on account of which, wherefore
οὕνεκα, and (usu. before a vowel)οὕνεκεν(first in Pi. ,v.infr.): relat. Conj. forοὗ ἕνεκα,
A. on account of which, wherefore, δὸς δ' . . ἐμὲ πρήξαντα νέεσθαι, οὕ. δεῦρ' ἱκόμεσθα
Od. 3.61
; ἡ δ' Ἄτη σθεναρή τε καὶ ἀρτίπος, οὕ. πάσας . . ὑπεκπροθέει
Il. 9.505
; οὕνεκεν τὸ πεποναμένον εὖ μὴ . . κρυπτέτω
Pi. P. 9.93
.
2. correlat. toτοὔνεκα,because, after τοῦδ' ἕνεκα
Il. 1.111
; after τῷ
Od. 13.332
: but usu. without any antec. expressed, Il. 1.11 , etc.; οὕνεκ' ἄρα
7.140
, 11.79 ; οὕ. δή
3.403
, cf. Pi. N. 9.36 , A. Supp. 639 (lyr.), Fr. 374 , S. Ph. 586 , al.; οὕνεκα πιστὸς ἔφυς
IG 12.1017
; οὕνεκεν πλεῖ τὴν θάλασσαν
Herod. 2.21
.
3.
like ὅτι ,that, i.e.the fact that, after οἶδα
Od. 5.216
; ἔγνω
h.Ap. 376
; ἐνόησε
Od. 7.300
; ἐρέει
16.379
, cf. 330 , 15.42 ; τόδε . . νεμέσσα
23.214
: in Trag., after ἴσθι
S. Ph. 232
; ἐννοεῖν
Id. Ant. 63
; μαθεῖν
Id. OT 708
; αἰσθάνεσθαι
Id. El. 1478
; λέγειν
E. IA 102
.
II. οὕνεκα(in this sense rarelyοὕνεκεν, Herod. 1.84 ), as Prep. c. gen.,=simpleἕνεκα, εἵνεκα,on account of, because of, sts. following its case, Sol. 37.5 : freq. in Trag., as A. Pr. 347 , Ag. 823 , S. Ph. 774 , El. 387 , al. ( S. never usesἕνεκα); whereas reversely in Call. , A.R. 4.1523 , and even in h.Ven. 199 ,εἵνεκα, ἕνεκα(q. v.) are used forοὕνεκα,because.—It has been suggested that the Ion. formεἵνεκαshd. be restd. forοὕνεκα, wherever it occurs as a Prep.;εἵνεκαoccasionally occurs in Mss., as A. Supp. 188 , Ar. Pax 210 , Lys. 74 , Ec. 659 : butοὕνεκαas a Prep. freq. occurs in Inscrr., IG 12.802 , 1037 , 2.1334.11 , etc.;οὕνεκεν χρόνου in respect ofyears, Poet. in PMich.Zen. 77.9
(iii B. C.).—Poet. word, rare and late in Att. Prose, IG 2 l.c.(iii A. D.),f.l. in
Th. 6.56 , D. 49.36 , 53 , 59.39 .
