[*] 452. Subjunctive with ken or a)/n as a form of independent statement. The subjunctive with “κεν” or “ἄν” is occasionally used in HOMER as a form of independent statement. The negative is “οὐ”. “ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι”, HOM. Il. 1.137; I will take it myself. “οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις”, 3.54; Of no avail to thee shall the cithern be.
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