ἐπειδὰν | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

a conjunction meaning “when, after” (temporal), and also “since, seeing that” (causal); often introduces a clause giving the time or reason for what follows.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἐπειδὰν"

Type: subordinating conjunction

Components: ἐπεί + ἄν

Function: introduces a temporal subordinate clause; with ἄν regularly takes the subjunctive to express an indefinite/future time ('whenever/when(ever)')

Verb class check: not applicable (not a verb; therefore neither -μι nor standard)

Related Forms of ἐπεί

11 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 + ... επεί conjunction

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