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οὔκουν

oukoun-2

certainly not, at any rate . . not

Appears 79 times across Plato's dialogues.

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οὔκουν, Ion. οὔκων, Adv., (οὐκ, οὖν): I. in direct negation, certainly not, at any rate . . not, freq. with stress on the word which follows οὖν, οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτʼ ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν the Atridae (emphat.) certainly did not consent . . , S. Ph. 872; οὔκουν μʼ ἐν Ἄργει γʼ οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar. Eq. 465; οὔκουν . . γε is the neg. of γοῦν, οὔκουν ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ A. Pr. 324, cf. S. Ant. 321, 993, Ph. 907, 1389, E. IA 9, IT 516, Th. 2.43, Pl. Sph. 241c, Phdr. 258c, X. Mem. 4.2.10; οὔκουν ἀπολείψομαί γέ σου . . , εὶ τοῦτο λέγεις I will not desert (emphat.) you, if that is what you mean, Id. Cyr. 4.1.23; οὔκουν γʼ ἂν οἶμαι . . εἰπεῖν τινα . . Pl. Phd. 70b; ἐγὼ τοίνυν κινδυνεύω ἐκτὸς τῶν πάντων εἶναι· οὔκουν ἱκανῶς γε ἔχω . . συμβαλέσθαι at any rate I can- not guess . . , Id. R. 398c, cf. Lg. 807a, 810e. 2. where οὖν has a resumptive force, οὔκουν ἀπιστεῖν εἰκός accordingly, it is unreasonable to disbelieve . . , Th. 1.10 (referring back to οὐκ ἄν τις ἀπιστοίη ibid.); so οὐκ ἂν οὖν νήσων ἐκράτει . . εἰ μὴ ναυτικὸν εἶχε ib.9; οὔκουν χρή Id. 2.11; with inferential force, οὔκουν τοῦτο δεῖ δεικνύναι, ὅτι . . , ἀλλʼ ὅτι . . therefore one ought to prove not that . . , but that . . , Arist. Ph. 213a31, cf. Ar. Ra. 1065; οὔκουν οἶδα so I donʼt know, Pl. Cra. 384b. II. in impassioned questions, almost = οὐ alone, οὔκουν, Προμηθεῦ, τοῦτο γιγνώσκεις, ὅτι . . ; A. Pr. 379, cf. Eu. 725; οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι ; S. OT 973; οὔκουν τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, δεινά ; Id. Ph. 628, cf. E. IT 1190, 1196, Ar. Eq. 820, Lys. 10.12,13, Is. 5.34, 11.13, Aeschin. 1.85, 2.87, al. (sts., but prob. wrongly, written οὐκοῦν or οὐκ οὖν): sts. separately, οὐ δεινὸν οὖν δῆτʼ . . ; Ar. Eq. 875: freq. with 2sg. fut., to express an urgent or impatient imper., οὔκουν ἐπείξῃ τῷδε δεσμὰ περιβαλεῖν ; A. Pr. 52; οὔκουν μʼ ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ ; S. OT 676, cf. Ant. 244, Ar. Ra. 200, Pl. 71, Pl. Smp. 175a: also with τις and 3sg. fut., οὔκουν τις ὡς τάχιστα . . ἀναγκάσει . . ; S. OC 897; or opt. with ἄν, οὔκουν ἂν εἴποις . . ; Id. Aj. 1051: with neg. repeated, οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδʼ ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαί με ; Id. El. 630. 2. in replies, where the speaker seizes an opening offered by the previous speaker, οὔκουν ὅμαιμος χὠ καταντίον θανών; well, and is not he who died facing him your brother too? Id. Ant. 512; οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος εἰς ἐχθροὺς γελᾶν; well, and is not the sweetest laughter to laugh over oneʼs enemies? Id. Aj. 79; ἴτʼ ἐγκονεῖτε, σπεύδεθʼ, ὡς ὁ καιρὸς οὐχὶ μέλλειν. Answ. οὔκουν ὁρᾷς ὁρμωμένους ἡμᾶς πάλαι προθύμως ; Ar. Pl. 257, cf. 916, 1031, Ra. 27, 89, 1139, V. 171. III. in Ion. Prose ὦν (freq. with little meaning) is inserted between οὐκ and a Verb (as elsewh. between a Prep. and a Verb, v. οὖν II.2), ταῦτα λέγοντες, τοὺς Κροτωνιήτας οὐκ ὦν ἔπειθον Hdt. 3.137, cf. 138; οὐκ ὦν δὴ ἔπειθε however, he failed to persuade her, Id. 1.11, cf. 24,59,al.
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