Greek particle
ἄν
ἄν is a Greek particle. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “(would)”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ἄν to the words it goes with.
εἰ μὲν γὰρ τοῦτο λέγουσιν, ὁμολογοίην ἂν ἔγωγε οὐ κατὰ τούτους εἶναι ῥήτωρ.
For if that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator – though not after their fashion.
ἂν: tells how or when about ὁμολογοίην.
ἔδοξε δὲ αὐτοῖς ἐκείνῳ τὴν νίκην ἀπονεῖμαι, ὃς ἂν αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπον ὁδοιπόρον ἐκδύσῃ.
It seemed good to them to assign the victory to him, whichever of them should strip a traveling man.
ἂν: tells how or when about ἐκδύσῃ.
οὐ γὰρ ἂν δέσποιν’ ἐμὴ Μήδεια πύργους γῆς ἔπλευσ’ Ἰωλκίας ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσ’ Ἰάσονος·
For my mistress Medea would not have sailed to the towers of Iolchian land, her heart struck with love for Jason.
ἂν: tells how or when about ἔπλευσ’.
…μήτε λυπεῖν μήτε λίαν ἐπ’ ἐκείνῃ εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν ἐθέλῃ ποιεῖν, ἐφύλαττόν τε ὡς οἷόν τε ἦν, καὶ…
For I, O Athenians, since it seemed good to me to marry and I brought a wife into the house, for all the other time I behaved so as neither to grieve nor to be overly dependent on her to do whatever she might wish, and I kept watch as much as was possible, and I paid attention as was fitting.
ἂν: tells how or when about ἐθέλῃ.
οὐδ’ ἂν κτανεῖν πείσασα Πελιάδας κόρας πατέρα κατῴκει τήνδε γῆν Κορινθίαν…
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.
ἂν: tells how or when about κατῴκει.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| ἂν | Particle | 5 |