οὔκουν, Ion.
οὔκων,Adv., (οὐκ, οὖν):
I. in direct negation,certainly not, at any rate . . not, freq. with stress on the word which followsοὖν, οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτ' ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖνthe Atridae (emphat.)certainlydidnotconsent . . , S. Ph. 872 ; οὔκουν μ' ἐν Ἄργει γ' οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει
Ar. Eq. 465
;οὔκουν . . γεis the neg. of γοῦν, οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ
A. Pr. 324
, cf. S. Ant. 321 , 993 , Ph. 907 , 1389 , E. IA 9 , IT 516 , Th. 2.43 , Pl. Sph. 241c , Phdr. 258c , X. Mem. 4.2.10 ;οὔκουν ἀπολείψομαί γέ σου . . , εὶ τοῦτο λέγειςI willnot desert (emphat.) you, if that is what you mean, Id. Cyr. 4.1.23 ;οὔκουν γ' ἂν οἶμαι . . εἰπεῖν τινα. . Pl. Phd. 70b ;ἐγὼ τοίνυν κινδυνεύω ἐκτὸς τῶν πάντων εἶναι: οὔκουν ἱκανῶς γε ἔχω . . συμβαλέσθαι at any rateI can-notguess . . , Id. R. 398c , cf. Lg. 807a , 810e .
2. whereοὖνhas a resumptive force,οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός accordingly, it isunreasonable to disbelieve . . , Th. 1.10 (referring back toοὐκ ἄν τις ἀπιστοίηibid.); soοὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἐκράτει . . εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχεib. 9 ; οὔκουν χρή
Id. 2.11
; with inferential force,οὔκουν τοῦτο δεῖ δεικνύναι, ὅτι . . , ἀλλ' ὅτι. .thereforeone ought to provenotthat . . , but that . . , Arist. Ph. 213a31 , cf. Ar. Ra. 1065 ;οὔκουν οἶδα soIdon'tknow, Pl. Cra. 384b .