οὔκουν

οὔκουν, [dialect] Ion. [full] οὔκων, Adv., ([etym.] οὐκ, οὖν):

I in direct negation, certainly not, at any rate . . not, freq. with stress on the word which follows οὖν, οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτ' ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν the Atridae (emphat.) certainly did not consent . . , S.Ph.872;

οὔκουν μ' ἐν Ἄργει γ' οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar.Eq.465

; οὔκουν . . γε is the neg. of

γοῦν, οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ A.Pr.324

, cf. S.Ant.321, 993, Ph.907, 1389, E.IA9, IT516, Th.2.43, Pl.Sph.241c, Phdr.258c, X. Mem.4.2.10; οὔκουν ἀπολείψομαί γέ σου . . , εὶ τοῦτο λέγεις I will not 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 rate I can- not guess . . , Id.R.398c, cf. Lg.807a, 810e.

2 where οὖν has a resumptive force, οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός accordingly, it is unreasonable to disbelieve . . , Th.1.10 (referring back to οὐκ ἄν τις ἀπιστοίη ibid.); so οὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἐκράτει . . εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχε ib.9;

οὔκουν χρή Id.2.11

; with inferential force, οὔκουν τοῦτο δεῖ δεικνύναι, ὅτι . . , ἀλλ' ὅτι . . therefore one ought to prove not that . . , but that . . , Arist.Ph.213a31, cf. Ar.Ra.1065; οὔκουν οἶδα so I don't know, Pl.Cra.384b.

II in impassioned questions, almost = οὐ alone, οὔκουν, Προμηθεῦ, τοῦτο γιγνώσκεις, ὅτι . . ; A.Pr.379, cf. Eu.725;

οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι

;

S.OT973

;

οὔκουν τάδ', ὦ παῖ, δεινά

;

Id.Ph.628

, cf. E.IT 1190, 1196, Ar.Eq.820, Lys.10.12,13, Is.5.34, 11.13, Aeschin.1.85, 2.87, al. (sts., but prob. wrongly, written οὐκοῦν or οὐκ οὖν): sts. separately, οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτ' . . ; Ar.Eq.875: freq. with [ per.] 2sg. [tense] fut., to express an urgent or impatient imper.,

οὔκουν ἐπείξῃ τῷδε δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν

;

A.Pr.52

;

οὔκουν μ' ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ

;

S.OT676

, cf. Ant.244, Ar.Ra.200, Pl.71, Pl.Smp.175a: also with τις and [ per.] 3sg. [tense] fut., οὔκουν τις ὡς τάχιστα . . ἀναγκάσει . . ; S.OC897; or opt. with ἄν, οὔκουν ἂν εἴποις . . ; Id.Aj.1051: with neg. repeated,

οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδ' ὑπ' εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαί με

;

Id.El.630

.

2 in replies, where the speaker seizes an opening offered by the previous speaker, οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών; well, and is not he who died facing him your brother too? Id.Ant.512; οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν; well, and is not the sweetest laughter to laugh over one's enemies? Id.Aj.79; ἴτ' ἐγκονεῖτε, σπεύδεθ', ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν. Answ.

οὔκουν ὁρᾷς ὁρμωμένους ἡμᾶς πάλαι προθύμως

;

Ar.Pl.257

, cf. 916, 1031, Ra.27, 89, 1139, V.171.

III in [dialect] Ion. Prose ὦν (freq. with little meaning) is inserted between οὐκ and a Verb (as elsewh. between a Prep. and a Verb, v. οὖν 11.2),

ταῦτα λέγοντες, τοὺς Κροτωνιήτας οὐκ ὦν ἔπειθον Hdt.3.137

, cf. 138; οὐκ ὦν δὴ ἔπειθε however, he failed to persuade her, Id.1.11, cf. 24,59,al.