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τοὔνεκα

touneka

for that reason, therefore

Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

τοὔνεκα, crasis for τοῦ ἕνεκα,
for that reason, therefore, Il. 1.291, al., Hes. Op. 49, Pi. O. 1.65; also τοὔνεκεν, Xenoph. 2.19, A.R. 1.1354, D.P. 950, etc.
II. interrog., for τίνος ἕνεκα; wherefore? APl. 16.275.11 (Posidipp.).
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