ἤγουν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

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 Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“ἤγουν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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