οὖν

οὖν, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Dor. [full] ὦν (the latter in Pi.P.3.82, al., but οὖν in 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 with γε (v. γοῦν) , γάρ, οὔτε or μήτε, ὡς, ἐπεί, μέν, etc.:

1 really, φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι . . Κρονίωνα for I declare that Zeus did really promise . . , Il.2.350, cf. Pl.Prt.309b; τόφρα γὰρ οὖν ἑπόμεσθα . . , ὄφρ' for we followed them up to the very point, where . . , Il.11.754, cf. 15.232, Od.2.123;

εἰ δ' οὖν τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ . . ζῶντα A.Ag.676

, cf. 1042; ἐλέχθησαν λόγοι ἄπιστοι μὲν ἐνίοισι Ἑλλήνων, ἐλέχθησαν δ' ὦν but they really were spoken, Hdt.3.80, cf. 4.5, 6.82; Θηβαῖοι μὲν ταῦτα λέγουσι . . , Πλαταιῆς δ' οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι . . , ἐκ δ' οὖν τῆς γῆς ἀνεχώρησαν at all events they did return, Th.2.5, cf. 1.63, Pl.Prt.315e;

σωτηρίαν λεπτὴν μὲν . . , μόνην δ' οὖν Id.Lg.699b

; 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, Id.Ap.34d, cf. Hdt.6.76, Th.1.3; so ἀλλ' οὖν . . γε but at all events, S.Ant.84, Ph.1305; ἔμπης οὖν ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον to stay nevertheless at least till to-morrow, Od.11.351; οὖν concessive, I grant you,

τάχ' οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε S.Ph.305

: in apodosi after εἰ or ἐάν, εἰ καὶ σμικρά, ἀλλ' ὦν ἴση γε ἡ χάρις . . Hdt.3.140, cf.9.48, E.Ph.498, Pl.Phd.91b, etc.: after ἐπεί and ὡς, ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ πρῶτον ἀνέκραγον but 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 as they are tired, stand still, 4.244; to indicate that something foreshadowed has actually occurred,

ἀγορήνδε καλέσσατο λαὸν Ἀχιλλεύς . . , οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν 1.57

, cf. 3.340, al.: sts. οὖν after ἐπεί or ὡς has 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 . . or οὔτε . . , 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. 11.198sq., S.OT90, 271, etc.; so εἰ . . , εἴτ' οὖν . . if . . , or if . . , E.Alc. 140; εἴτ' οὖν, εἴτε μὴ γενήσεται whether 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 even as, just as, ib.96, cf. 888, E.Hipp. 1307 (v.l.); εἰ δ' ἔστιν, ὥσπερ οὖν ἔστι, θεός if he is, as he in fact is, a god, Pl.Phdr.242e;

οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι Id.Ap.21d

: for γὰρ οὖν, v. γάρ A. 11.5; for μὲν οὖν, v. μέν B. 11.2.

2 added to indef. Prons. and Advbs., like Lat. cunque, ὅστις whoever, ὁστισοῦν whosoever; ὅπως how, ὁπωσοῦν howsoever; ἄλλος ὁστισοῦν another, be he who he may; so ὁποιοσοῦν, ὁποιοστισοῦν, ὁποσοσοῦν, ὁπωσδηποτοῦν, ὁπητιοῦν, ὁποθενοῦν, etc., v. sub vocc.

II to continue a narrative, so, then,

καὶ τὰ μὲν οὖν . . θῆκαν Od.13.122

; ὅτ' οὖν since, then, . . , S.Ant.170, El.38, 1318; ζεῖ οὖν ἐν τούτῳ . . Pl.Phdr.251c, cf. Prt.322b;

εὐθὺς οὖν ὁ Κῦρος εἶπεν X.Cyr.4.1.22

: in Hdt. and [dialect] Att., μὲν οὖν (q.v.) is very common in this sense; so

δ' οὖν A.Ag.34

, S.Aj.114; οὖν is also used alone merely 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 uses ὦν after a short protasis, 1.144, etc.

2 ὦν is freq. inserted by Hdt. (sts. without any discernible meaning) between the Prep. and its Verb (but only, it seems, in narrative with the [tense] aor., which is always the [tense] aor. of habitual action exc. in 2.172), ἐπεὰν δὲ ταῦτα ποιήσωσι, ἀπ' ὦν ἔδωκαν ib.87; καὶ ἔπειτα ἀπ' ὦν ἔδωκαν ib.88: after a part., οἱ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορήν, ἀπ' ὦν ἔδοντο ib.39; κατευξάμενοι, κοιλίην μὲν κείνην πᾶσαν ἐξ ὦν εἶλον ib.40; ἤν τις ψαύσῃ . . , αὐτοῖσι τοῖσι ἱματίοισι ἀπ' ὦν ἔβαψε ἑωυτόν ib.47; τοῦτον κατ' ὦν κόψας ib.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 [dialect] Att.,

ὥστε γε καὐτόν σε κατ' οὖν ἔβαλεν Ar.Ra.1047

; but occurs in later writers, Dorieus ap. Phylarch.3 J., AP12.226 (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.; so καὶ σὺ οὖν you too therefore, 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

;

Pl.Tht.146a

;

τί οὖν δή

;

S.Aj.873

(lyr.), Pl.Phd.57a.