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ἤ Conjunction with two chief senses, Disjunctive and Comparative. DISJUNCTIVE, or, Lat. vel, to subjoin one or more clauses differing from the first, ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας ἢ κωφῇ λέγω; Aesch.: —ἤ . . , ἤ . . , either . . , or . . , Lat. aut . . , aut . . , Hom., etc. in indirect Questions, εἰ . . , ἢ . . , whether . . , or . . , Lat. utrum . . , an . . , εἰδῶμεν εἰ νικῶμεν ἢ νικώμεθα Aesch.:—but in Hom. ἢ . . , ἢ (or ἦ) . . is used for εἰ, Lat. an, εἰπὲ ἢ . . , say whether . . , Od. COMPARATIVE, than, as, Lat. quam, Hom., etc.: after Adjs. which imply comparison, as ἄλλος, ἕτερος, ἀλλοῖος, διπλάσιος, ἐναντίος, ἴδιος, πολλαπλάσιος, and after the Advs. πρίν, πρόσθεν; so, after Verbs implying comparison, βούλεσθαι ἤ . . to wish rather than . .; φθάνειν ἤ . . to come sooner than . . , etc. ἤ sometimes joins two Comparatives, when they both refer to the same subject, ἐλαφρότεροι ἢ ἀφνειότεροι to be swifter rather than richer, Od.; ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα Hdt. rarely after a Sup., πλεῖστα θωυμάσια ἔχει Αἴγυπτος ἢ ἄλλη πᾶσα χώρη Hdt. ἤ is often omitted with numerals after πλέων, ἐλάττων, μείων, as, ἔτη πλέω ἑβδομήκοντα Plat. [When ἢ οὐ, ἢ οὐκ come together in a verse, the two coalesce into one syll.]

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either..or; than

exclam.

(Cypr.) when

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