γοῦνorγ' οὖν,
Ion. and Dor.
γῶν(γε οὖν); restrictive Particle with an inferential force,
A. at least then, freq. scarcely distinguishable from simpleγε: twice in Hom. (with a secondγεadded), εἴ γ' οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν
Il. 5.258
; μὴ ἐμέ γ' οὖν οὗτός γε
16.30
(so ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε . . σοφώτερος εἶναι
Pl. Ap. 21d
); freq. later, δοκέων πάγχυ δευτερεῖα γῶν οἴσεσθαι
Hdt. 1.31
; γνώσει . . ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν
A. Ag. 1425
, cf. 432 (lyr.), etc.; freq. in adducing an instance, or a fact giving rise to a presumption, Heraclit. 58 , Th. 1.2 , X. Cyr. 1.5.8 ;τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνονin past timeat all events, D. 20.16 ; emphasizing a personal or possessive pronoun, τὸ γ. ἐμόν