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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[μείς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Μήν, an Anatolian divinity, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1365,1366, etc.; nom. sg. Μείς <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.647.2, 648.3 (Lydia).</span><br /><span class="bld">μήν</span>, Dor. (<span class="bibl">Epich.78</span>, etc.), Aeol. (<span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.5</span>, etc.), and old Ep. μάν (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc. <span class="bibl">Il.5.895</span>,<span class="bibl">765</span>, whereas <b class="b3">μήν</b> is folld. by a consonant exc. in <span class="bibl">Il.19.45</span>; original <b class="b3">μάν</b> has prob. been changed to <b class="b3">μέν</b> exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">verily, truly</b>; a synonym of <b class="b3">μέν</b> but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, <b class="b3">ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται</b> and so <b class="b2">verily</b>... <span class="bibl">Il.23.410</span>; <b class="b3">ἴστε μὰν</b> . . ye know <b class="b2">doubtless</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).35</span>: freq. with imper., <b class="b3">ἄγε μ</b>. on <b class="b2">then</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.302</span>; ἄγρει μάν <span class="bibl">5.765</span>; ἄναγε μάν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>963</span> (lyr.); ἕπεο μάν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>182</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after other Particles, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ἦ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">now verily, full surely</b>, ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Il.2.291</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>87</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Sc.</span>101</span>; ἦ μάν <span class="bibl">Il.2.370</span>, <span class="bibl">13.354</span>, Sapph.l.c., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.40</span>, al. (εἶ μάν <span class="title">IG</span>5 (1).1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd., ἦ δὴ μάν <span class="bibl">Il.17.538</span>: freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf., ὄμνυσι δ' ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>531</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1186</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.26</span>: in negation, <b class="b3">ἦ μ. μή</b> . . <span class="bibl">Th.8.81</span>, etc. (but also ὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν <span class="title">SIG</span>527.36 (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause, ὀμνύω... ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.31</span>; καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα, . . ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>22a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">καὶ μήν</b>, sts. simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>2.13</span>, etc.; καὶ δὴ μάν <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.120</span>: freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention, καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον <span class="bibl">Od.11.582</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">593</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>459</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>406</span>, etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, <b class="b2">here comes</b>... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>372</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>339</span>; also ὅδε μ. Αἵμων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>626</span> (anap.), etc.; of new facts, <b class="b2">and besides, nay more</b>, καὶ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>982</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 369</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.15</span>, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments, καὶ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>153b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.56</span>; to introduce a counter-argument, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1185</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>452c</span>; καὶ μὴν καί <span class="bibl">D.27.30</span>, etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἢν ἐφῇς μοι . . λέξαιμ' ἂν ὀρθῶς</b>. Answ. <b class="b3">καὶ μ. ἐφίημι</b> <b class="b2">well</b>, I allow it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>556</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ νῦν διάτριβ', ἀλλ' ἄνυε πράττων</b> . . Answ. καὶ μ. βαδίζω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>413</span> (v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>895</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>317</span>; so καὶ μ. . . γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>426e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ μήν</b>, yet <b class="b2">truly</b>, Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>233, etc.; ἀλλὰ μάν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>765</span>; ἀλλὰ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>258</span>; to allege something not disputed, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>187a</span>: rarely separated, ἀλλ' ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>28</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μ</b>. . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>401</span>: more strongly, ὅμως μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>297d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">above all</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.76.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">οὐ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">of a truth</b> not, <span class="bibl">Il.24.52</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1068</span>, etc.: elsewh. in Hom. <b class="b3">οὐ μάν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.12.318</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μὴ μάν</b> (Att. <b class="b3">μὴ μήν</b>) <b class="b2">oh</b> do not, <span class="bibl">8.512</span>, <span class="bibl">15.476</span>, etc.; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν <span class="bibl">17.41</span>; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν . . γε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>153</span> (lyr.); οὐδὲ μάν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.87</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ὡς μήν</b>, = [[ἦ μήν]], ὀμμνύω Δία . . ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα <span class="title">Delph.</span>3(1).362 i 40. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> after interrogatives, <b class="b3">τί μ</b>.; <b class="b2">well</b>, what of it? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>203</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145e</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τί μ. οὔ</b> <b class="b2">well</b>, why not? <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Rh.</span>706</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τῶς μ</b>.; <b class="b2">well, but how</b> . . ? <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.28</span>; <b class="b3">τίνος μ. ἕνεκα</b>; ibid.; <b class="b3">ποῦ μ</b>.; to express surprise, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ πότε μήν</b>; <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Smp.</span>4.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to <b class="b3">μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει... ἔσται μὰν ὅτ' ἄν</b> . . <span class="bibl">Il. 8.370</span>-<span class="bibl">373</span>; οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι . . τεθνήξομεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1279</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστασθαι... οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>268e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>493c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>529e</span>, etc.; χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142b</span>; expressed more strongly by <b class="b3">γε μ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.18</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1067</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>587</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.7</span>, etc.; also οὐ μ. . . γε <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>270</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>538</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ μ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">809</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>189</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ μ. οὐδέ</b> <b class="b2">nor yet indeed</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">82</span>, etc.; οὐ μὰν οὐδέ <span class="bibl">Il.4.512</span>; ἀλλ' οὐ μὰν οὐδέ <span class="bibl">23.441</span>:—on <b class="b3">οὐ μὴν ἀλλά</b>, v. [[ἀλλά]] <span class="bibl">11.5</span>.</span>
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[μείς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Μήν, an Anatolian divinity, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1365,1366, etc.; nom. sg. Μείς <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.647.2, 648.3 (Lydia).</span><br /><span class="bld">μήν</span>, Dor. (<span class="bibl">Epich.78</span>, etc.), Aeol. (<span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.5</span>, etc.), and old Ep. μάν (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc. <span class="bibl">Il.5.895</span>,<span class="bibl">765</span>, whereas <b class="b3">μήν</b> is folld. by a consonant exc. in <span class="bibl">Il.19.45</span>; original <b class="b3">μάν</b> has prob. been changed to <b class="b3">μέν</b> exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">verily, truly</b>; a synonym of <b class="b3">μέν</b> but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, <b class="b3">ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται</b> and so <b class="b2">verily</b>... <span class="bibl">Il.23.410</span>; <b class="b3">ἴστε μὰν</b> . . ye know <b class="b2">doubtless</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).35</span>: freq. with imper., <b class="b3">ἄγε μ</b>. on <b class="b2">then</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.302</span>; ἄγρει μάν <span class="bibl">5.765</span>; ἄναγε μάν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>963</span> (lyr.); ἕπεο μάν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>182</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after other Particles, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ἦ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">now verily, full surely</b>, ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Il.2.291</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>87</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Sc.</span>101</span>; ἦ μάν <span class="bibl">Il.2.370</span>, <span class="bibl">13.354</span>, Sapph.l.c., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.40</span>, al. (εἶ μάν <span class="title">IG</span>5 (1).1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd., ἦ δὴ μάν <span class="bibl">Il.17.538</span>: freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf., ὄμνυσι δ' ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>531</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1186</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.26</span>: in negation, <b class="b3">ἦ μ. μή</b> . . <span class="bibl">Th.8.81</span>, etc. (but also ὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν <span class="title">SIG</span>527.36 (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause, ὀμνύω... ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.31</span>; καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα, . . ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>22a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">καὶ μήν</b>, sts. simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>2.13</span>, etc.; καὶ δὴ μάν <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.120</span>: freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention, καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον <span class="bibl">Od.11.582</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">593</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>459</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>406</span>, etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, <b class="b2">here comes</b>... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>372</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>339</span>; also ὅδε μ. Αἵμων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>626</span> (anap.), etc.; of new facts, <b class="b2">and besides, nay more</b>, καὶ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>982</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 369</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.15</span>, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments, καὶ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>153b</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.56</span>; to introduce a counter-argument, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1185</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>452c</span>; καὶ μὴν καί <span class="bibl">D.27.30</span>, etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἢν ἐφῇς μοι . . λέξαιμ' ἂν ὀρθῶς</b>. Answ. <b class="b3">καὶ μ. ἐφίημι</b> <b class="b2">well</b>, I allow it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>556</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ νῦν διάτριβ', ἀλλ' ἄνυε πράττων</b> . . Answ. καὶ μ. βαδίζω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>413</span> (v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>895</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>317</span>; so καὶ μ. . . γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>426e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ μήν</b>, yet <b class="b2">truly</b>, Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>233, etc.; ἀλλὰ μάν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>765</span>; ἀλλὰ μήν . . γε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>258</span>; to allege something not disputed, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>187a</span>: rarely separated, ἀλλ' ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>28</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μ</b>. . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>401</span>: more strongly, ὅμως μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>297d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">above all</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.76.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">οὐ μήν</b>, <b class="b2">of a truth</b> not, <span class="bibl">Il.24.52</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1068</span>, etc.: elsewh. in Hom. <b class="b3">οὐ μάν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.12.318</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μὴ μάν</b> (Att. <b class="b3">μὴ μήν</b>) <b class="b2">oh</b> do not, <span class="bibl">8.512</span>, <span class="bibl">15.476</span>, etc.; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν <span class="bibl">17.41</span>; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν . . γε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>153</span> (lyr.); οὐδὲ μάν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.87</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ὡς μήν</b>, = [[ἦ μήν]], ὀμμνύω Δία . . ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα <span class="title">Delph.</span>3(1).362 i 40. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> after interrogatives, <b class="b3">τί μ</b>.; <b class="b2">well</b>, what of it? <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>203</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>145e</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τί μ. οὔ</b> <b class="b2">well</b>, why not? <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Rh.</span>706</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τῶς μ</b>.; <b class="b2">well, but how</b> . . ? <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.28</span>; <b class="b3">τίνος μ. ἕνεκα</b>; ibid.; <b class="b3">ποῦ μ</b>.; to express surprise, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ πότε μήν</b>; <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Smp.</span>4.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to <b class="b3">μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει... ἔσται μὰν ὅτ' ἄν</b> . . <span class="bibl">Il. 8.370</span>-<span class="bibl">373</span>; οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι . . τεθνήξομεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1279</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστασθαι... οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>268e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>493c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>529e</span>, etc.; χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>142b</span>; expressed more strongly by <b class="b3">γε μ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.18</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1067</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>587</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.7</span>, etc.; also οὐ μ. . . γε <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>270</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>538</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ μ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">809</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>189</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ μ. οὐδέ</b> <b class="b2">nor yet indeed</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">82</span>, etc.; οὐ μὰν οὐδέ <span class="bibl">Il.4.512</span>; ἀλλ' οὐ μὰν οὐδέ <span class="bibl">23.441</span>:—on <b class="b3">οὐ μὴν ἀλλά</b>, v. [[ἀλλά]] <span class="bibl">11.5</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0174.png Seite 174]] dor. μάν, vgl. auch μέν, starke Bejahung, Betheuerung ausdrückend, bes. bei einem Befehl oder Versprechen, ja, für wahr, allerdings; ἄγε μὴν πείρησαι, Il. 1, 302, wohlan denn, versuche es doch; ἕπεο μάν, Soph. O. C. 178, s. auch weiter unten; ἦ μήν, ja wahrlich, Il. 9, 57; Hes. Sc. 11. 101; Aesch. Prom. 73 u. öfter; bes. nach [[ὄμνυμι]], Spt. 513; Ar. Nubb. 855 u. sehr häufig; – καὶ μήν, und doch fürwahr, Il. 19, 45. 23, 410; Aesch. Prom. 246. 457 u. sonst oft; καὶ μὴν πεπωκώς γε, Ag. 1161; Ar. Th. 200; – οὐ μήν, fürwahr nicht, Il. 24, 52 Od. 16, 440 u. öfter; Aesch. Spt. 520; οὐ μήν τι ποιναῖς γε ᾠόμην τοίαισί με κατισχανεῖσθαι, Prom. 268; Soph. O. R. 810; οὐδὲ μήν γε Ar. Vesp. 480; Plat. Phaed. 93 a; auch οὐ μὴν [[ἀλλά]] – γε, Gorg. 449 c; οὐδὲ μήν – γε, Parm. 164 a; – ἀλλὰ μήν, aber ja, doch, Aesch. Pers. 229; ἀλλὰ μὴν εὔνους γε, 222; ἀλλὰ κἀγὼ μήν, Ag. 1637; ἀλλ' ἔστι μὴν [[οἰκητός]], Soph. O. C. 28; öfter bei Plat. u. sonst in Prosa; ἀλλ' οὐ μήν, Plat. Parm. 149 a; – γε μήν, Aesch. Spt. 1054; ἄνα γε μὰν δόμοι, Ch. 957; ὅρα γε μήν, Soph. O. C. 593, vgl. El. 961; [[τόδε]] γε μὴν ἔχεις λέγειν ὅτι, Plat. Parm. 153 a, öfter; Xen. Mem. 1, 4, 5 u. A.; – τί μήν; warum nicht? Aesch. Eum. 194, wie Plat. Polit. 258 b u. öfter; ποῦ μήν; wo aber? Theaet. 142 a; ποῖα μὴν λέγεις; Rep. VII, 523 b. ηνός, ὁ, vgl. [[μείς]], der <b class="b2">Monat</b>, Il. 2, 292 u. öfter; μηνῶν φθινόντων, im Verlaufe der Monate, oder als die Monate, das Jahr zu Ende ging, Od. 10, 470 u. öfter; vgl. ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, Od. 11, 294. 14, 293; aber μὴν φθίνων, Od. 14, 162. 19, 307, ist die zweite Hälfte des Mondes, im Ggstz des ἱστάμενος μήν, der ersten Hälfte des Monats, vgl. Hes. Th. 51; Her. 6, 106; wenn der Monat wie gew. in drei Dekaden getheilt wird, werden diese durch den Zusatz ἱσταμένου μηνός, μεσοῦντος, φθίνοντος unterschieden, die zweite und dritte aber auch durch ἐπὶ δεκάδι, ἐπὶ εἰκάδι bezeichnet. – In dem letzten Drittel werden die Tage wie im römischen Kalender rückwärts gezählt: μηνὸς Ἀρτεμισίου τετάρτῃ φθίνοντος, am vierten Tage vor dem Ende des Monats Artemision, Thuc. 5, 19. – Aus der Eintheilung und Berechnung der Monate nach dem Mondlauf erklärt sich, daß Thuc. 2, 4 τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός als Grund der dunkeln Nacht angeführt wird, wo der Mondschein zu Ende ging; οἱ δὲ συγγενεῖς μῆνές με μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν διώρισαν, d. i. die ganze Lebenszeit, Soph. O. R. 1083; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν, von einer langen Zeit, Phil. 713; [[κύκλος]] [[πανσέληνος]] μηνὸς [[διχήρης]], der den Monat theilt, Eur. Ion. 1156; δεκάτῳ μηνὸς ἐν κύκλῳ, 1486; μῆνες ἐμβόλιμοι, Schaltmonate, Her. 1, 32; μήνεσι, 4, 43. 8, 51, mit der v. l. μησί (dor. μασί, Theocr. 17, 127); μῆνες οἱ χειμερινοί, Thuc. 6, 21; Plat., der ἐνιαυτούς τε καὶ ὥρας καὶ μῆνας verbindet, Phil. 30 c u. Folgde. – Μῆνες heißt auch die monatliche Reinigung der Frauen, sonst ἐμμήνια.
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English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A v. μείς.    II Μήν, an Anatolian divinity, IG22.1365,1366, etc.; nom. sg. Μείς Supp.Epigr.4.647.2, 648.3 (Lydia).
μήν, Dor. (Epich.78, etc.), Aeol. (Sapph.Supp.23.5, etc.), and old Ep. μάν (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc. Il.5.895,765, whereas μήν is folld. by a consonant exc. in Il.19.45; original μάν has prob. been changed to μέν exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations,

   A verily, truly; a synonym of μέν but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται and so verily... Il.23.410; ἴστε μὰν . . ye know doubtless, Pi.I.4(3).35: freq. with imper., ἄγε μ. on then, Il.1.302; ἄγρει μάν 5.765; ἄναγε μάν A.Ch.963 (lyr.); ἕπεο μάν S.OC182 (lyr.).    II after other Particles,    1 ἦ μήν, now verily, full surely, ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν Il.2.291, cf. h.Ap.87, Hes. Sc.101; ἦ μάν Il.2.370, 13.354, Sapph.l.c., Pi.P.4.40, al. (εἶ μάν IG5 (1).1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd., ἦ δὴ μάν Il.17.538: freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf., ὄμνυσι δ' ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν A.Th.531, cf. S.Tr.1186, X.An.2.3.26: in negation, ἦ μ. μή . . Th.8.81, etc. (but also ὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν SIG527.36 (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause, ὀμνύω... ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην X.An.6.1.31; καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα, . . ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον Pl. Ap.22a.    2 καὶ μήν, sts. simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf. Pi.N.2.13, etc.; καὶ δὴ μάν Theoc.7.120: freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention, καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον Od.11.582, cf. 593, A.Pr.459, Pers.406, etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, here comes... Id.Th.372, E.El.339; also ὅδε μ. Αἵμων S.Ant.626 (anap.), etc.; of new facts, and besides, nay more, καὶ μήν . . γε A.Pr.982, cf. Ar.Pax 369, X.Smp.4.15, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments, καὶ μήν . . γε Pl.Tht.153b, D.21.56; to introduce a counter-argument, Ar.Nu.1185, Pl.Grg.452c; καὶ μὴν καί D.27.30, etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, ἀλλ' ἢν ἐφῇς μοι . . λέξαιμ' ἂν ὀρθῶς. Answ. καὶ μ. ἐφίημι well, I allow it, S.El.556; μὴ νῦν διάτριβ', ἀλλ' ἄνυε πράττων . . Answ. καὶ μ. βαδίζω Ar.Pl.413 (v.l.), cf. Ra.895, E.Hec.317; so καὶ μ. . . γε Pl.R.426e, etc.    3 ἀλλὰ μήν, yet truly, Id.Pers.233, etc.; ἀλλὰ μάν Ar.Ach.765; ἀλλὰ μήν . . γε Id.Ra.258; to allege something not disputed, Pl.Tht.187a: rarely separated, ἀλλ' ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός S.OC28; ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μ. . . E.Hec.401: more strongly, ὅμως μ. Pl.Plt.297d.    4 ναὶ μήν, above all, Emp.76.2.    5 οὐ μήν, of a truth not, Il.24.52, A.Ag.1068, etc.: elsewh. in Hom. οὐ μάν, Il.12.318, etc.; μὴ μάν (Att. μὴ μήν) oh do not, 8.512, 15.476, etc.; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν 17.41; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν . . γε S.OC153 (lyr.); οὐδὲ μάν Pi.P.4.87.    6 ὡς μήν, = ἦ μήν, ὀμμνύω Δία . . ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα Delph.3(1).362 i 40.    III after interrogatives, τί μ.; well, what of it? A.Eu.203, Pl.Tht.145e, etc.; τί μ. οὔ well, why not? E. Rh.706 (lyr.); τῶς μ.; well, but how . . ? X.Cyr.1.6.28; τίνος μ. ἕνεκα; ibid.; ποῦ μ.; to express surprise, Pl.Tht.142a; ἀλλὰ πότε μήν; X. Smp.4.23.    IV with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει... ἔσται μὰν ὅτ' ἄν . . Il. 8.370-373; οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι . . τεθνήξομεν A.Ag.1279; ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστασθαι... οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ. Pl.Phdr.268e, cf. Grg.493c, R.529e, etc.; χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα Id.Tht.142b; expressed more strongly by γε μ., Pi.P.7.18, A.Th.1067 (anap.), S.OC587, X.Cyr.6.1.7, etc.; also οὐ μ. . . γε A. Pr.270, Th.538; οὐδὲ μ. ib.809, Ch.189; οὐ μ. οὐδέ nor yet indeed, Th. 1.3, 82, etc.; οὐ μὰν οὐδέ Il.4.512; ἀλλ' οὐ μὰν οὐδέ 23.441:—on οὐ μὴν ἀλλά, v. ἀλλά 11.5.

German (Pape)

[Seite 174] dor. μάν, vgl. auch μέν, starke Bejahung, Betheuerung ausdrückend, bes. bei einem Befehl oder Versprechen, ja, für wahr, allerdings; ἄγε μὴν πείρησαι, Il. 1, 302, wohlan denn, versuche es doch; ἕπεο μάν, Soph. O. C. 178, s. auch weiter unten; ἦ μήν, ja wahrlich, Il. 9, 57; Hes. Sc. 11. 101; Aesch. Prom. 73 u. öfter; bes. nach ὄμνυμι, Spt. 513; Ar. Nubb. 855 u. sehr häufig; – καὶ μήν, und doch fürwahr, Il. 19, 45. 23, 410; Aesch. Prom. 246. 457 u. sonst oft; καὶ μὴν πεπωκώς γε, Ag. 1161; Ar. Th. 200; – οὐ μήν, fürwahr nicht, Il. 24, 52 Od. 16, 440 u. öfter; Aesch. Spt. 520; οὐ μήν τι ποιναῖς γε ᾠόμην τοίαισί με κατισχανεῖσθαι, Prom. 268; Soph. O. R. 810; οὐδὲ μήν γε Ar. Vesp. 480; Plat. Phaed. 93 a; auch οὐ μὴν ἀλλά – γε, Gorg. 449 c; οὐδὲ μήν – γε, Parm. 164 a; – ἀλλὰ μήν, aber ja, doch, Aesch. Pers. 229; ἀλλὰ μὴν εὔνους γε, 222; ἀλλὰ κἀγὼ μήν, Ag. 1637; ἀλλ' ἔστι μὴν οἰκητός, Soph. O. C. 28; öfter bei Plat. u. sonst in Prosa; ἀλλ' οὐ μήν, Plat. Parm. 149 a; – γε μήν, Aesch. Spt. 1054; ἄνα γε μὰν δόμοι, Ch. 957; ὅρα γε μήν, Soph. O. C. 593, vgl. El. 961; τόδε γε μὴν ἔχεις λέγειν ὅτι, Plat. Parm. 153 a, öfter; Xen. Mem. 1, 4, 5 u. A.; – τί μήν; warum nicht? Aesch. Eum. 194, wie Plat. Polit. 258 b u. öfter; ποῦ μήν; wo aber? Theaet. 142 a; ποῖα μὴν λέγεις; Rep. VII, 523 b. ηνός, ὁ, vgl. μείς, der Monat, Il. 2, 292 u. öfter; μηνῶν φθινόντων, im Verlaufe der Monate, oder als die Monate, das Jahr zu Ende ging, Od. 10, 470 u. öfter; vgl. ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο, Od. 11, 294. 14, 293; aber μὴν φθίνων, Od. 14, 162. 19, 307, ist die zweite Hälfte des Mondes, im Ggstz des ἱστάμενος μήν, der ersten Hälfte des Monats, vgl. Hes. Th. 51; Her. 6, 106; wenn der Monat wie gew. in drei Dekaden getheilt wird, werden diese durch den Zusatz ἱσταμένου μηνός, μεσοῦντος, φθίνοντος unterschieden, die zweite und dritte aber auch durch ἐπὶ δεκάδι, ἐπὶ εἰκάδι bezeichnet. – In dem letzten Drittel werden die Tage wie im römischen Kalender rückwärts gezählt: μηνὸς Ἀρτεμισίου τετάρτῃ φθίνοντος, am vierten Tage vor dem Ende des Monats Artemision, Thuc. 5, 19. – Aus der Eintheilung und Berechnung der Monate nach dem Mondlauf erklärt sich, daß Thuc. 2, 4 τελευτῶντος τοῦ μηνός als Grund der dunkeln Nacht angeführt wird, wo der Mondschein zu Ende ging; οἱ δὲ συγγενεῖς μῆνές με μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν διώρισαν, d. i. die ganze Lebenszeit, Soph. O. R. 1083; πλήθει πολλῶν μηνῶν, von einer langen Zeit, Phil. 713; κύκλος πανσέληνος μηνὸς διχήρης, der den Monat theilt, Eur. Ion. 1156; δεκάτῳ μηνὸς ἐν κύκλῳ, 1486; μῆνες ἐμβόλιμοι, Schaltmonate, Her. 1, 32; μήνεσι, 4, 43. 8, 51, mit der v. l. μησί (dor. μασί, Theocr. 17, 127); μῆνες οἱ χειμερινοί, Thuc. 6, 21; Plat., der ἐνιαυτούς τε καὶ ὥρας καὶ μῆνας verbindet, Phil. 30 c u. Folgde. – Μῆνες heißt auch die monatliche Reinigung der Frauen, sonst ἐμμήνια.