επεί | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A subordinating conjunction meaning **“when”** or **“after (that)”** in temporal sense, and more commonly **“since,” “seeing that”** introducing a cause or ground. It can also serve inferentially as **“then, in that case.”**

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Grammatical Analysis

"επεί"

Type: subordinating

Function: introduces a temporal clause ('when, after') or a causal clause ('since, because'); often takes the indicative for factual time/cause, and may take the optative in past general constructions

Related Forms of ἐπεί

10 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἐπεὶ conjunction epeide conjunction Epei conjunction επει conjunction επει δε conjunction + particle Ἐπεὶ conjunction ἐπειδὴ conjunction επ preposition ἐπει conjunction επεί δε conjunctional phrase (subordinating conjunction + ...

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