κἀν

"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.