μήτοι
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
or μή τοι, stronger form of μή, with imper. and subj.,
A μή τοι δοκεῖτε A.Pr.436, cf. S.OC1407, 1439, Ant.544, etc.; in an oath, c. inf., A.Eu.765: in Pl.folld. by γε, at least not, R.352c, 388b. 2 after Verbs implying negation, ὅς σ' ἐπεῖχ' ὰεὶ μή τοι . . αἰσχύνειν φίλους S.El.518.
German (Pape)
[Seite 179] nicht doch, mit nichten, keinesweges, Hesiod. u. Folgende; nach ὁρκωμοτήσας, Aesch. Eum. 735; μή τοί με πρὸς θεῶν ἀτιμάσητε, Soph. O. C. 1409, wie Ant. 540; ἣ αὐτοὺς ἐποίει μήτοι καὶ ἀλλήλους γε καὶ ἐφ' οὓς ᾔεσαν ἅμα ἀδικεῖν, Plat. Rep. I, 352 c, vgl. III, 388 b Phil. 67 a; Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μήτοι: ἢ μή τοι, τύπος ἰσχυρότερος τοῦ μή, μετὰ προστ. καὶ ὑποτακτ., μή τοι δοκεῖτε Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 436, πρβλ. Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1407, 1438, Ἀντ. 544, κτλ.· ἐπὶ ὅρκου, μετ’ ἀπαρ., Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 765· παρὰ Πλάτ., ἑπομένου γε, Πολ. 352C, 382Β. 2) κατόπιν ῥημάτων δηλούντων ἄρνησιν, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 518.
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. μή in fine.
