Greek conjunction
καί
καί is a Greek conjunction. In the 28 analysed lines it was read in, it means “and” (35 times), “also” (3 times), “even” (2 times) and “but” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from καί to the words it goes with.
Βορέας καὶ Ἥλιος περὶ δυνάμεως ἤριζον·
Boreas and Helios contended concerning their power.
καὶ: joins Ἥλιος to what comes before.
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
καὶ: joins ἦν to what comes before.
ἐγὼ δ’ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην, οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον.
So I myself, under their influence, almost forgot myself, so persuasively did they speak.
καὶ: joins αὐτὸς to what comes before.
Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος·
From Darius and Parysatis two sons are born: the elder Artaxerxes, the younger Cyrus.
καὶ: joins Παρυσάτιδος to what comes before.
Ἀλώπηξ λιμώττουσα ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἐπί τινος ἀναδενδράδος βότρυας κρεμαμένους, ἠβουλήθη αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἡδύνατο·
A fox, being hungry, when she saw grapes hanging on a certain vine, wished to get possession of them, but she could not.
καὶ: joins ἡδύνατο to what comes before.
πολλῶν δ’ ἀνθρώπων ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, πολλὰ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ πάθεν…
He saw the cities of many men and knew their minds; he suffered many pains on the sea in his heart, striving for his own life and the return of his comrades.
καὶ: joins νόον to what comes before.
…κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν’ ὤνηρ, ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι ἰσδάνει καὶ πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνείσας ὐπακούει καὶ γελαίσας ἰμέροεν, τό μ’…
That man seems to me to be equal to the gods, whoever sits facing you and listens close by to you speaking sweetly and laughing charmingly, which truly set the heart in my breast fluttering.
καὶ: joins ὐπακούει to what comes before.
…Πελιάδας κόρας πατέρα κατῴκει τήνδε γῆν Κορινθίαν ξὺν ἀνδρὶ καὶ τέκνοισιν, ἁνδάνουσα μὲν φυγῇ πολιτῶν ὧν ἀφίκετο χθόνα, αὐτή…
Nor would she now be living in this Corinthian land with her husband and children, having persuaded the daughters of Pelias to kill their father, pleasing the citizens to whose land she came in exile, and herself agreeing with Jason in everything.
καὶ: joins τέκνοισιν to what comes before.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| καὶ | Conjunction | 41 |
Words it goes with
Joined to καί by an arc in these lines, most often first.