ὦν(the latter in Pi. P. 3.82 , al., butοὖνin Hom. (v. infr.), B. 18.29 , 37 , Cerc. 4.18 , al.),Adv.
A. certainly, in fact, confirming something, freq. in contrast with something which is not confirmed, in Hom. only in combination withγε(v.γοῦν), γάρ, οὔτεorμήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc.:
1. really,φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι . . Κρονίωναfor I declare that Zeus didreallypromise . . , Il. 2.350 , cf. Pl. Prt. 309b ;τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα . . , ὄφρ'for we followed them up to theverypoint, where . . , Il. 11.754 , cf. 15.232 , Od. 2.123 ; εἰ δ' οὖν τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ . . ζῶντα
: in apodosi afterεἰorἐάν, εἰ καὶ σμικρά, ἀλλ' ὦν ἴση γε ἡ χάρις. . Hdt. 3.140 , cf. 9.48 , E. Ph. 498 , Pl. Phd. 91b , etc.: afterἐπείandὡς, ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ πρῶτον ἀνέκραγονbut now that I have (emphat.) once spoken up, Od. 14.467 , cf. 17.226 , Il. 18.333 ;Τληπόλεμος δ', ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφ' ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα . . κατέκτα when once, i.e. as soon as, he had grown up, 2.661 , cf. 15.363 , 16.394 , al.;νεβροί, αἵ τ' ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔκαμον . . ἑστᾶς'which,as soon asthey are tired, stand still, 4.244 ; to indicate that something foreshadowed hasactuallyoccurred, ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς . . , οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν
1.57
, cf. 3.340 , al.: sts.οὖνafterἐπείorὡςhas either no force or approaches signf. 11 or 111 , οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν παύσαντο πόνου
Od. 16.478
, cf. 19.213 , 251 , al.; τὸν δ' ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε
Il. 3.21
, al.;οὔτ' οὖν . . , οὔτε . .orοὔτε . . , οὔτ' οὖν. . both= neither . . nor, but preferred according as the first or second clause is to be marked by emphasis, cf. 17.20 , Od. 2.200 , Hdt. 9.26 , with Od. 11.198s q., S. OT 90 , 271 , etc.; soεἰ . . , εἴτ' οὖν. . if . . , or if . . , E. Alc. 140 ;εἴτ' οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεταιwhether it shall be so, or no, Id. Heracl. 149 , cf. A. Ag. 491 , S. El. 560 ;ξεῖνος αἴτ' ὦν ἀστός, i.e.αἴτε ξ. αἴτ' ὦν ἀ., Pi. P. 4.78 ; and doubled, εἴτ' οὖν ἀληθὲς εἴτ' οὖν ψεῦδος
Pl. Ap. 34e
, cf. A. Ch. 683 : so also in parenth. Relat. clauses,ἢ σῖγ', ἀτίμως, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀπώλετο πατήρ evenas,justas, ib. 96 , cf. 888 , E. Hipp. 1307 (v.l.);εἰ δ' ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεόςif he is, as hein factis, a god, Pl. Phdr. 242e ; οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι
Id. Ap. 21d
: forγὰρ οὖν, v. γάρ
A. 11.5 ; forμὲν οὖν, v. μέν
B. 11.2 .
2. added to indef. Prons. and Advbs.,likeLat.cunque,ὅστις whoever,ὁστισοῦν whosoever;ὅπως how,ὁπωσοῦν howsoever;ἄλλος ὁστισοῦνanother,be he who he may; soὁποιοσοῦν, ὁποιοστισοῦν, ὁποσοσοῦν, ὁπωσδηποτοῦν, ὁπητιοῦν, ὁποθενοῦν, etc.,v.sub vocc.
II. to continue a narrative,so, then, καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν . . θῆκαν
: in Hdt. and Att. ,μὲν οὖν(q.v.) is very common in this sense; so δ' οὖν
A. Ag. 34
, S. Aj. 114 ;οὖνis also used alonemerely to resume after a parenth. or long protasis,well, as I was saying,ὦ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, χρήσαντος τοῦ θεοῦ . . , ὑμεας γὰρ πυνθάνομαι προεστάναι . . ,—ὑμέας ὦν . . προσκαλέομαι. . Hdt. 1.69 , cf. 4.75 , Th. 2.16 , Pl. Ap. 29d , Smp. 201d , etc.: Hdt. so usesὦνafter a short protasis, 1.144 , etc.
2. ὦνis freq. inserted by Hdt. (sts. without any discernible meaning) between the Prep. and its Verb (but only, it seems, in narrative with theaor., which is always theaor.of habitual action exc. in 2.172 ),ἐπεὰν δὲ ταῦτα ποιήσωσι, ἀπ' ὦν ἔδωκανib. 87 ;καὶ ἔπειτα ἀπ' ὦν ἔδωκανib. 88 : after apart.,οἱ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορήν, ἀπ' ὦν ἔδοντοib. 39 ;κατευξάμενοι, κοιλίην μὲν κείνην πᾶσαν ἐξ ὦν εἶλονib. 40 ;ἤν τις ψαύσῃ . . , αὐτοῖσι τοῖσι ἱματίοισι ἀπ' ὦν ἔβαψε ἑωυτόνib. 47 ;τοῦτον κατ' ὦν κόψαςib. 172 ; so in Hp. , δι' οὖν ἐφθάρησαν
Morb. 1.14
(v.l.), al.; also ἐπ' ὦν ἐπίομες οἶνον
Epich. 124.3
: this tmesis is rare in Att. , ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατ' οὖν ἔβαλεν
Ar. Ra. 1047
; but occurs in later writers, Dorieus ap. Phylarch. 3
J.,AP 12.226 ( Strat. ).
III. in inferences,then, therefore, not in Hom. , rare in A. , and usu. in questions (v. infr.); in a statement, Eu. 219 ; very common from Hdt. downwds.; soκαὶ σὺ οὖνyou tootherefore, X. Cyr. 4.1.20 ; καὶ γὰρ οὖν
Id. An. 1.9.8
; cf.οὐ γὰρ οὖν, τοιγαροῦν: strengthd., δὴ οὖν
Pl. Smp. 191c
, etc.; οὖν δή
Id. R. 340e
: in questions, τίς οὖν ὁ λύσων ς' ἐστίν ;
A. Pr. 771
, cf. S. Tr. 1191 , Ar. Pl. 906 , 909 , etc.; ἆρ' οὖν δή ;
