all tenses, as ὅπου ἂν εἰσεπορεύετο Ev.Marc. 6.56; ὅσʼ ἂν πάσχετε PFay. 136 (iv A. D.); ἔνθʼ ἂν πέφυκεν ἡ ὁλότης εἶναι Phlp. in Ph. 436.19; cf. ἐάν, ὅταν.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7185",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὅπου ἂν εἰσεπορεύετο",
                    "ref": "Ev.Marc. 6.56",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.56"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7186",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὅσʼ ἂν πάσχετε",
                    "ref": "PFay. 136",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Fay..perseus-grc2:136"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7187",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔνθʼ ἂν πέφυκεν ἡ ὁλότης εἶναι",
                    "ref": "Phlp. in Ph. 436.19",
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        {
          "label": "C",
          "definition": "impf. and more rarely aor. ind. in ITERATIVE construction, to express elliptically <i>a condition fulfilled whenever an opportunity offered;</i> freq. in Hdt. (not in Pi. or A.), κλαίεσκε ἂν καὶ ὀδυρέσκετο she <i>would</i> ( i.e. <i>used to</i>) weep and lament, 3.119; εἶτα πῦρ ἂν οὐ παρῆν S. Ph. 295; εἴ τινες ἴδοιεν . . , ἀνεθάρσησαν ἄν whenever they saw it, on each occasion, Th. 7.71; διηρώτων ἂν αὐτοὺς τί λέγοιεν Pl. Ap. 22b: inf. representing impf. of this constr., ἀκούω Λακεδαιμονίους τότε ἐμβαλόντας ἂν . . ἀναχωρεῖν, i. e. I hear they <i>used to</i> retire ( ἀνεχώρουν ἄν), D. 9.48.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "εἶτα πῦρ ἂν οὐ παρῆν",
                "ref": "S. Ph. 295",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7189",
              "data": {
                "quote": "διηρώτων ἂν αὐτοὺς τί λέγοιεν",
                "ref": "Pl. Ap. 22b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22b"
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          "children": []
        },
        {
          "label": "D",
          "definition": "",
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          "children": [
            {
              "label": "I",
              "definition": "ἄν.",
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              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "ἄν does not coalesce with the relat. word (as in ἐάν, ὅταν), it follows directly or is separated only by other particles, as μέν, δέ, τε, γάρ, καί, νυ, περ, etc.; as εἰ μέν κεν . . εἰ δέ κε Il. 3.281- 4; rarely by τις, as ὅποι τις ἄν, οἶμαι, προσθῇ D. 2.14:—in Hom. and Hes. two such Particles may precede κε, as εἴ περ γάρ κεν Od. 8.355, cf. Il. 2.123; εἰ γάρ τίς κε, ὃς μὲν γάρ κε, Hes. Op. 280, 357; rarely in Prose, ὅποι μὲν γὰρ ἄν D. 4.45; ὁπότερος οὖν ἄν Ar. Ra. 1420: also ὁπόσῳ πλέον ἄν Pl. Lg. 647e, cf. 850a; ὅπου τὸ πάλαι λεγόμενον ἂν γίγνηται 739c.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰ μέν κεν . . εἰ δέ κε",
                        "ref": "Il. 3.281",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7191",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅποι τις ἄν, οἶμαι, προσθῇ",
                        "ref": "D. 2.14",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7192",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἴ περ γάρ κεν",
                        "ref": "Od. 8.355",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.355"
                      }
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7193",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅποι μὲν γὰρ ἄν",
                        "ref": "D. 4.45",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc2:45"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7194",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁπότερος οὖν ἄν",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ra. 1420",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc2:1420"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7195",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁπόσῳ πλέον ἄν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 647e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:647e"
                      }
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7196",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὅπου τὸ πάλαι λεγόμενον ἂν γίγνηται",
                        "ref": "739c",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:739c"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἄν may stand either next to its Verb (before or after it), or after some other emphatic word, esp. an interrog., a negative (e. g. οὐδʼ ἂν εἷς, οὐκ ἂν ἔτι, etc.), or an important Adjective or Adverb; also after a participle which represents the protasis, λέγοντος ἄν τινος πιστεῦσαι οἴεσθε; do you think they <i>would have</i> believed it if any one had told them? ( εἴ τις ἔλεγεν, ἐπίστευσαν ἄν), D. 6.20.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἄν is freq. separated from its inf. by such Verbs as οἴομαι, δοκέω, φημί, οἶδα, etc., οὐκ ἂν οἴει . . ; freq. in Pl., Grg. 486d, al.; καὶ νῦν ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαι I think that I <i>should,</i> X. Cyr. 8.7.25; οὕτω γὰρ ἄν μοι δοκεῖ ἥ τε πόλις ἄριστα διοικεῖσθαι Aeschin. 3.2; ἃ μήτε προῄδει μηδεὶς μήτʼ ἂν ᾠήθη τήμερον ῥηθῆναι (where ἄν belongs to ῥηθῆναι) D. 18.225:—in the phrase οὐκ οἶδʼ ἂν εἰ, or οὐκ ἂν οἶδʼ εἰ, ἄν belongs not to οἶδα, but to the Verb which follows, οὐκ οἶδʼ ἂν εἰ πείσαιμι, for οὐκ οἶδα εἰ πείσαιμι ἄν, E. Med. 941, cf. Alc. 48; οὐκ ἂν οἶδʼ εἰ δυναίμην Pl. Ti. 26b; οὐκ οἶδʼ ἂν εἰ ἐκτησάμην X. Cyr. 5.4.12.",
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                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7197",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὕτω γὰρ ἄν μοι δοκεῖ ἥ τε πόλις ἄριστα διοικεῖσθαι",
                        "ref": "Aeschin. 3.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc2:2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7198",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκ ἂν οἶδʼ εἰ δυναίμην",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ti. 26b",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:26b"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7199",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκ οἶδʼ ἂν εἰ ἐκτησάμην",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 5.4.12",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:5.4.perseus-grc2.12"
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                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "ἄν never begins a sentence, or even a clause after a comma, but may stand first after a parenthetic clause, ἀλλʼ, ὦ μέλʼ, ἄν μοι σιτίων διπλῶν ἔδει Ar. Pax 137.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀλλʼ, ὦ μέλʼ, ἄν μοι σιτίων διπλῶν ἔδει",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pax 137",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc2:137"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "ἄν:—in apodosis ἄν may be used twice or even three times with the same Verb, either to make the condition felt throughout a long sentence, or to emphasize certain words, ὥστʼ ἄν, εἰ σθένος λάβοιμι, δηλώσαιμʼ ἄν S. El. 333, cf. Ant. 69, A. Ag. 340, Th. 1.76 (fin.), 2.41, Pl. Ap. 31a, Lys. 20.15; ἀφανεῖς ἂν ὄντες οὐκ ἂν ὑμνήθημεν ἄν E. Tr. 1244, cf. S. Fr. 739; attached to a parenthetical phrase, ἔδρασʼ ἄν, εὖ τοῦτʼ ἴσθʼ ἄν, εἰ . . Id. OT 1438.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7201",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ὥστʼ ἄν, εἰ σθένος λάβοιμι, δηλώσαιμʼ ἄν",
                    "ref": "S. El. 333",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:333"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7202",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀφανεῖς ἂν ὄντες οὐκ ἂν ὑμνήθημεν ἄν",
                    "ref": "E. Tr. 1244",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc2:1244"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἄν is coupled with κε ( ν) a few times in Hom., as Il. 11.187, 202, Od. 5.361, al.; cf. ἤν περ γάρ κʼ ἐθέλωσιν v.l. ib. 18.318.",
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                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "ἄν belongs must be supplied, in Hom. only εἰμί, as τάτʼ ἔλδεται ὅς κʼ ἐπιδευής (sc. ᾖ) Il. 5.481; ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἂν πρὸ τοῦ (sc. ἔρρεγκον) Ar. Nu. 5; τί δʼ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. πρᾶξαι) , εἰ τάδʼ ἤνυσεν; A. Ag. 935:—so in phrases like πῶς γὰρ ἄν; and πῶς οὐκ ἄν (sc. εἴη); also in ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ (or ὡσπερανεί), as φοβούμενος ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ παῖς (i. e. ὥσπερ ἂν ἐφοβήθη εἰ παῖς ἦν) Pl. Grg. 479a; so τοσοῦτον ἐφρόνησαν, ὅσον περ ἂν (sc. ἐφρόνησαν) εἰ . . Isoc. 10.48:—so also when κἂν εἰ ( = καὶ ἂν εἰ) has either no Verb in the apod. or one to which ἄν cannot belong, Pl. R. 477a, Men. 72c; cf. κἄν:—so the Verb of a protasis containing ἄν may be understood, ὅποι τις ἂν προσθῇ, κἂν μικρὰν δύναμιν (i. e. καὶ ἐὰν προσθῇ) D. 2.14; ὡς ἐμοῦ οὖν ἰόντος ὅπῃ ἂν καὶ ὑμεῖς (sc. ἴητε) X. An. 1.3.6.",
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              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7203",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰ τάδʼ ἤνυσεν;",
                    "ref": "A. Ag. 935",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:935"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-7204",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εἰ . .",
                    "ref": "Isoc. 10.48",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc2:48"
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "ἄν:—when an apodosis consists of several co-ordinate clauses, ἄν is generally used only in the first and understood in the others: πείθοιʼ ἂν εἰ πείθοιʼ· ἀπειθοίης δʼ ἴσως A. Ag. 1049: even when the construction is continued in a new sentence, Pl. R. 352e, cf. 439b codd.: but ἄν is repeated for the sake of clearness or emphasis, ib. 398a, cf. D. 19.156 (where an opt. is implied with the third ὡς): rarely expressed with the second of two co-ordinate Verbs and understood with the first, τοῦτον ἂν . . θαρσοίην ἐγὼ καλῶς μὲν ἄρχειν, εὖ δʼ ἂν ἄρχεσθαι θέλειν (i. e. καλῶς μὲν ἂν ἄρχοι, εὖ δʼ ἂν θέλοι ἄρχεσθαι) S. Ant. 669.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πείθοιʼ ἂν εἰ πείθοιʼ· ἀπειθοίης δʼ ἴσως",
                    "ref": "A. Ag. 1049",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc2:1049"
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              ],
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "",
          "definition": "ἄν (B), [ᾱ], Att., = ἐάν, ἤν, Th. 4.46 codd., al.; freq. in Pl., ἂν σωφρονῇ Phd. 61b; ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ ib. 80d, cf. D. 4.50; ἄν τʼ . . ἄν τε Arist. Ath. 48.4: not common in earlier Att. Inscrr., IG 1.2a5, 2.179b49, al.: but freq. later, SIG 1044.27 (iv/iii B. C.), PPetr. 2p.47 (iii B. C.), PPar. 32.19 (ii B. C.), PTeb. 110.8 (i B. C.), Ev.Jo. 20.23, etc.",
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          "citations": [
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἂν σωφρονῇ",
                "ref": "Phd. 61b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:61b"
              }
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἄν τʼ . . ἄν τε",
                "ref": "Arist. Ath. 48.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc2:48.4"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": []
        },
        {
          "label": "",
          "definition": "ἄν (C) or ἀν, Epic form of ἀνά, q. v.",
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          "citations": [],
          "children": []
        },
        {
          "label": "",
          "definition": "ἄν (D), shortened from ἄνα, v. sub ἀνά G.",
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          "citations": [],
          "children": []
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