άν | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A modal particle marking contingency or potentiality, typically used with the subjunctive or optative to express “would,” “might,” or “ever/at any time.” It also appears in conditional, relative, and generalizing clauses to indicate an indefinite or hypothetical sense.

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Grammatical Analysis

"άν"

Form: άν

Normalized form: ἄν

Function: modal particle marking contingency/potentiality; typically used with the subjunctive in indefinite/conditional clauses and with the optative to express potentiality; also used in contrafactual (unreal) conditions with past indicative + ἄν

Related Forms of ἄν

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἂν particle αν particle καν particle ἄν particle

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