οὔκουν — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Ion.οὐκ ὦνneg.pclοὐοὖνIn general, in the neg. element predominates, in the pcl. But accentuation in particular uses is freq. uncertain. Only the most common are illustrated below. οὔκουνneg.pcl introducing a neg. statementtherefore notTrag.οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκόςso it is not reasonable to be scepticalTh. introducing an emph. neg. statement, usu. w. γε, as the neg. counterpart of γοῦνcertainly notTrag.ἐμνήσατ’ οὖν ἐμοῦ τι τῷ τότ’ ἐν χρόνῳ; —οὔκουν ἐμοῦ γ’ ἑστῶτος οὐδαμοῦ πέλαςDid he make any mention of me at that time? —No, at least not when I was standing anywhere nearbyS. introducing a neg.q., inviting assentnot therefore, not thenTrag.οὔκουν σὺ ταῦτ’ ἄριστος εὑρίσκειν ἔφυς;well, weren't you the best person to discover this?S. οὐκοῦνpclintroducing a strongly affirmative inference or responseso then, yes indeedTrag.οὐκοῦν ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας ἀνῇ, τότε στελοῦμενso, when the headwind lets up, we shall sailS.οὐκοῦν χρήone surely mustPl. introducing a q.οὐκοῦν ἐπὶ τούτοις εἰσίω;so may I come in on these terms?Ar.οὐκοῦν σοι δοκεῖ ... ;so don't you think ... ?X.

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not therefore, so not

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οὔκουν

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οὔκουν

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ουκουν

Intro Text:

οὔκουνalsoοὐκοῦν

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29069

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-29070

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