οὖν — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.ὦνpcl as affirmative pcl.really, indeed, in fact, with certaintyattached closely to another wd., esp. another pcl., but reinforcing the whole statement about sthg. which is already mentioned or known Hom.φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι ὑπερμενέα Κρονίωναfor I say with certainty that the supremely mighty son of Kronos gave his promiseIl. providing emph. to one of opposing or alternative cls.εἰ δ᾿ ἔτ᾿ ἐστὶν ἔμψυχος γυνὴ εἴτ᾿ οὖν ὄλωλεν εἰδέναι βουλοίμεθ᾿ ἄνif the lady is still alive, or whether she is indeed dead, we would like to knowE.μίαν δὴ σωτηρίαν συνενόουν, λεπτὴν μὲν καὶ ἄπορον, μόνην δ᾿ οὖνthey saw one hope of salvation, a thin and desperate one, but really the only onePl.in question or answer, esp. spoken w. vehemence, impatience, or sim.εὖ γὰρ οὖν λέγειςyou are very right in what you sayS.ἀλλ᾿ οὖν τοσοῦτόν γ᾿ ἴσθιwell then, know this much at leastS.πῶς οὖν διέζης ἢ πόθεν μηδὲν ποιῶν;how then have you lived, or on what, since you do nothing?Ar.τίς οὖν ἔσται ἡμῶν ὁ πόλεμος;what then is to be our war?Th.strengthening a relatv.adv. or pron.δόλοις ὀλούμεθ᾿ ὥσπερ οὖν ἐκτείναμενwe shall perish by trickery in exactly the same way as we killedA.οἷόνπερ οὖν μεμίμηται τῷ ὀνόματιsomething of the very sort that has been reproduced in the namePl.appended to relatv.pron. or adv., strengthening an indef. or generalised forceἄλλος ὁστισοῦνanyone else at allPl.see alsoὁπῃοῦνὁποθενοῦνὁποιοσοῦνὁποιοστισοῦνὁποσοσοῦνὁποστοσοῦνὁποτεοῦν, etc. in continuing a narrative, esp. after a digressionso, thenHom.καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν παρὰ πυθμέν᾿ ἐλαίης ἁθρόα θῆκανthen they set these things together by the trunk of the olive treeOd.ἐπειδὴ οὖν αὐτῷ ... οὐκ ἀπήντησαν, πεῖραν ἐποιεῖτοso when they did not come out to meet him, he took a gambleTh.sts. in tm. position in Hdt., w.aor.vb., ref. to recurrent eventsἐπεὰν ἀποδείρωσι τὸν βοῦν, κατευξάμενοι κοιλίην μὲν κείνην πᾶσαν ἐξ ὦν εἷλονwhenever they skin the bull, after praying they then take out the whole stomachHdt.w. inferential senseso, then, therefore, henceHdt.ἤλθομεν σοὶ χαριζόμενοι μακρὰν ὁδόν· καὶ σὺ οὖν ἡμῖν δίκαιος εἶ ἀντιχαρίζεσθαιwe came on a long journey to render a favour to you; so you too are right to return a favour to usX.for μὲν οὖν, μενοῦν seeμέν 9

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