ἢ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἢ

   ê

   than
2. sentence🔊 πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος

   pros hous a-pe-KRI-thên HO-ti ouk ES-tin E-thos rhō-ma-I-ois kha-RI-dzeS-THAI TI-na AN-thrō-pon prin ê ho ka-tê-go-ROU-me-nos ka-TA PRO-sō-pon E-khoi tous ka-tê-GO-rous TO-pon te a-po-lo-GI-as LA-boi pe-RI tou en-KLÊ-ma-tos

   to whom I answered that not it is a custom for Romans to grant someone a man before than the the one being accused face to face face might have the accusers a place and of defense might receive concerning the charge

Exegesis

The temporal conjunction prin ē {πρὶν ἢ | prìn ē} ‘before’ introduces a prior condition leading to two subjunctive verbs: echoi {ἔχοι | échoi} ‘he should have’ and laboi {λάβοι | láboi} ‘he should receive’, with the nominative kategoroumenos {κατηγορούμενος | katēgoróumenos} ‘the accused’ placed before for emphasis.

Root and etymology

katēgoreō🔊 κατηγορέωkappa–alpha–tau–ēta–gamma–omicron–rho–epsilon–omega

“to accuse publicly”

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