οὖν,
Ionic dialect and Doric dialect ὦν (the latter in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.82, +others, but οὖν in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 18.29,37, 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 4.18, +others)] Refs 8th c.BC+], adverb certainly, in fact, confirming something, frequently in contrast with something which is not confirmed, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in combination with γε (see. γοῦν), γάρ, οὔτε or μήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc.:
__1 really, φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι.. Κρονίωνα for I declare that Zeus did really promise.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.350, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα.., ὄφρ᾽ for we followed them up to the very point, where.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.754, compare 15.232, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.123; εἰ δ᾽ οὖν τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ.. ζῶντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 676, compare 1042 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐλέχθησαν λόγοι ἄπιστοι μὲν ἐνίοισι Ἑλλήνων, ἐλέχθησαν δ᾽ ὦν but they really were spoken, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, compare 4.5, 6.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι.., Πλαταιῆς δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι.., ἐκ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν at all events they did return, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5, compare 1.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; σωτηρίαν λεπτὴν μὲν.., μόνην δ᾽ οὖν [prev. author] “Lg.” 699b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so δ᾽ οὖν after a parenthesis; εἰ δή τις ὑμῶν οὕτως ἔχει,—οὐκ ἀξιῶ μὲν γὰρ ἔγωγε,—εἰ δ᾽ οὖν but if he is so, [[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 34d, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.76, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀλλ᾽ οὖν.. γε but at all events, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 84, “Ph.” 1305 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔμπης οὖν ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον to stay nevertheless at least till to-morrow, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.351 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὖν concessive, I grant you, τάχ᾽ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 305: in apodosi after εἰ or ἐάν, εἰ καὶ σμικρά, ἀλλ᾽ ὦν ἴση γε ἡ χάρις.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.140, compare 9.48, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 498, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91b, etc.: after ἐπεί and ὡς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ πρῶτον ἀνέκραγον but now that I have (emphatic) once spoken up, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.467, compare 17.226, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.333 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τληπόλεμος δ᾽, ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα.. κατέκτα when once, i.e. as soon as, he had grown up, [[ 2.661, compare 15.363, 16.394, +others] Refs]; νεβροί, αἵ τ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔκαμον.. ἑστᾶσ᾽ which, as soon as they are tired, stand still, [[ 4.244 ] Refs]; to indicate that something foreshadowed has actually occurred, ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς.., οἱ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν [[ 1.57, compare 3.340, +others: sometimes οὖν after ἐπεί or ὡς has either no force or approaches signification 11 or 111, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν παύσαντο πόνου 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.478, compare 19.213, 251, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.21, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ οὖν.., οὔτε.. or οὔτε.., οὔτ᾽ οὖν.. both = neither.. nor, but preferred according as the first or second clause is to be marked by emphasis,[[ compare 17.20, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.200, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.26, with 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.198s q., 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 90, 271, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so εἰ.., εἴτ᾽ οὖν.. if.., or if.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴτ᾽ οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεται whether it shall be so, or no, [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 149, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 491, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 560 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεῖνος αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός, i.e. αἴτε ξ. αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀ., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.78; and doubled, εἴτ᾽ οὖν ἀληθὲς εἴτ᾽ οὖν ψεῦδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34e, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 683: so also in parenth. Relat. clauses, ἢ σῖγ᾽, ἀτίμως, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀπώλετο πατήρ] Refs 5th c.BC+] even as, just as, [[[prev. work] 96, compare 888, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1307 (variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ δ᾽ ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεός if he is, as he in fact is, a god, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242e; οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι [prev. author] “Ap.” 21d: for γὰρ οὖν, see at {γάρ} 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; for μὲν οὖν, see at {μέν} [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]