θην

then

in truth, I ween

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 13
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2276
Book 8 1
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8448
Book 9 1
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9394
Book 10 1
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10104
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11365
Book 13 2
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13620
13813
Book 14 1
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14480
Book 15 1
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15288
Book 16 1
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16852
Book 17 1
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1729
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20452
Book 21 1
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21568
Odyssey 3
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3352
Book 5 1
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5211
Book 16 1
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1691

Dictionary (LSJ)

θην, enclit. Particle (A.D. Conj. 257.9) chiefly Ep. and Dor., rare in Trag., A. Pr. 928:—

in truth, I ween, freq. ironical, λείψετέ θ. νέας Il. 13.620; ὥς θ. καὶ σὸν ἐγὼ λύσω μένος 17.29, cf. 21.568; strengthd., ἦ θ. in very truth, 11.365, 13.813; οὔ θ. surely not, 2.276, Od. 5.211; οὔ θ. δή 3.352; καὶ γάρ θ. Il. 21.568: coupled with γα, Epich. 34, Sophr. 24: freq. in Theoc., 1.97, al.; once in Call., Aet. Oxy. 2079.46 [Fr. 17.5 Pf. (?)].

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