Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄν

Particle; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄν

Sense

  1. quicunque, perchance
  2. might, might
  3. he came, he would have come, may he come, he would come
  4. would be, would have been, were or had been, would, have been, would have, could have, if you had tried), might perhaps
  5. will perchance
  6. I will
  7. would be, he would have, might perhaps
  8. could, if they should try), I should, I should, vellem
  9. may
  10. would, would, would, if they should do this, would, would, things which are not and never could happen, would
  11. a condition fulfilled whenever an opportunity offered, there

Examples

  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ. ᾗ δ̓ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:17)
  • ᾔδει γὰρ ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ, διανοιχθήσονται ὑμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἔσεσθε ὡσ θεοί, γινώσκοντεσ καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:5)
  • οἱ δὲ γίγαντεσ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ. καὶ μετ̓ ἐκεῖνο, ὡσ ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸσ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖσ. ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντεσ οἱ ἀπ̓ αἰῶνοσ, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:4)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ γένοσ ἓν καὶ χεῖλοσ ἓν πάντων, καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι, καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:6)
  • ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριοσ τῷ Ἅβραμ. ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ σου καὶ ἐκ τῆσ συγγενείασ σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρόσ σου καὶ δεῦρο εἰσ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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