εἴτε1
εἴτε, Dor.
αἴτε, generally doubled,
εἴτε..εἴτε.., Lat.
A). sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated,
S. El. 606 ;
εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτε.. Id. OT 1049 ;
εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. A. Ag. 843 ;
εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτ’ οὖν.. Id. Ch. 683 ;
εἴτε.., εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν.. S. Ph. 345 ;
εἴτε.., εἴτ’ αὖ.. Pl. Phlb. 34b ;
εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. Id. R. 471d : with Substantives,
τὴν εἴθ’ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu. 2.1089d : the first
εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets,
ξεῖνος, αἴτ’ ὦν ἀστός Pi. P. 4.78 ;
αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις A. Ag. 1403 ;
μύραινά γ’, εἴτ’ ἔχιδν’ ἔφυ Id. Ch. 1002 ;
λόγοισιν, εἴτ’ ἔργοισιν S. OT 517 , cf.
Tr. 236 ; and even in Prose,
πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται Pl. Lg. 864a , cf.
907d ,
Sph. 224e : the first
εἴτε is sts. replaced by
εἰ, as
εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat.
utrum..an.., v.l. in
Hdt. 3.35 ;
εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. A. Ch. 768 ;
εἰ..εἴτε μή Id. Eu. 468 ;
εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. X. Cyr. 2.1.7 ; sts.
ἤ (
ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in
Il. 2.349 ) stands for the second
εἴτε, E. El. 896 ,
Pl. Phdr. 277d ,
IG 1.40.5 ; or for the first,
S. Aj. 178 (lyr.),
E. Alc. 115 (lyr.);
εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf.
εἰ), v.l. in
Archyt. ap
Stob. 3.1.105 .
II). in indirect questions,
Od. 3.90 , etc.;
σκοπεῖτε εἴτ’ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ’ εἴτε μή D. 15.11 .
ShortDef
whether..or (regardless of whether A or B)
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
εἴτε
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ειτε1
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-31564
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εἴτε</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">αἴτε</span>, generally doubled, <span class="foreign greek">εἴτε..εἴτε..,</span> Lat. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..,</span> so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:606" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:606/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 606 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτε..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1049" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1049/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1049 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτε καί..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:843" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:843/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 843 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτ’ οὖν.., εἴτ’ οὖν..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:683" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:683/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 683 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτε.., εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 345 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτε.., εἴτ’ αὖ..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:34b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:34b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 34b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:471d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:471d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 471d </a> : with Substantives, <span class="quote greek">τὴν εἴθ’ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1089d </span> : the first <span class="foreign greek">εἴτε</span> is sts. omitted in Poets, <span class="quote greek">ξεῖνος, αἴτ’ ὦν ἀστός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.78 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1403/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1403 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μύραινά γ’, εἴτ’ ἔχιδν’ ἔφυ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1002" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1002/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 1002 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λόγοισιν, εἴτ’ ἔργοισιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:517" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:517/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 517 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:236/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 236 </a> ; and even in Prose, <span class="quote greek">πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:864a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 864a </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:907d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:907d/canonical-url/"> 907d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:224e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 224e </a> : the first <span class="foreign greek">εἴτε</span> is sts. replaced by <span class="foreign greek">εἰ,</span> as <span class="foreign greek">εἰ..εἴτε..,</span> Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">utrum..an..,</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰ.. εἴτε καί..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:768" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:768/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 768 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰ..εἴτε μή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:468" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:468/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 468 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.1.7 </a> ; sts. <span class="foreign greek">ἤ</span> (<span class="foreign greek">ἠὲ καί..</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.349/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.349 </a>) stands for the second <span class="foreign greek">εἴτε,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:896" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:896/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 896 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:277d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:277d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 277d </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 1.40.5 </span> ; or for the first, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 178 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 115 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">εἴτε.. εἴτε..,</span> c. subj. (cf. <span class="foreign greek">εἰ</span>), v.l. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archyt.</span> </span> ap <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 3.1.105 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in indirect questions, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.90 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">σκοπεῖτε εἴτ’ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ’ εἴτε μή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg015.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg015.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 15.11 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}