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
5 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: