μά — Middle Liddell

μά a Particle used in strong protestations and oaths, followed by acc. of the deity or thing appealed to; in itself neither affirmative nor negative, but made so by prefixing ναί or οὐ, or by the context:—thus, ναὶ μὰ . . , in affirmation, ναὶ μὰ τόδε σκῆπτρον yea by this sceptre, Il.; ναὶ μὰ Δία, ναὶ μὰ τὸν Δία Ar., Plat. οὐ μὰ . . , in negation, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, nay, by . . , Il.; οὔ τοι μὰ τοὺς δώδεκα θεούς Ar. in Attic μά is often used alone, mostly in negat. sense μὰ τὸν Ποσειδῶ Eur.:— in answers, when the negation is expressed in the question, οὐκ αὖ μʼ ἐάσεις; Answ. μὰ Δί’ (sc. οὐκ ἐάσω) Ar. the name of the deity was often suppressed, ναὶ μὰ τόν, οὐ μὰ τόν Plat.

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