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μηνυτέον
μηνυτήρ
μηνυτής
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μήποθεν
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μὴ5
μὴ οὐ is used of an apprehended neg.:
I). with finite forms of the Verb, after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension (cf. μή B. 8 ):
a). mostly with subj., δείδω μὴ οὔ τίς τοι ὑπόσχηται τόδε ἔργον Il. 10.39 , cf. Hdt. 6.9 , Th. 3.53 , 57 , Pl. Men. 89d , etc.: after hist. tenses, with opt., ἠθύμησάν τινες ἐννοούμενοι μὴ οὐκ ἔχοιεν ὁπόθεν λαμβάνοιεν X. An. 3.5.3 , etc.: with fut. opt. representing fut. ind. in orat. obliq., μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς αὐτὸ ποιήσοις Pl. Euthphr. 15d .
b). with ind., ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐκ ἐμοὶ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν προσήκει And. 1.103 , cf. Pl. La. 196c , Alc. 2.139d .
2). without introductory Verb, with subj., μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ Il. 1.28 , cf. 566 , E. Tr. 982 ; also to suggest hesitation, perhaps (cf. μή B. 9 ), μὴ οὐ τοῦτο ᾖ τὸ χρηστήριον Hdt. 5.79 , cf. Pl. Phd. 67b , Smp. 194c , 214c , etc.: also with ind., μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσα<*>μεν Id. Men. 89c .
3). μή is sts. doubled, irregularly, for μὴ οὐ, ἐθαύμαζε δ’ εἴτις .. φοβοῖτο, μὴ ὁ γενόμενος καλὸς κἀγαθὸς .. μὴ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν ἔχοι X. Mem. 1.2.7 , cf. Th. 2.13 .
II). after a neg. expressed or implied:
1). c. inf.,
a). after Verbs of hindering, denying, avoiding, needing, when these Verbs are themselves negatived or questioned, οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ οὐ τὸ πᾶν μηχανήσασθαι they no longer hesitated to try every expedient, Hdt. 6.88 , cf. 8.100 , 119 ; τί δῆτα μέλλεις μὴ οὐ γεγωνίσκειν; A. Pr. 627 , cf. S. Aj. 540 , Ar. Ach. 320 , X. Cyr. 1.4.2 , 4.3.8 , Pl. Euthd. 304c , D. 24.24 ; οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐ καλῶς λέγεσθαι Pl. Men. 89d , cf. Phd. 87a ; πολλοῦ δέω μὴ οὐ δύο γε φεύγειν Id. Euthd. 297b ; τίνος ἐνδέομεν μὴ οὐ πανσυδίᾳ χωρεῖν; E. Tr. 797 (anap.); after ὥστε, Hdt. 8.57 : with the Art., οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν A. Pr. 787 , cf. 918 , S. OT 283 , E. Ph. 1176 ; αὐτὴν οὐ μισοῦντ’ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι Ar. Av. 37 ; τοῖς θεοῖς οὐδὲν ἂν ἔχοιμεν μέμψασθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχί .. X. Cyr. 7.5.42 , cf. Pl. Phlb. 13a , etc.; cf. μή B. 5b .
b). after Verbs and phrases signifying impossibility, impropriety, reluctance, when not negatived, ἄνδρα δ’ οὐκ ἔστι μὴ οὐ κακὸν ἔμμεναι Simon. 5.10 ; δεινὸν ἐδόκεε εἶναι μὴ οὐ λαβεῖν Hdt. 1.187 ; ἔστι οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐκ ἀπολωλέναι Id. 2.181 , cf. 3.51 , 7.5 ; οὐδεὶς ἂν τολμήσειεν μὴ οὐ χρῆσθαι τῷ νόμῳ Antipho 5.87 , cf. Th. 8.60 ; αἰσχύνη ἦν μὴ οὐ συσπουδάζειν X. An. 2.3.11 ; αἰσχρόν ἐστι μὴ οὐκ ἄλλας πληγὰς ἐμβάλλειν τῷ υἱεῖ Id. Lac. 6.2 ; οὐδεὶς οἷός τ’ ἐστὶν ἄλλως λέγων μὴ οὐ (nemo potest non) καταγέλαστος εἶναι Pl. Grg. 509a : after an implied neg., μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ἐλέγχειν μαλθακοῦ εἶναι ἀνδρός Id. Phd. 85c ; μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων Luc. Alex. 15 ; after ὥστε, E. Fr. 1068 , X. Ath. 3.8 ; μή and μὴ οὐκ in consecutive clauses, Id. Ap. 34 : with the Art., οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ .. τιμᾶν A. Eu. 914 ; οὐδείς γέ μ’ ἂν πείσειεν .. τὸ μὴ οὐ .. Ar. Ra. 68 , cf. X. HG 5.2.36 .
2). less freq. c. part. after a neg. expressed or implied, οὔκων δίκαιον [ἀνδριάντα] ἱστάναι .. μὴ οὐκ ὑπερβαλλόμενον τοῖσι ἔργοισι Hdt. 2.110 , cf. 6.9 , 106 ; δυσάλγητος γὰρ ἂν εἴην τοιάνδε μὴ οὐ κατοικτείρων ἕδραν S. OT 13 , cf. 221 , OC 360 , Isoc. 10.47 (dub. l.), Pl. Ly. 212d , Philem. 213.5 : hence
3). = εἰ μή , except, πόλεις .. χαλεπαὶ λαβεῖν, μὴ οὐ χρόνῳ καὶ πολιορκίᾳ D. 19.123 .
III). in questions expecting an affirmative answer, LXX Jd. 14.3 , 1 Ep.Cor. 9.4 , Aesop. 404 .


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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μὴ οὐ</span> is used of an apprehended neg.: <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> with finite forms of the Verb, after Verbs expressing <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fear</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">apprehension</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">μή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 8 </span> ): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>a).</strong></span> mostly with subj., <span class="quote greek">δείδω μὴ οὔ τίς τοι ὑπόσχηται τόδε ἔργον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.39 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.53 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:57/canonical-url/"> 57 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 89d </a>, etc.: after hist. tenses, with opt., <span class="quote greek">ἠθύμησάν τινες ἐννοούμενοι μὴ οὐκ ἔχοιεν ὁπόθεν λαμβάνοιεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:5:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:5:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.5.3 </a> , etc.: with fut. opt. representing fut. ind. in orat. obliq., <span class="quote greek">μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς αὐτὸ ποιήσοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthphr.</span> 15d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> with ind., <span class="quote greek">ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐκ ἐμοὶ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν προσήκει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.103 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:196c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:196c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">La.</span> 196c </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2.139d </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> without introductory Verb, with subj., <span class="quote greek">μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.28 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:566" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:566/canonical-url/"> 566 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:982" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:982/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 982 </a>; also to suggest hesitation, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">perhaps</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">μή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 9 </span> ), <span class="quote greek">μὴ οὐ τοῦτο ᾖ τὸ χρηστήριον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.79 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:67b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:67b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 67b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:194c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:194c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 194c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:214c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:214c/canonical-url/"> 214c </a>, etc.: also with ind., <span class="foreign greek">μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσα&lt;*&gt;μεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 89c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μή</span> is sts. doubled, irregularly, for <span class="quote greek">μὴ οὐ, ἐθαύμαζε δ’ εἴτις .. φοβοῖτο, μὴ ὁ γενόμενος καλὸς κἀγαθὸς .. μὴ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν ἔχοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.7 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> after a neg. expressed or implied: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> c. inf., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>a).</strong></span> after Verbs of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hindering, denying, avoiding, needing</span>, when these Verbs are themselves negatived or questioned, <span class="foreign greek">οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ οὐ τὸ πᾶν μηχανήσασθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they no longer hesitated to try every expedient</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.88 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.100/canonical-url/"> 8.100 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:119/canonical-url/"> 119 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τί δῆτα μέλλεις μὴ οὐ γεγωνίσκειν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:627/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 627 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:540" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:540/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 540 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:320" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:320/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 320 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:8/canonical-url/"> 4.3.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:304c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:304c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 304c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg024.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg024.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 24.24 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐ καλῶς λέγεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:89d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 89d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:87a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:87a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 87a </a>; <span class="quote greek">πολλοῦ δέω μὴ οὐ δύο γε φεύγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:297b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:297b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 297b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τίνος ἐνδέομεν μὴ οὐ πανσυδίᾳ χωρεῖν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:797" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:797/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 797 </a> (anap.); after <span class="foreign greek">ὥστε</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.57 </a>: with the Art., <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:787/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 787 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:918" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:918/canonical-url/"> 918 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:283/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 283 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1176 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αὐτὴν οὐ μισοῦντ’ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοῖς θεοῖς οὐδὲν ἂν ἔχοιμεν μέμψασθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχί</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.42 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:13a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:13a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 13a </a>, etc.; cf. <span class="quote greek">μή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5b </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> after Verbs and phrases signifying <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impossibility, impropriety, reluctance</span>, when not negatived, <span class="quote greek">ἄνδρα δ’ οὐκ ἔστι μὴ οὐ κακὸν ἔμμεναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:5.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 5.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δεινὸν ἐδόκεε εἶναι μὴ οὐ λαβεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.187 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔστι οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐκ ἀπολωλέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.181 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.51/canonical-url/"> 3.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.5/canonical-url/"> 7.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδεὶς ἂν τολμήσειεν μὴ οὐ χρῆσθαι τῷ νόμῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.87 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.60 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰσχύνη ἦν μὴ οὐ συσπουδάζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 2.3.11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰσχρόν ἐστι μὴ οὐκ ἄλλας πληγὰς ἐμβάλλειν τῷ υἱεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:6:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:6.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lac.</span> 6.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδεὶς οἷός τ’ ἐστὶν ἄλλως λέγων μὴ οὐ</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nemo potest non</span>) <span class="quote greek">καταγέλαστος εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:509a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:509a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 509a </a> : after an implied neg., <span class="quote greek">μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ἐλέγχειν μαλθακοῦ εἶναι ἀνδρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:85c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:85c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 85c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 15 </a> ; after <span class="foreign greek">ὥστε</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1068 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 3.8 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μή</span> and <span class="foreign greek">μὴ οὐκ</span> in consecutive clauses, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg005.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg005.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 34 </a>: with the Art., <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ .. τιμᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:914" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:914/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 914 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδείς γέ μ’ ἂν πείσειεν .. τὸ μὴ οὐ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 68 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 5.2.36 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> less freq. c. part. after a neg. expressed or implied, <span class="quote greek">οὔκων δίκαιον [ἀνδριάντα] ἱστάναι .. μὴ οὐκ ὑπερβαλλόμενον τοῖσι ἔργοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.110 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.9/canonical-url/"> 6.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> 106 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δυσάλγητος γὰρ ἂν εἴην τοιάνδε μὴ οὐ κατοικτείρων ἕδραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 13 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:221/canonical-url/"> 221 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:360" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:360/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 360 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 10.47 </a> (dub. l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:212d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:212d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 212d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:213:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:213.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 213.5 </a>: hence </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">εἰ μή</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">except</span>, <span class="quote greek">πόλεις .. χαλεπαὶ λαβεῖν, μὴ οὐ χρόνῳ καὶ πολιορκίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:123/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.123 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in questions expecting an affirmative answer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:14:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg009:14.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jd.</span> 14.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:9:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:9.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 9.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0096.tlg002:404" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0096.tlg002:404/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aesop.</span> 404 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}