επει δε | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A subordinating conjunction meaning “when, after” (temporal) or “since, because” (causal); also used inferentially as “since then, seeing that.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"επει δε"

Επει: {'part_of_speech': 'conjunction', 'type': 'subordinating', 'function': 'introduces a temporal/causal subordinate clause (‘when/since/after’), regularly with indicative mood in its clause'}

Δε: {'part_of_speech': 'particle', 'function': 'postpositive connective particle marking transition or mild contrast (‘but/and/now’)'}

Note on verb instruction: No verb form is present in the given string, so -μι vs. standard verb classification is not applicable.

Related Forms of ἐπεί

6 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἐπεὶ conjunction Epei conjunction epeide conjunction Ἐπεὶ conjunction ἐπειδὴ conjunction επει conjunction

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