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ἤγουν

egoun

that is to say, or rather

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What it meant

ἤγουν · ēgoun — LSJ

that is to say, or rather, or at any rate, or

that is to say, or rather, to define a word more correctly, freq. in glosses, cf. Eust. 50.15, Lyd. Mens. 4.23, etc.: sts. introduced into the text, κακὰ πάντα [ἤγουν τήν τε ἀπεψίην] καί . . Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 49 (ii 491 L.); διὰ ξηρότητα [ἤγουν χαυνότητα] τῆς γῆς X. Oec. 19.11: in late Prose, or at any rate, PMasp. 328 i 20 (vi A.D.), al.: generally, or, POxy. 941.5 (vi A.D.).

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