εἴτε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. αἴτε, generally doubled, <b class="b3">εἴτε..εἴτε.</b>., Lat. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.</b>., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>606</span> ; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε.. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1049</span> ; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>843</span> ; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτ' οὖν.. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>683</span> ; εἴτε.., εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν.. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>345</span> ; εἴτε.., εἴτ' αὖ.. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>34b</span> ; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>471d</span> : with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ' ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu.2.1089d : the first [[εἴτε]] is sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ' ὦν ἀστός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.78</span> ; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1403</span> ; μύραινά γ', εἴτ' ἔχιδν' ἔφυ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1002</span> ; λόγοισιν, εἴτ' ἔργοισιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>517</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>236</span> ; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>864a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">907d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>224e</span> : the first [[εἴτε]] is sts. replaced by [[εἰ]], as <b class="b3">εἰ..εἴτε.</b>., Lat. <b class="b2">utrum..an.</b>., v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.35</span> ; εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>768</span> ; εἰ..εἴτε μή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>468</span> ; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.7</span> ; sts. [[ἤ]] (<b class="b3">ἠὲ καί.</b>. v.l. in <span class="bibl">Il.2.349</span>) stands for the second [[εἴτε]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>896</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>277d</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>1.40.5 ; or for the first, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>178</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>115</span> (lyr.) ; <b class="b3">εἴτε.. εἴτε.</b>., c. subj. (cf. [[εἰ]]), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob.3.1.105. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in indirect questions, <span class="bibl">Od.3.90</span>, etc. ; σκοπεῖτε εἴτ' ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ' εἴτε μή <span class="bibl">D.15.11</span>.</span>