I). in Denial,

1). with subj.,

a). chiefly of aor., οὔ τι μὴ ληφθῶ δόλῳ A. Th. 38 , cf. 199 , 282 , Ch. 895 ; οὔ τοί σ’ Ἀχαιῶν .. μή τις ὑβρίσῃ S. Aj. 560 , cf. El. 42 , 1029 , Ph. 103 , 381 , OT 329 , 771 , OC 450 , 1023 (v. infr.); οὔ τι μὴ φύγητε λαιψηρῷ ποδί E. Hec. 1039 , cf. HF 718 ; οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἀπώσηται Hdt. 1.199 , cf. 7.53 ; οὐ μήποτε .. ἐσβάλωσιν Th. 4.95 , cf. 5.69 ; οὐ μή ποθ’ ἁλῶ Ar. Ach. 662 , cf. V. 394 ; οὐ μή ποτε δέξηται Pl. Phd. 105d , cf. Phdr. 260e , R. 609b ; οὐ μὴ κρατηθῶ X. Cyr. 5.1.17 , cf. 3.2.8 ( v.l. δέξονται ), An. 4.8.13 ; so οὐδεὶς μή ποθ’ εὕρῃ κατ’ ἔμ’ οὐδὲν ἐλλειφθέν D. 18.246 .

b). rarely of pres., mostly with Verbs expressing possibility or ability, οὐ μὴ δύνηται ( v.l. δυνήσεται ) X. Cyr. 8.1.5 , cf. An. 2.2.12 , Hier. 11.15 ; οὐ μὴ οἷός τ’ ᾖς Pl. R. 341b ; οὐ γὰρ μὴ δυνατὸς ὦ Id. Phlb. 48d : in S. OC 1023 , for οὐ μή ποτε .. φυγόντες .. ἐπεύχωνται θεοῖς, two Mss. give ἐπεύξωνται, and this has been adopted by most edd.; and in Is. 8.24 , for οὐ μὴ εἰσίῃς Bekk. restd. οὐ μὴ εἴσει εἰς .. :—Note: οὐ μή with subj. prob. arose from the ellipsis of a Verb or phrase expressing fear or apprehension; such words are sts. expressed, οὐ γὰρ ἦν δεινὸν .. μὴ ἁλῷ κοτε Hdt. 1.84 , cf. 7.235 , Ar. Ec. 650 , X. Mem. 2.1.25 , Pl. Ap. 28b , Phd. 84b , Grg. 520d , R. 465b .—Sts. there is no idea of fear, as in S. Ph. 103 , E. IT 18 ; the constr. is freely used after ὅτι, Th. 5.69 , X. HG 4.2.3 , Pl. R. 499b ; after ὡς, since, Ar. Av. 461 ; after ὥστε, Pl. Phdr. 227d .

2). with fut. ind., οὔ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαί ποτε S. El. 1052 , cf. OC 176 (lyr.); οὐ μή σ’ ἐγὼ περιόψομαι Ar. Ra. 508 ; οὐ μὴ δέξονται ( v.l. δέξωνται ) X. Cyr. 3.2.8 : the reading in Id. HG 1.6.32 is doubtful: in orat. obliq. the opt. is used, ἐθέσπισεν ὡς οὐ μή ποτε πέρσοιεν S. Ph. 611 : or inf., εἶπεν .. οὐ μή ποτε .. εὖ πράξειν πόλιν E. Ph. 1590 .

II). in Prohibition, οὐ μή is used interrogatively with fut. ind. (chiefly of the 2 pers.) so as to express a strong prohibition, οὐ μὴ ’ξεγερεῖς τὸν ὕπνῳ κάτοχον; = μὴ ἐξέγειρε , S. Tr. 978 (anap.); οὐ μὴ μῦθον ἐς πολλοὺς ἐρεῖς ; E. Supp. 1066 , cf. Andr. 757 , El. 982 , Hipp. 213 (anap.); οὐ μὴ πρόσει τούτοισιν ἐσκοροδισμένοις ; Ar. Ach. 166 , cf. Nu. 367 , V. 397 : when the Mss. give an aor. subj. in such phrases (as οὐ μὴ σκώψῃς μηδὲ ποιήσῃς Id. Nu. 296 ) it has generally been changed by edd. into fut. ind.—The prohibition is continued by καί or by μηδέ, οὐ μὴ’ ξεγερεῖς .. κἀκκινήσεις ; S. Tr. 978 (anap.); οὐ μὴ προσοίσεις χεῖρα μηδ’ ἅψῃ πέπλων ; E. Hipp. 606 , cf. Ar. Nu. 296 , Ra. 298 .—The prohibition is changed into a direct command by ἀλλά or δέ, οὐ μὴ λαλήσεις ἀλλ’ ἀκολουθήσεις ἐμοί ; Id. Nu. 505 , cf. Ra. 202 , 462 , 524 , E. Ba. 792 ; οὐ μὴ προσοίσεις χεῖρα βακχεύσεις δ’ ἰών ; ib. 343 , cf. Med. 1151 , El. 383 .

2). later οὐ μὴ ἐμπέσω let me not fall, LXX 2 Ki. 24.14 .

3). in questions, οὐ μή, = Lat. nonne, ὁ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ ; Ev.Luc. 18.7 .

III). in A. Th. 250 , οὐ σῖγα μηδὲν τῶνδ’ ἐρεῖς κατὰ πτόλιν ; seems to mean keep silent and say nothing .. , σῖγα being short for σιγήσει and καὶ being omitted: similarly, οὐ σῖγ’ ἀνέξει, μηδὲ δειλίαν ἀρῇ ; submit silently and do not play the coward, S. Aj. 75 , cf. Tr. 1183 , OT 637 , E. Hipp. 498 , Hel. 437 , Pl. Smp. 175a .