καίπερ, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] always with a word between (except καί περ πολλὰ παθόντα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but one word in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I)
even, καὶ αὐτοί περ πονεώμεθα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II)
although, albeit, usually with
participle, καὶ αὐτῇ περ νοεούσῃ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: so in later Poets, κ. ἀχνύμενος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
participle must frequently be supplied, καὶ θεός περ [ὤν] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γιγνώσκω σαφῶς, κ. σκοτεινὸς [ὤν], τήν γε σὴν αὐδὴν ὅμως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰ μέμονάς γε, καὶ ὀψέ περ [ἐρυόμενος]. ἐρύεσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; λέγεις ἀληθῆ, κ. ἐκ μακροῦ Χρόνου [λέγων] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἔστιν ὧν δεῖ, κ. οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο, ={καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ὄντων}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. (to be read καίτοι) ἐκεῖνό γε ᾤμην τι εἶναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]