αὖ

A. again, anew, afresh, once more, Il. 1.540, etc.: freq. after numerals, δεύτερον αὖ, τρίτον αὖ, etc., Hom.; τὸν δὲ πέμπτον αὖ λέγω A. Th. 526, cf. Ch. 1066 (lyr.); in a question, expressing impatience, τίς δὴ αὖ τοι . . ; Il. 1.540.

II. generally, again, i.e. further, moreover, ib.2.493, etc.; καὶ ἔτι γε αὖ Pl. Tht. 192b.

2. on the other hand, following δέ, τούτῳ μὲν . . τούτῳ δ’ αὖ . . Il. 4.417; also, in turn, οἳ δ’ ἄρα . . Ἠλίδα δῖαν ἔναιον . . τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν ib.2.618; ἥξει γὰρ ἄλλος αὖ τιμάορος A. Ag. 1280: hence = δέ, even when μέν precedes, Il. 11.109, Od. 4.211; freq. joined with δέ, ὃν δ’ αὖ δήμου τ’ ἄνδρα ἴδοι Il. 2.198; ὦ πολλὰ μὲν τάλαινα πολλὰ δ’ αὖ σοφή A. Ag. 1295, cf. Eu. 954 (lyr.); ὁ μὲν ἥμαρτε ὁ δ’ αὖ . . κατειργάσατο X. Cyr. 4.6.4; οὐκ . . οὐδ’ αὖ S. OT 1373, El. 911, cf. Pl. Tht. 160b: with τε, X. Cyr. 1.1.1, Pl. Prt. 326a, etc.

III. in pleon. phrases, esp. in Trag. (v. αὖθις, ἔμπαλιν, πάλιν), μάλ’ αὖ A. Eu. 254, S. El. 1410.

IV. on the contrary, ἆρ’ ὀρθῶς . . ἢ αὖ; Pl. R. 468a.

V. of Place, backward, only in the incorrect orthography αὖ ἔρυσαν, cf. αὐερύω.—Not placed first in a sentence. [αυ before a vowel, Pl.Com. 153.3, Archestr. ap. Ath. 6.300e (both hex.).] (Cf. αὐτάρ, αὖτε, αὖτις, Lat. aut.)