μήν in Doric and Epic μάν, a Particle used to strengthen asseverations, Lat. vero, verily, truly, Hom., etc. after other Particles, ἦ μήν, like ἦ μέν (μήν being only a stronger form), now verily, full surely, ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν Il.;—so in Attic, to introduce an oath, c. inf., ὄμνυσι δʼ ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν Aesch., etc. καὶ μήν, to introduce something new or special, καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον Od.: in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, and see . . , here comes . . ; so of new facts or arguments, Trag., Dem. ἀλλὰ μήν, yet truly, Lat. verum enimvero, Aesch., Ar. οὐ μήν, of a truth not, Il., Attic after interrogatives, it mostly takes somewhat of an objective force, τί μήν; quid vero? what then? i. e. of course, naturally so, Aesch., etc.; τί μὴν οὐ; well, why not? Eur.; πῶς μήν; well, but how . . ? Xen. much like μέντοι, Lat. tamen, οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι τεθνήξομεν Aesch.