Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μῶν

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μῶν

Sense

  1. but surely not? is it so?

Examples

  • μῶν δ’ οὖν κἀμὲ ξενίασ διώκεισ ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 6:9)
  • Μῶν ὅτι ὁ Ζεὺσ ἐραστὴσ τῆσ παιδὸσ ἐκ πολ λοῦ; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 113)
  • μῶν, Φοῖβε Παιάν, σὸν γεραίρουσιν σέβασ; (Lucian, 19)
  • "μῶν παρὰ Ὀνομακρίτῳ ; (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 3:3)
  • μῶν τισ λόχοσ ἐκ νυκτῶν; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests17)

Synonyms

  1. but surely not? is it so?

Related

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

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