Crit., 53a καὶ

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Constantinus Philo
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ἐὰν ἡμῖν γε πείθῃ, ὦ Σώκρατες: καὶ οὐ καταγέλαστός γε ἔσῃ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξελθών. I am not sure how to understand this καὶ.
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here it looks like Russian то
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νῦν δὲ δὴ οὐκ ἐμμενεῖς τοῖς ὡμολογημένοις; ἐὰν ἡμῖν γε πείθῃ, ὦ Σώκρατες: καὶ οὐ καταγέλαστός γε ἔσῃ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξελθών.

You just need to follow what they’re saying.

“Now then won’t you abide by our contract? [You will] if you listen to us; and then you won’t make yourself a laughingstock by leaving the city" [thereby breaking your agreement and all you’ve stood for all these years].
Note the two γε's.

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yes thanx what you wrote confirms that its similar to how the Russian то is used. I think I could make an addenda to the Russian grammar of Greek now.
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