θην, enclit. Particle ( A.D. Conj. 257.9 ) chiefly Ep. and Dor. , rare in Trag., A. Pr. 928 :—
A. in truth, I ween, freq. ironical, λείψετέ θ. νέας
Il. 13.620
; ὥς θ. καὶ σὸν ἐγὼ λύσω μένος
17.29
, cf. 21.568 ; strengthd.,ἦ θ.in very truth, 11.365 , 13.813 ;οὔ θ.surelynot, 2.276 , Od. 5.211 ;οὔ
θ. δή
3.352
;καὶ γάρ θ. Il. 21.568 : coupled withγα, Epich. 34 , Sophr. 24 : freq. in Theoc.,1.97 , al.; once in Call.,Aet.Oxy. 2079.46 .