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          "definition": "<i>certainly, in fact,</i> confirming something, freq. in contrast with something which is not confirmed, in Hom. only in combination with γε (v. γοῦν) , γάρ, οὔτε or μήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc.:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>really,</i> φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι . . Κρονίωνα for I declare that Zeus did <i>really</i> promise . . , Il. 2.350, cf. Pl. Prt. 309b; τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα . . , ὄφρʼ for we followed them up to the <i>very</i> point, where . . , Il. 11.754, cf. 15.232, Od. 2.123; εἰ δʼ οὖν τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ . . ζῶντα A. Ag. 676, cf. 1042; ἐλέχθησαν λόγοι ἄπιστοι μὲν ἐνίοισι Ἑλλήνων, ἐλέχθησαν δʼ ὦν but they <i>really</i> were spoken, Hdt. 3.80, cf. 4.5, 6.82; Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι . . , Πλαταιῆς δʼ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι . . , ἐκ δʼ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν <i>at all events</i> they <i>did</i> return, Th. 2.5, cf. 1.63, Pl. Prt. 315e; σωτηρίαν λεπτὴν μὲν . . , μόνην δʼ οὖν Id. Lg. 699b; so δʼ οὖν after a parenthesis; εἰ δή τις ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχει,—οὐκ ἀξιῶ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε,—εἰ δʼ οὖν but if he is so, Id. Ap. 34d, cf. Hdt. 6.76, Th. 1.3; so ἀλλʼ οὖν . . γε but <i>at all events,</i> S. Ant. 84, Ph. 1305; ἔμπης οὖν ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον to stay nevertheless <i>at least</i> till to-morrow, Od. 11.351; οὖν concessive, <i>I grant you,</i> τάχʼ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε S. Ph. 305: in apodosi after εἰ or ἐάν, εἰ καὶ σμικρά, ἀλλʼ ὦν ἴση γε ἡ χάρις . . Hdt. 3.140, cf. 9.48, E. Ph. 498, Pl. Phd. 91b, etc.: after ἐπεί and ὡς, ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ πρῶτον ἀνέκραγον but now that I have (emphat.) once spoken up, Od. 14.467, cf. 17.226, Il. 18.333; Τληπόλεμος δʼ, ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα . . κατέκτα <i>when once,</i> i.e. as soon as, he had grown up, 2.661, cf. 15.363, 16.394, al.; νεβροί, αἵ τʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔκαμον . . ἑστᾶσʼ which, <i>as soon as</i> they are tired, stand still, 4.244; to indicate that something foreshadowed has <i>actually</i> occurred, ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς . . , οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν 1.57, cf. 3.340, al.: sts. οὖν after ἐπεί or ὡς has either no force or approaches signf. II or III, οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν παύσαντο πόνου Od. 16.478, cf. 19.213, 251, al.; τὸν δʼ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε Il. 3.21, al.; οὔτʼ οὖν . . , οὔτε . . or οὔτε . . , οὔτʼ οὖν . . both = <i>neither . . nor,</i> but preferred according as the first or second clause is to be marked by emphasis, cf. 17.20, Od. 2.200, Hdt. 9.26, with Od. 11.198 sq., S. OT 90, 271, etc.; so εἰ . . , εἴτʼ οὖν . . if . . , or if . . , E. Alc. 140; εἴτʼ οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεται whether it shall be so, or no, Id. Heracl. 149, cf. A. Ag. 491, S. El. 560; ξεῖνος αἴτʼ ὦν ἀστός, i.e. αἴτε ξ. αἴτʼ ὦν ἀ., Pi. P. 4.78; and doubled, εἴτʼ οὖν ἀληθὲς εἴτʼ οὖν ψεῦδος Pl. Ap. 34e, cf. A. Ch. 683: so also in parenth. Relat. clauses, ἢ σῖγʼ, ἀτίμως, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀπώλετο πατήρ <i>even</i> as, <i>just</i> as, ib. 96, cf. 888, E. Hipp. 1307 (v.l.); εἰ δʼ ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεός if he is, as he <i>in fact</i> is, a god, Pl. Phdr. 242e; οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι Id. Ap. 21d: for γὰρ οὖν, v. γάρ A. II.5; for μὲν οὖν, v. μέν B. II.2.",
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                        "quote": "εἰ δʼ οὖν τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ . . ζῶντα",
                        "ref": "A. Ag. 676",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σωτηρίαν λεπτὴν μὲν . . , μόνην δʼ οὖν",
                        "ref": "Id. Lg. 699b",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τάχʼ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε",
                        "ref": "S. Ph. 305",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς . . , οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν",
                        "ref": "1.57",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν παύσαντο πόνου",
                        "ref": "Od. 16.478",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν δʼ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε",
                        "ref": "Il. 3.21",
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                        "quote": "εἴτʼ οὖν ἀληθὲς εἴτʼ οὖν ψεῦδος",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ap. 34e",
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                        "quote": "οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι",
                        "ref": "Id. Ap. 21d",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "cunque, ὅστις <i>whoever,</i> ὁστισοῦν <i>whosoever</i>; ὅπως <i>how,</i> ὁπωσοῦν <i>howsoever</i>; ἄλλος ὁστισοῦν another, <i>be he who he may</i>; so ὁποιοσοῦν, ὁποιοστισοῦν, ὁποσοσοῦν, ὁπωσδηποτοῦν, ὁπητιοῦν, ὁποθενοῦν, etc., v. sub vocc.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>so, then,</i> καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν . . θῆκαν Od. 13.122; ὅτʼ οὖν since, <i>then,</i> . . , S. Ant. 170, El. 38, 1318; ζεῖ οὖν ἐν τούτῳ . . Pl. Phdr. 251c, cf. Prt. 322b; εὐθὺς οὖν ὁ Κῦρος εἶπεν X. Cyr. 4.1.22: in Hdt. and Att., μὲν οὖν (q.v.) is very common in this sense; so δʼ οὖν A. Ag. 34, S. Aj. 114; οὖν is also used alone merely to resume after a parenth. or long protasis, <i>well, as I was saying,</i> ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, χρήσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ . . , ὑμεας γὰρ πυνθάνομαι προεστάναι . . ,—ὑμέας ὦν . . προσκαλέομαι . . Hdt. 1.69, cf. 4.75, Th. 2.16, Pl. Ap. 29d, Smp. 201d, etc.: Hdt. so uses ὦν after a short protasis, 1.144, etc.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν . . θῆκαν",
                    "ref": "Od. 13.122",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "εὐθὺς οὖν ὁ Κῦρος εἶπεν",
                    "ref": "X. Cyr. 4.1.22",
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                    "quote": "δʼ οὖν",
                    "ref": "A. Ag. 34",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ὦν is freq. inserted by Hdt. (sts. without any discernible meaning) between the Prep. and its Verb (but only, it seems, in narrative with the aor., which is always the aor. of habitual action exc. in 2.172), ἐπεὰν δὲ ταῦτα ποιήσωσι, ἀπʼ ὦν ἔδωκαν ib. 87; καὶ ἔπειτα ἀπʼ ὦν ἔδωκαν ib. 88: after a part., οἱ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορήν, ἀπʼ ὦν ἔδοντο ib. 39; κατευξάμενοι, κοιλίην μὲν κείνην πᾶσαν ἐξ ὦν εἶλον ib. 40; ἤν τις ψαύσῃ . . , αὐτοῖσι τοῖσι ἱματίοισι ἀπʼ ὦν ἔβαψε ἑωυτόν ib. 47; τοῦτον κατʼ ὦν κόψας ib. 172; so in Hp., διʼ οὖν ἐφθάρησαν Morb. 1.14 (v.l.), al.; also ἐπʼ ὦν ἐπίομες οἶνον Epich. 124.3: this tmesis is rare in Att., ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατʼ οὖν ἔβαλεν Ar. Ra. 1047; but occurs in later writers, Dorieus ap. Phylarch. 3 J., AP 12.226 ( Strat.).",
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                        "quote": "διʼ οὖν ἐφθάρησαν",
                        "ref": "Morb. 1.14",
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                        "quote": "ἐπʼ ὦν ἐπίομες οἶνον",
                        "ref": "Epich. 124.3",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατʼ οὖν ἔβαλεν",
                        "ref": "Ar. Ra. 1047",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>then, therefore,</i> not in Hom., rare in A., and usu. in questions (v. infr.); in a statement, Eu. 219; very common from Hdt. downwds.; so καὶ σὺ οὖν you too <i>therefore,</i> X. Cyr. 4.1.20; καὶ γὰρ οὖν Id. An. 1.9.8; cf. οὐ γὰρ οὖν, τοιγαροῦν: strengthd., δὴ οὖν Pl. Smp. 191c, etc.; οὖν δή Id. R. 340e: in questions, τίς οὖν ὁ λύσων σʼ ἐστίν ; A. Pr. 771, cf. S. Tr. 1191, Ar. Pl. 906, 909, etc.; ἆρʼ οὖν δή ; Pl. Tht. 146a; τί οὖν δή ; S. Aj. 873 (lyr.), Pl. Phd. 57a.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "καὶ γὰρ οὖν",
                    "ref": "Id. An. 1.9.8",
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                    "quote": "δὴ οὖν",
                    "ref": "Pl. Smp. 191c",
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                    "quote": "οὖν δή",
                    "ref": "Id. R. 340e",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τίς οὖν ὁ λύσων σʼ ἐστίν ;",
                    "ref": "A. Pr. 771",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἆρʼ οὖν δή ;",
                    "ref": "Pl. Tht. 146a",
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                    "quote": "τί οὖν δή ;",
                    "ref": "S. Aj. 873",
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