μηδέ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[μή]], [[δέ]]) neg. Particle (cf. [[οὐδέ]]):<br><span class="bld">A</span> as Conj., [[and not]] (Ep. also, [[but not]]), [[nor]], connecting two whole clauses, used with the same constructions as μή, μή τι σὺ ταῦτα… διείρεο μηδὲ μετάλλα Il.1.550, etc.: without a neg. preceding, 4.302, etc.; τεκνοῦσθαι, μηδ' ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν A.''Ag.''754 (lyr.), cf. ''Eu.''714, ''Supp.''409; ὕδατος, μελίσσης, μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''481, cf. Th.7.77.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in <b class="b3">μηδέ… μηδέ</b>… the first [[μ]]. may belong to [[μηδέ]] A, e.g. Il.4.303 sq., or to [[μηδέ]] B, e.g. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 391c; μήτε… μηδέ Pi.''I.''2.45, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 327d; but [[μήτε]] cannot follow [[μηδέ]]:—for [[μηδέ]] after [[οὐδέ]], v. [[οὐ]] A.11.3.<br><span class="bld">B</span> as adverb, joined with a single word or phrase, [[not even]], [[not either]], Il.21.375, Od.4.710, etc.; repeated emphatically, <b class="b3">μηδ' ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ κοῦρον ἐόντα φέροι μηδ' ὃς φύγοι</b> let [[not]] the babe unborn —[[no let not even]] it escape, Il.6.58; τὸ μήποτ' αὖθις μηδ' ἀναστῆναι A. ''Ag.''569:—for <b class="b3">μηδέ τι</b> v. [[μήτις]].