κέ, κέν : enclitic modal
adv. indicating a condition; essentially equivalent to ἄν, but of more frequent occurrence, esp. in
affirmative sentences, and sometimes found in combination with ἄν,
Il. 11.187, Il. 13.127, Il. 24.437,
Od. 5.361, ζ
259, Od. 9.334. Homer uses
κέν, like ἄν, with the fut. indic. and w. the subj. in independent
sentences, καί κέ τις ὧδ᾽ ἐρέει,
‘thus many a one will be like to say,’ Il. 4.176
; ἐγὼ δέ κ᾽ ἄγω Βρι_σηΐδα,
‘just as certainly will I,’ etc., Il. 1.184. With inf., Il. 22.110. See ἄν.