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  "headword": "οὔκουν",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>certainly not, at any rate . . not,</i> freq. with stress on the word which follows οὖν, οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτʼ ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν the Atridae (emphat.) <i>certainly</i> did <i>not</i> consent . . , S. Ph. 872; οὔκουν μʼ ἐν Ἄργει γʼ οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar. Eq. 465; οὔκουν . . γε 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, X. Mem. 4.2.10; οὔκουν ἀπολείψομαί γέ σου . . , εὶ τοῦτο λέγεις I will <i>not</i> desert (emphat.) you, if that is what you mean, Id. Cyr. 4.1.23; οὔκουν γʼ ἂν οἶμαι . . εἰπεῖν τινα . . Pl. Phd. 70b; ἐγὼ τοίνυν κινδυνεύω ἐκτὸς τῶν πάντων εἶναι· οὔκουν ἱκανῶς γε ἔχω . . συμβαλέσθαι <i>at any rate</i> I can- <i>not</i> guess . . , Id. R. 398c, cf. Lg. 807a, 810e.",
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                    "quote": "οὔκουν μʼ ἐν Ἄργει γʼ οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει",
                    "ref": "Ar. Eq. 465",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γοῦν, οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 324",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "οὖν has a resumptive force, οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός <i>accordingly,</i> it is <i>un</i>reasonable to disbelieve . . , Th. 1.10 (referring back to οὐκ ἄν τις ἀπιστοίη ibid.); so οὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἐκράτει . . εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχε ib. 9; οὔκουν χρή Id. 2.11; with inferential force, οὔκουν τοῦτο δεῖ δεικνύναι, ὅτι . . , ἀλλʼ ὅτι . . <i>therefore</i> one ought to prove <i>not</i> that . . , but that . . , Arist. Ph. 213a31, cf. Ar. Ra. 1065; οὔκουν οἶδα <i>so</i> I <i>donʼt</i> know, Pl. Cra. 384b.",
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                        "quote": "οὔκουν χρή",
                        "ref": "Id. 2.11",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "οὔκουν, Προμηθεῦ, τοῦτο γιγνώσκεις, ὅτι . . ; A. Pr. 379, cf. Eu. 725; οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι ; S. OT 973; οὔκουν τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, δεινά ; Id. Ph. 628, cf. E. IT 1190, 1196, Ar. Eq. 820, Lys. 10.12,13, Is. 5.34, 11.13, Aeschin. 1.85, 2.87, al. (sts., but prob. wrongly, written οὐκοῦν or οὐκ οὖν): sts. separately, οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτʼ . . ; Ar. Eq. 875: freq. with 2 sg. fut., to express an urgent or impatient imper., οὔκουν ἐπείξῃ τῷδε δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν ; A. Pr. 52; οὔκουν μʼ ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ ; S. OT 676, cf. Ant. 244, Ar. Ra. 200, Pl. 71, Pl. Smp. 175a: also with τις and 3 sg. fut., οὔκουν τις ὡς τάχιστα . . ἀναγκάσει . . ; S. OC 897; or opt. with ἄν, οὔκουν ἂν εἴποις . . ; Id. Aj. 1051: with neg. repeated, οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδʼ ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαί με ; Id. El. 630.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι ;",
                    "ref": "S. OT 973",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔκουν τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, δεινά ;",
                    "ref": "Id. Ph. 628",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-100941",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔκουν ἐπείξῃ τῷδε δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν ;",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 52",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔκουν μʼ ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ ;",
                    "ref": "S. OT 676",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:676"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδʼ ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαί με ;",
                    "ref": "Id. El. 630",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών; <i>well, and</i> is <i>not</i> he who died facing him your brother too? Id. Ant. 512; οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν; <i>well, and</i> is <i>not</i> the sweetest laughter to laugh over oneʼs enemies? Id. Aj. 79; ἴτʼ ἐγκονεῖτε, σπεύδεθʼ, ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν. Answ. οὔκουν ὁρᾷς ὁρμωμένους ἡμᾶς πάλαι προθύμως; Ar. Pl. 257, cf. 916, 1031, Ra. 27, 89, 1139, V. 171.",
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                        "quote": "οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών;",
                        "ref": "Id. Ant. 512",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν;",
                        "ref": "Id. Aj. 79",
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                        "quote": "ἴτʼ ἐγκονεῖτε, σπεύδεθʼ, ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν. Answ. οὔκουν ὁρᾷς ὁρμωμένους ἡμᾶς πάλαι προθύμως;",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pl. 257",
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Ion. Prose ὦν (freq. with little meaning) is inserted between οὐκ and a Verb (as elsewh. between a Prep. and a Verb, v. οὖν II.2), ταῦτα λέγοντες, τοὺς Κροτωνιήτας οὐκ ὦν ἔπειθον Hdt. 3.137, cf. 138; οὐκ ὦν δὴ ἔπειθε <i>however,</i> he <i>failed to</i> persuade her, Id. 1.11, cf. 24, 59, al.",
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                    "quote": "ταῦτα λέγοντες, τοὺς Κροτωνιήτας οὐκ ὦν ἔπειθον",
                    "ref": "Hdt. 3.137",
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