Greek particle
οὖν
οὖν is a Greek particle. In the 4 analysed lines it was read in, it means “therefore” (3 times) and “then, therefore” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from οὖν to the words it goes with.
ὁ μὲν οὖν πρεσβύτερος παρὼν ἐτύγχανε·
Therefore, the elder happened to be present.
οὖν: tells how or when about ἐτύγχανε.
ἐν μὲν οὖν τῷ πρώτῳ χρόνῳ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, πασῶν ἦν βελτίστη·
Therefore, in the first period, O Athenians, she was the best of all.
οὖν: goes with ἦν.
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.
οὖν: goes with ἐπελαθόμην.
ἀναβαίνει οὖν ὁ Κῦρος λαβὼν Τισσαφέρνην ὡς φίλον, καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἔχων ὁπλίτας ἀνέβη τριακοσίους, ἄρχοντα δὲ αὐτῶν Ξενίαν Παρράσιον.
Cyrus therefore goes up, taking Tissaphernes as a friend, and he went up having three hundred hoplites of the Greeks, and Xenia the Parrhasian as their commander.
οὖν: goes with ἀναβαίνει.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| οὖν | Particle | 4 |
Words it goes with
Joined to οὖν by an arc in these lines, most often first.