μέν — Anabasis Mather

μέν (a weak form of μήν), postpositive adv., commonly correlative with a following δέ, or sometimes with ἀλλά, ἔπειτα, or μέντοι it may occasionally be rendered by on the one hand, and δέ by on the other, but far more frequently it is to be translated only by emphasizing the word with which it belongs, Idiomatic uses: ὁ μὲν, ὁ δέ, one... the other, pl. some... others, see also ὁ; ἀλλὰ μέν, but in point of fact, οὐ μὲν δή, and yet of course ... not, ταῦτα μὲν δή, THIS then.

ShortDef

on the one hand, on the other hand

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μέν

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μέν

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μεν

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1470

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-1472

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