ἤγουν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἤ (ḗ, “or, than”) +‎ γε (ge, “indeed, in fact, at least”) +‎ οὖν (oûn, “therefore, so, then”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ɡuːn/ → /ˈi.ɣun/ → /ˈi.ɣun/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ɡuːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.ɡun/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɣun/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɣun/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɣun/

Conjunction

ἤγουν • (ḗgoun)

1. that is to say; or rather

   ὁρμᾶσθαι/ὁρμᾶν, ἤγουν ἐπέρχεσθαι ― hormâsthai/hormân, ḗgoun epérkhesthai ― to rush or hasten, that is to say, to come upon

Synonyms

• τουτέστιν (toutéstin)
• δηλαδή (diladí)
• ήτοι (ítoi)

Further reading

• ἤγουν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἤγουν”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἤγουν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press