γοῦν

A. at least then, freq. scarcely distinguishable from simple γε: twice in Hom. (with a second γε added), εἴ γ’ οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν Il. 5.258; μὴ ἐμέ γ’ οὖν οὗτός γε 16.30 (so ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε . . σοφώτερος εἶναι Pl. Ap. 21d); freq. later, δοκέων πάγχυ δευτερεῖα γῶν οἴσεσθαι Hdt. 1.31; γνώσει . . ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν A. Ag. 1425, cf. 432 (lyr.), etc.; freq. in adducing an instance, or a fact giving rise to a presumption, Heraclit. 58, Th. 1.2, X. Cyr. 1.5.8; τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνον in past time at all events, D. 20.16; emphasizing a personal or possessive pronoun, τὸ γ. ἐμόν S. OT 626, cf. Ant. 45; introducing an apodosis, Pl. Alc. 1.112b; simply emphatic, why yes, E. Ph. 618, Pl. Sph. 219d, etc.; each Particle has its full force in τὰς γοῦν Ἀθήνας οἶδα well (οὖν), I know Athens (γε), S. OC 24:—freq. separated by a word, πάνυ γ’ ἂν οὖν Ar. Ec. 806, cf. Th. 1.76, etc.:— rarely γε οὖν in full, D.H. 2.56 codd. (The negat. form is οὔκουν . . γε.)