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μέντοιpostpos.adv. and conjμέντοι1 affirmativeto be sure, indeed, in truthThgn.dub. Hdt. Trag. Ar. Pl.τοιοῦτον μέντοι ... ἔστι τὸ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σοφόν τε καὶ τέλειον ἄνδρα εἶναιthis is indeed how it is, to be a truly wise and accomplished manPl.εὖ μέντοι λέγειςyou certainly make a good pointAr. adversativeall the same, however, neverthelessHdt. S. E. Th. Att.orats.τὸ μέντοι μέλλον οὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖνwhat is to come, however, I cannot guessE.οὐ μέντοι γε ὑμᾶς, ὦ ἄνδρες, ἀξιῶ ἐγὼ ὧν ὀμωμόκατε παραβῆναι οὐδένnevertheless, comrades, I will not ask you to violate any oath that you have swornX. progressive or connectivewell, now, thenHdt. Trag. Th.οἱ μέντοι Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἄσμενοι ἔλαβον πρόφασιν στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Θηβαίουςnow the Spartans were keen to grasp a pretext for going on campaign against the Thebans X.ταύτας μέντοι σὺ θεὰς οὔσας οὐκ ᾔδεις οὐδ’ ἐνόμιζες;so you didn't realise that they were goddesses, or believe in them?Ar.

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however, nevertheless; of course (answers)

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