μήν1
μήν, Dor.(
Epich. 78 , etc.), Aeol.(
Sapph. Supp. 23.5 , etc.), and old Ep.
μάν (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc.
Il. 5.895 ,
765 , whereas
μήν is folld. by a consonant exc. in
Il. 19.45 ; original
μάν has prob. been changed to
μέν exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations,
A). verily, truly; a synonym of
μέν but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause,
ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται and so
verily .. ,
Il. 23.410 ;
ἴστε μὰν .. ye know
doubtless,
Pi. I. 4(3).35 : freq. with imper.,
ἄγε μ. on
then,
Il. 1.302 ;
ἄγρει μάν 5.765 ;
ἄναγε μάν A. Ch. 963 (lyr.);
ἕπεο μάν S. OC 182 (lyr.).
II). after other Particles,
1). ἦ μήν,
now verily, full surely,
ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν Il. 2.291 , cf.
h.Ap. 87 ,
Hes. Sc. 101 ;
ἦ μάν Il. 2.370 ,
13.354 , Sapph.l.c.,
Pi. P. 4.40 , al.(
εἶ μάν IG 5 (
1 ).
1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd.,
ἦ δὴ μάν Il. 17.538 : freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf.,
ὄμνυσι δ’ ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν A. Th. 531 , cf.
S. Tr. 1186 ,
X. An. 2.3.26 : in negation,
ἦ μ. μή ..
Th. 8.81 , etc. (but also
ὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν SIG 527.36 (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause,
ὀμνύω .. , ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην X. An. 6.1.31 ;
καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα,. . ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον Pl. Ap. 22a .
2). καὶ μήν, sts. simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf.
Pi. N. 2.13 , etc.;
καὶ δὴ μάν Theoc. 7.120 : freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention,
καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον Od. 11.582 , cf.
593 ,
A. Pr. 459 ,
Pers. 406 , etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage,
here comes .. ,
Id. Th. 372 ,
E. El. 339 ; also
ὅδε μ. Αἵμων S. Ant. 626 (anap.), etc.; of new facts,
and besides, nay more,
καὶ μήν .. γε A. Pr. 982 , cf.
Ar. Pax 369 ,
X. Smp. 4.15 , etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments,
καὶ μήν .. γε Pl. Tht. 153b ,
D. 21.56 ; to introduce a counter-argument,
Ar. Nu. 1185 ,
Pl. Grg. 452c ;
καὶ μὴν καί D. 27.30 , etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent,
ἀλλ’ ἢν ἐφῇς μοι .. λέξαιμ’ ἂν ὀρθῶς. Answ.
καὶ μ. ἐφίημι well, I allow it,
S. El. 556 ;
μὴ νῦν διάτριβ’, ἀλλ’ ἄνυε πράττων .. Answ.
καὶ μ. βαδίζω Ar. Pl. 413 (v.l.), cf.
Ra. 895 ,
E. Hec. 317 ; so
καὶ μ.. . γε Pl. R. 426e , etc.
6). ὡς μήν, = ἦ μήν, ὀμμνύω Δία .. ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα Delph. 3(1).362 i 40 .
IV). with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to
μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει .. , ἔσται μὰν ὅτ’ ἄν ..
Il. 8.370 -
373 ;
οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι .. τεθνήξομεν A. Ag. 1279 ;
ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐπίστασθαι .. , οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ.
Pl. Phdr. 268e , cf.
Grg. 493c ,
R. 529e , etc.;
χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα Id. Tht. 142b ; expressed more strongly by
γε μ.,
Pi. P. 7.18 ,
A. Th. 1067 (anap.),
S. OC 587 ,
X. Cyr. 6.1.7 , etc.; also
οὐ μ.. . γε A. Pr. 270 ,
Th. 538 ;
οὐδὲ μ. ib.
809 ,
Ch. 189 ;
οὐ μ. οὐδέ nor yet indeed,
Th. 1.3 ,
82 , etc.;
οὐ μὰν οὐδέ Il. 4.512 ;
ἀλλ’ οὐ μὰν οὐδέ 23.441 :—on
οὐ μὴν ἀλλά, v.
ἀλλά 11.5 .
ShortDef
now verily, full surely
[month > μείς, μηνός]
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μήν</span>, Dor.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 78 </a>, etc.), Aeol.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:23.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 23.5 </a>, etc.), and old Ep. <span class="orth greek">μάν</span> (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:895" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.895/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.895 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:765" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:765/canonical-url/"> 765 </a>, whereas <span class="foreign greek">μήν</span> is folld. by a consonant exc. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.45 </a>; original <span class="foreign greek">μάν</span> has prob. been changed to <span class="foreign greek">μέν</span> exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">verily, truly</span>; a synonym of <span class="foreign greek">μέν</span> but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, <span class="foreign greek">ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται</span> and so <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">verily</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.410 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἴστε μὰν</span> .. ye know <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">doubtless</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 4(3).35 </a>: freq. with imper., <span class="foreign greek">ἄγε μ.</span> on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">then</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.302/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.302 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄγρει μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:765" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.765/canonical-url/"> 5.765 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄναγε μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:963" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:963/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 963 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἕπεο μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 182 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> after other Particles, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἦ μήν</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">now verily, full surely</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.291/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.291 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ap.</span> 87 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 101 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἦ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.370 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:354" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.354/canonical-url/"> 13.354 </a>, Sapph.l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.40 </a>, al.( <span class="quote greek">εἶ μάν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5 </span> (<span class="bibl"> 1 </span>).<span class="bibl"> 1390.27 </span> (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd., <span class="quote greek">ἦ δὴ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:538" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.538/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.538 </a> : freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ὄμνυσι δ’ ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:531" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:531/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 531 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1186/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1186 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 2.3.26 </a>: in negation, <span class="foreign greek">ἦ μ. μή</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.81 </a>, etc. (but also <span class="quote greek">ὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 527.36 </span> (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause, <span class="quote greek">ὀμνύω .. , ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.1.31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα,. . ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 22a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">καὶ μήν</span>, sts. simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 2.13 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">καὶ δὴ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.120 </a> : freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention, <span class="quote greek">καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:582" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.582/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.582 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:593" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:593/canonical-url/"> 593 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:459/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 459 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:406/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 406 </a>, etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">here comes</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:372/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 372 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:339" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:339/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 339 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">ὅδε μ. Αἵμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:626" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:626/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 626 </a> (anap.), etc.; of new facts, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">and besides, nay more</span>, <span class="quote greek">καὶ μήν .. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:982" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:982/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 982 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:369/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 369 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.15 </a>, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments, <span class="quote greek">καὶ μήν .. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:153b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:153b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 153b </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.56 </a>; to introduce a counter-argument, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1185 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:452c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:452c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 452c </a>; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μὴν καί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg027.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg027.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 27.30 </a> , etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλ’ ἢν ἐφῇς μοι .. λέξαιμ’ ἂν ὀρθῶς</span>. Answ. <span class="foreign greek">καὶ μ. ἐφίημι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well</span>, I allow it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:556" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:556/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 556 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ νῦν διάτριβ’, ἀλλ’ ἄνυε πράττων</span> .. Answ. <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ. βαδίζω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:413" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:413/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 413 </a> (v.l.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:895" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:895/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 895 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:317/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 317 </a>; so <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ.. . γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:426e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:426e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 426e </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλὰ μήν</span>, yet <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">truly</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 233 </span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλὰ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:765" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:765/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 765 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλὰ μήν .. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:258/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 258 </a> ; to allege something not disputed, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:187a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:187a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 187a </a>: rarely separated, <span class="quote greek">ἀλλ’ ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 28 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐγὼ μ.</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 401 </a>: more strongly, <span class="quote greek">ὅμως μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:297d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:297d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 297d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ναὶ μήν</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">above all</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:76:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:76.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 76.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐ μήν</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of a truth</span> not, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.52 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1068" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1068/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1068 </a>, etc.: elsewh. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐ μάν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:318" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.318/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.318 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ μάν</span> ( Att. <span class="foreign greek">μὴ μήν</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oh</span> do not, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.512/canonical-url/"> 8.512 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.476/canonical-url/"> 15.476 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλ’ οὐ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.41/canonical-url/"> 17.41 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλ’ οὐ μάν .. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:153/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 153 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲ μάν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.87 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ὡς μήν</span>, = <span class="ref greek">ἦ μήν, ὀμμνύω Δία .. ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Delph.</span> 3(1).362 </span> <span class="bibl"> i 40 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> after interrogatives, <span class="foreign greek">τί μ.</span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well</span>, what of it? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:203/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 203 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:145e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 145e </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τί μ. οὔ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well</span>, why not? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:706" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:706/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 706 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">τῶς μ.</span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well, but how</span> .. ? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:6:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.6.28 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τίνος μ. ἕνεκα</span>; ibid.; <span class="foreign greek">ποῦ μ.</span>; to express surprise, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:142a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:142a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 142a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλὰ πότε μήν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to <span class="foreign greek">μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει .. , ἔσται μὰν ὅτ’ ἄν</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.370 </a>-<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:373" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:373/canonical-url/"> 373 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι .. τεθνήξομεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1279 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐπίστασθαι .. , οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:268e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:268e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 268e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 493c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:529e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:529e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 529e </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:142b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:142b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 142b </a> ; expressed more strongly by <span class="foreign greek">γε μ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 7.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1067" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1067/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 1067 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:587" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:587/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 587 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.7 </a>, etc.; also <span class="quote greek">οὐ μ.. . γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:270" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:270/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 270 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:538" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:538/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 538 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲ μ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:809" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:809/canonical-url/"> 809 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:189/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 189 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ μ. οὐδέ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nor yet indeed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> 82 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">οὐ μὰν οὐδέ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.512/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.512 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀλλ’ οὐ μὰν οὐδέ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:441" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.441/canonical-url/"> 23.441 </a> :—on <span class="foreign greek">οὐ μὴν ἀλλά</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">ἀλλά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.5/canonical-url/"> 11.5 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}