κἀν
Lemma: καί
conjunction
conjunction
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Added Oct 10, 2025
Definition
kaí (and) is a coordinating conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses. It also carries additive senses such as “also” or “even,” and in correlative constructions can express “both … and.”
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Grammatical Analysis
"κἀν"
Composition: κἀν is a crasis (contraction) of καί ('and/even/also') + ἐν ('in').
Meaning: and in, even in, also in
Syntactic note: κἀν typically introduces a prepositional phrase and functions as a conjunction with a following dative noun.
Special notes: Not inflected; used especially in poetry and later prose. Crasis is indicated by the smooth breathing accent and sometimes an apostrophe in manuscripts.
Related Forms of καί
11 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: