ajmfwvh"
ajmf-wvh" , e" , ( ou\" ) = a[mf-wto" , Theocr.
a[mfwto"
a[mf-wto" , on , ( ou\" ) two-eared, two handled, Od.
ajmwvmhto"
aj-mwvmhto" , on , ( mwmavomai ) unblamed, blameless, Il., etc. :— Adv. -tw" , Hdt.
a[mwmo"
a[-mwmo" , on , without blame, blameless, Hdt ., Aesch.
aJmw`", jAmwv"
aJmw`" or ajmw`" , Adv. from obsol. aJmov" = ti;" , only in compd. ajmw"-gev-pw" , in some way or other, Ar ., Plat.
a[n, [AN
[AN »a±1/4 , Ep. and Lyr. ke or ken , Dor. ka ( a<Eth> ), conditional Particle. In Att. , it is not joined with pres. or pf. indic. , nor with imper. of any tense. Three uses of a[n must be distinguished in practice: A. in combination with Conjunctions and Relatives. B. in Apodosis. C. in Iterative sentences.
A.
in combinations with Conjunctions and Relatives:
I.
such words are regularly foll. by the
subj.
, viz.
ejavn
( =
eij a[n
)
, h[n, a[n, ejpeavn
( =
ejpei; a[n
)
, ejphvn
;
o}" a[n
quicunque,
pri;n a[n
,
etc.
;
ejpeidavn, o{tan, oJpovtan
: the protasis generally has a
fut.
in apodosis,
eij dev ken w}" e[rxh/", gnwvsh/
if
perchance
thou do thus, thou shalt know, Il.
II. in Ep. sometimes with Opt. , w{" ke doivh w|/ kÆ ejqevloi that he might give her to whomsoever he might please, Od.: in such cases ke or a[n does not affect the Verb.
III.
in
Ep.
, sometimes with
eij
and Indic.,
oi{ kev me timhvsousi
Il.
IV.
in late Greek,
ejavn
,
etc.
, take Indic.,
eja;n oi[damen
N.T.
B.
combined I
N
A
PODOSIS
with the Verb, denoting that the assertion is dependent on some condition;
h\lqen
he came,
h\lqen a[n
he would have come;
e[lqoi
may he come,
e[lqoi a[n
he would come:
I.
with Indic.:
1.
with
impf.
and
aor.
, the protasis implies non-fulfilment of a condition, and the apod. expresses what
would be
or
would have been
the case if the condition
were
or
had been
fulfilled. The
impf.
with
a[n
refers to continued action in present or past time, the
aor.
generally to action in past time;
oujk a]n nhvswn ejkravtei, eij mh; nautiko;n ei\cen
he
would
not
have been
master of islands if. he had not had a fleet,
Thuc.
;
eij tauvthn e[sce th;n gnwvmhn, oujde;n a]n e[praxen
if he had come to this opinion, he
would have
accomplished nothing,
Dem.
:—the protasis is often understood,
ouj ga;r h\n o{ ti a]n ejpoiei`te
for there was nothing which you
could have
done (i.e.
if you had tried),
Id.:—hence the Indic. with
a[n
represents a potential mood;
h\lqe tou`to tou[neido" tacÆ a[n
this reproach
might perhaps
have come,
Soph.
2. in Ep. , with fut. indic ., so as to modify the simple fut. ; kaiv kev ti" w|dÆ ejrevei and some one will perchance speak thus, Il.
II. with Subj., in Ep. , much like fut. indic ., eij dev ke mh; dwvh/sin, ejgw; dev ken aujto;" e{lwmai , i.e. I will
take her myself, Ib.
III. with Opt. :