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|txtha=(as δέ comes from δή, [[μέν]] from [[μήν]], so τέ from the adverb τῇ, [[properly]], as; (others [[ally]] it [[with]] [[καί]], cf. [[Curtius]], §§ 27,647; Vanicek, p. 95; Fick Part i., 32; Donaldson, New Crat. § 195)), a copulative enclitic [[particle]] (on the [[use]] of [[which]] cf. Hermann ad Vig., p. 833; Klotz ad Devar. II:2, pp. 739ff); in the N. T. it occurs [[most]] [[frequently]] in the Acts , [[then]] in the Epistle to the Hebrews , [[somewhat]] [[rarely]] in the [[other]] books (in Matt. [[three]] or [[four]] times, in Mark [[once]], viz. R G; in John's Gospel [[three]] times; [[nowhere]] in the Epistles to the Galatians , Thessalonians, or Colossians , [[nor]] in the Epistles of John and Peter; [[twice]] in [[text]]. of Revelation , viz. que, differing from the [[particle]] [[καί]] in [[that]] the [[latter]] is conjunctive, τέ adjunctive (Winer s Grammar, § 53,2; according to Bäumlein (Griech. Partikeln, p. 145), [[καί]] introduces [[something]] [[new]] [[under]] the [[same]] [[aspect]] [[yet]] as an [[external]] [[addition]], [[whereas]] τέ marks it as having an [[inner]] [[connection]] [[with]] [[what]] precedes; [[hence]], [[καί]] is the [[more]] [[general]] [[particle]], τέ the [[more]] [[special]] and [[precise]]; [[καί]] [[may]] [[often]] [[stand]] for τέ, [[but]] [[not]] τέ for [[καί]]. (Cf. Ebeling, Lex. [[Homer]], [[under]] the [[word]] [[καί]], at the [[beginning]])).<br /><b class="num">1.</b> τέ, [[standing]] [[alone]] (i. e. [[not]] followed by [[another]] τέ, or by [[καί]], or [[other]] [[particle]]), joins a. parts of [[one]] and the [[same]] [[sentence]], as συναχθέντες [[συμβούλιον]] τέ λαβόντες, ἐν [[ἀγάπη]] πνεύματι τέ πρᾳότητος, WH [[text]] omits), T Tr WH δέ ([[see]] 6 [[below]])); L Tr WH WH [[text]] δέ; ([[see]] 6 [[below]])),R G),Tr [[text]] WH δέ ([[see]] 6 [[below]])),R G),Tdf.),Tr marginal [[reading]] δέ ([[see]] 6 [[below]])),τέ ... [[καί]], and τέ [[καί]], [[not]] [[only]] ... [[but]] [[also]], as [[well]] ... as, [[both]] ... and; things are [[thus]] [[connected]] [[which]] are [[akin]], or [[which]] are united to [[each]] [[other]] by [[some]] [[inner]] [[bond]], [[whether]] [[logical]] or [[real]]; (according to Winer s Grammar, 439 (408); Bäumlein as [[above]], p. 224f, these particles [[give]] no [[intimation]] [[respecting]] the [[relative]] [[value]] of the [[two]] members; [[but]] according to Rost, Griech. Gram. § 134,4; Donaldson, Gr. Gram. § 551; Jelf, § 758; Klotz ad Devar. II:2, p. 740, the [[member]] [[with]] [[καί]] is the [[more]] [[emphatic]]);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> parts of [[one]] and the [[same]] [[sentence]] ([[which]] is completed by a [[single]] [[finite]] [[verb]]): ἐσθίειν τέ [[καί]] πίνειν, φόβητρά τέ [[καί]] σημεῖα, ἀρχιερεῖς τέ [[καί]] γραμματεῖς, πονηρούς τέ [[καί]] ἀγαθούς, Ἡρῴδης τέ [[καί]] [[Πόντιος]] [[Πιλᾶτος]], [[ἄνδρες]] τέ [[καί]] γυναῖκες, [[πάντῃ]] τέ [[καί]] [[πανταχοῦ]], ἀσφαλῆ τέ [[καί]] βεβαίαν, R G), , 12{b}; L omits; Tr WH brackets τέ), τέ is annexed to the [[article]], [[which]] is — [[either]] [[repeated]] [[after]] the teal [[before]] the [[following]] [[noun]], R G); L T Tr WH); τέ is annexed to a preposition, [[which]] [[after]] the [[following]] [[καί]] is — [[either]] [[repeated]], L omits; Tr brackets the [[repeated]] ἐν; R omits; L brackets the [[second]] ἐν): — or omitted, Tr [[text]] WH); τέ is annexed to a [[relative]] pronoun, [[although]] it does [[not]] belong so [[much]] to the pronoun as to the [[substantive]] [[connected]] [[with]] it, [[ἔτι]] τέ [[καί]] (and [[moreover]]), τέ [[καί]] or τέ ... [[καί]], the [[rest]] by [[καί]]: R G); τέ ... [[καί]] [[connect]] [[whole]] sentences ([[each]] of [[which]] has its [[own]] [[finite]] [[verb]], or its [[own]] [[subject]]): R G; R G; τέ ... [[καί]] ... [[καί]], τέ ... δέ are so combined [[that]] τέ adds a [[sentence]] to [[what]] has been [[previously]] said, and δέ introduces [[something]] opposed to [[this]] added [[sentence]] (Winer's Grammar, 439 (409)): L T Tr WH; R G L Tr [[text]] WH [[text]]; R G.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> τέ ... τέ presents as [[parallel]] (or coordinate) the ideas or sentences [[which]] it connects, as ... so (cf. kühner § 520; (Jelf, § 754,3; Winer s Grammar, § 53,4); on the Latinque ... que cf. Herzog on [[Sallust]], Cat. 9,3): R G; L T Tr WH [[text]]; Tr brackets; WH [[text]] omits [[second]] τέ) (τέ [[καί]] τέ, L T Tr WH); τέ [[καί]] ... τέ ... [[καί]], L T Tr WH). [[εἴτε]] ... [[εἴτε]], [[see]] εἰ, III:15; [[ἐάν]] τέ ... [[ἐάν]] τέ, [[see]] [[ἐάν]], I:3e. [[μήτε]] ... [[μήτε]] ... τέ, [[neither]] ... [[nor]] ... and, [[Xenophon]], an. 4,4, 6).<br /><b class="num">5.</b> τέ [[γάρ]] ([[which]] began to be [[frequent]] from [[Aristotle]] [[down]]), Latin namque, etenim, for [[also]], for [[indeed]] (Winer's Grammar, 448 (417)), are so used [[that]] the [[former]] [[particle]] connects, the [[latter]] gives the [[reason]]: [[ὁμοίως]] δέ [[καί]] ([[with]] L Tr marginal [[reading]]), [[see]] in 6 [[below]]); τέ [[γάρ]] ... [[καί]], [[ἐάν]] τέ [[γάρ]] ... [[ἐάν]] τέ, for [[whether]] ... or ([[whether]]), [[ἐάν]] τέ [[γάρ]] [[καί]], for [[although]] (Latin namque etiamsi), R G).<br /><b class="num">6.</b> The [[reading]] [[often]] varies in manuscripts and editions [[between]] τέ and δέ; as, Tr marginal [[reading]]), we [[ought]] [[certainly]] to [[read]] [[ὁμοίως]] δέ [[καί]]; cf. Fritzsche at the [[passage]], p. 77; (Buttmann, 361 (309) n.).<br /><b class="num">7.</b> As respects [[position]] (cf. Kühner, § 520 Anm. 5; Winer's Grammar, 559f (520)), τέ is [[properly]] annexed to [[that]] [[word]] or [[idea]] [[which]] is placed in parallelism [[with]] [[another]] (as Ἰουδαῖοι τέ [[καί]] [[Ἕλληνες]]); [[but]] writers [[also]] [[take]] [[considerable]] [[liberty]] in placing it, and [[readily]] [[subjoin]] it to an [[article]] or a preposition; for examples [[see]] in 2a. [[above]].

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