οὖν,
Ionic dialect and
Doric dialect ὦν (the latter in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
adverb certainly, in fact, confirming something, frequently in contrast with something which is not confirmed, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] only in combination with γε (see. γοῦν), γάρ, οὔτε or μήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc:
1)
really, φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι. Κρονίωνα for I declare that Zeus did
really promise, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα, ὄφρ᾽ for we followed them up to the
very point, where, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐλέχθησαν λόγοι ἄπιστοι μὲν ἐνίοισι Ἑλλήνων, ἐλέχθησαν δ᾽ ὦν but they
really were spoken, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι, Πλαταιῆς δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι, ἐκ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν
at all events they
did return, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so δ᾽ οὖν after a parenthesis; εἰ δή τις ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχει,—οὐκ ἀξιῶ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε,—εἰ δ᾽ οὖν but if he is so, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀλλ᾽ οὖν. γε but
at all events, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔμπης οὖν ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον to stay nevertheless
at least till to-morrow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὖν concessive,
I grant you, τάχ᾽ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τληπόλεμος δ᾽, ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα. κατέκτα
when once, i.e. as soon as, he had grown up, [
Refs]; νεβροί, αἵ τ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔκαμον. ἑστᾶσ᾽ which,
as soon as they are tired, stand still, [
Refs]; to indicate that something foreshadowed has
actually occurred, ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ οὖν, οὔτε. or οὔτε, οὔτ᾽ οὖν. both =
neither. nor, but preferred according as the first or second clause is to be marked by emphasis,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἰ, εἴτ᾽ οὖν. if, or if, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴτ᾽ οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεται whether it shall be so, or no, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνος αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός, i.e. αἴτε ξ. αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
even as,
just as, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ δ᾽ ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεός if he is, as he
in fact is, a god, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; for μὲν οὖν, see at {μέν} [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) added to
indefinite Prons. and
adverbs, like Latin
cunque, ὅστις
whoever, ὁστισοῦν
whosoever; ὅπως
how, ὁπωσοῦν
howsoever; ἄλλος ὁστισοῦν another,
be he who he may; so ὁποιοσοῦν, ὁποιοστισοῦν, ὁποσοσοῦν, ὁπωσδηποτοῦν, ὁπητιοῦν, ὁποθενοῦν, etc, (see entry).
II) to continue a narrative,
so, then, καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν. θῆκαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅτ᾽ οὖν since,
then, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζεῖ οὖν ἐν τούτῳ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is very common in this sense; so δ᾽ οὖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὖν is also used alone merely to resume after a parenthesis or long protasis,
well, as I was saying, ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, χρήσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ, ὑμεας γὰρ πυνθάνομαι προεστάναι,—ὑμέας ὦν. προσκαλέομαι. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) ὦν is frequently inserted by [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
participle, οἱ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορήν, ἀπ᾽ ὦν ἔδοντο[
Refs]; so in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: this tmesis is rare in
Attic dialect, ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατ᾽ οὖν ἔβαλεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but occurs in later writers, Dorieus cited in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III) in inferences,
then, therefore, not in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in a statement, [
Refs]; very common from [
Refs 5th c.BC+] downwards; so καὶ σὺ οὖν you too
therefore, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare οὐ γὰρ οὖν, τοιγαροῦν: strengthened, δὴ οὖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in questions, τίς οὖν ὁ λύσων σ᾽ ἐστίν
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; ἆρ᾽ οὖν δή
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί οὖν δή
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]