ἄν
Definition
Modal particle marking contingency or generality: “would,” “might,” “could,” often used with the optative or with past indicative to express potentiality or unreality. With relative or temporal clauses it generalizes (“whoever/whenever”), and with imperatives it can soften the command.
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Grammatical Analysis
"ἄν"
Function: modal/conditional particle (ἄν); marks potentiality or contingency; typically used with the subjunctive (in general/indefinite or future-more-vivid conditions) and with the optative (potential optative), and in some contexts with indicatives/infinitives/participles to express non-factual or contingent force depending on construction
Related Forms of ἄν
3 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: