κε

κε, also [full] κεν, [dialect] Ep., Lesb., Cypr. (Inscr.Cypr.135.10 H., al.), Thess. (IG9(2).517.13, al. ([place name] Larissa)); always enclitic,

A = ἄν and κᾱ (qq.v.);

οὐκ ἄν . . ἀλλά κεν Il.13.290

;

οὐκ ἄν . . οὐδέ κε 19.272

, al.; both coupled,

ἄν κεν 11.187

, Od.5.361, Parm.8.19, etc.; [

ὄσσα] κε θέλῃ Sapph. Supp.1.3

; τί κεν ποείην; Ead.Oxy.1787 Fr.1 + 2.16; κεν ἄν dub. in IGRom.4.1302.51 ([place name] Cyme); εἴ κ' ἄν (more prob. εἰκ ἄν) IG5(2).6 (Tegea, iv B.C.); κε repeated, Od.4.733.