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αὖ

au

again, anew, afresh, once more

Appears 169 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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 δʼ αὖ . . Il. 4.417; also, in turn, οἳ δʼ 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 δʼ αὖ δήμου τʼ ἄνδρα ἴδοι Il. 2.198; ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δʼ αὖ σοφή A. Ag. 1295, cf. Eu. 954 (lyr.); ὁ μὲν ἥμαρτε ὁ δʼ αὖ . . κατειργάσατο X. Cyr. 4.6.4; οὐκ . . οὐδʼ αὖ S. OT 1373, 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) , μάλʼ αὖ A. Eu. 254, S. El. 1410. IV. on the contrary, ἆρʼ 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. [ᾰυ before a vowel, Pl.Com. 153.3, Archestr. ap. Ath. 6.300e (both hex.).] (Cf. αὐτάρ, αὖτε, αὖτις, Lat. aut.)
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