αὖ

αὖ, Adv. of repeated action,

A again, anew, afresh, once more, Il.1.540, etc.: freq. after numerals, δεύτερον αὖ, τρίτον αὖ, etc., Hom.;

τὸν δὲ πέμπτον αὖ λέγω A.Th.526

, cf. Ch. 1066 (lyr.); in a question, expressing impatience, τίς δὴ αὖ τοι . . ; Il.1.540.

II generally, again, i.e. further, moreover, ib.2.493, etc.;

καὶ ἔτι γε αὖ Pl.Tht. 192b

.

2 on the other hand, following δέ, τούτῳ μὲν . . τούτῳ δ' αὖ . . Il.4.417; also, in turn, οἳ δ' ἄρα . . Ἠλίδα δῖαν ἔναιον . . τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν ib.2.618;

ἥξει γὰρ ἄλλος αὖ τιμάορος A.Ag.1280

: hence = δέ, even when μέν precedes, Il.11.109, Od.4.211; freq. joined with

δέ, ὃν δ' αὖ δήμου τ' ἄνδρα ἴδοι Il.2.198

;

ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δ' αὖ σοφή A.Ag.1295

, cf. Eu.954 (lyr.);

ὁ μὲν ἥμαρτε ὁ δ' αὖ . . κατειργάσατο X.Cyr.4.6.4

;

οὐκ . . οὐδ' αὖ S.OT1373

, El.911, cf. Pl.Tht.160b: with τε, X.Cyr.1.1.1, Pl.Prt.326a, etc.

III in pleon. phrases, esp. in Trag. (v. αὖθις, ἔμπαλιν, πάλιν)

, μάλ' αὖ A.Eu.254

, S.El.1410.

IV on the contrary,

ἆρ' ὀρθῶς . . ἢ αὖ; Pl.R.468a

.

V of Place, backward, only in the incorrect orthography αὖ ἔρυσαν, cf. αὐερύω.—Not placed first in a sentence. [[pron. full] ᾰυ before a vowel, Pl.Com.153.3, Archestr. ap. Ath.6.300e (both hex.).] (Cf. αὐτάρ, αὖτε, αὖτις, Lat. aut.)