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|Definition=Particle, used partly to express certainty on the part of the speaker or writer; partly, and more commonly, to point out that the word or clause with which it stands is correlative to another word or clause that is to follow, the latter word or clause being introduced by [[δέ]]. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[μέν]] used absolutely to express certainty, not followed by correlative [[δέ]], [[indeed]], [[of a truth]], synonymous with [[μήν]], as appears from the Ep. and Ion. form <b class="b3">ἦ μέν</b> in protestations and oaths (where Att. used <b class="b3">ἦ μήν</b>), καί μοι ὄμοσσον, ἦ μ. μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν <span class="bibl">Il.1.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.275</span>; ἦ μέν τοι τάδε πάντα τελείεται <span class="bibl">Od.14.160</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.24.416</span>; τοῦτον ἐξορκοῖ, ἦ μέν οἱ διηκονήσειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.93</span>, etc.: with neg., οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακὸν βασιλευέμεν <span class="bibl">Od.1.392</span>, etc.; ὤμοσα, μὴ μὲν… ἀναφῆναι <span class="bibl">4.254</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.118</span>, <span class="bibl">179</span>; ἔξαρνος ἦν, μὴ μὲν ἀποκτεῖναι <span class="bibl">Id.3.67</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">99</span>: without neg., ἀνδρὸς μὲν τόδε σῆμα πάλαι κατατεθνηῶτος <span class="bibl">Il.7.89</span>: also in Trag., ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε τῆς περιρρύτου χθονός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">159</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>44</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>676</span>, <span class="bibl">1129</span>, etc.; καὶ μέν <span class="bibl">Il.1.269</span>, <span class="bibl">9.632</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδὲ</b>… <span class="bibl">2.703</span>, <span class="bibl">12.212</span>; <b class="b3">γε μέν</b>, cf. γε <span class="bibl">1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> an answering clause with [[δέ]] is sts. implied, <b class="b3">τὴν μὲν ἐγὼ σπουδῇ δάμνημ' ἐπέεσσι</b> her can I hardly subdue, [[[but]] all others easily], <span class="bibl">Il.5.893</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς μὲν λέγουσι</b> as [[indeed]] they say, [[[but]] as I believe not], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 8</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἦν αὐτῷ πόλεμος</b> (with no <b class="b3">ἔπειτα δέ</b> to follow), <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>1.9.14</span>; so <b class="b3">νῦν μέν σ' ἀφήσω</b> I will let you go [[this time]], <span class="bibl">Herod.5.81</span>: to give force to assertions made by a person respecting himself, wherein opposition to other persons is implied, ὡς μὲν ἐμῷ θυμῷ δοκεῖ <span class="bibl">Od. 13.154</span>; <b class="b3">δοκεῖν μέν μοι ἥξει τήμερον [τὸ πλοῖον</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>43d</span>: hence with the pers. Pron., ἐγὼ μέν νυν θεοῖσι ἔχω χάριν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.71</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν</b> (sc. [[θέλω]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>498</span>; ἐμοῦ μὲν οὐχ ἑκόντος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>455</span>; ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.2.45</span>, etc.: with the demonstr. Pron., τούτου μὲν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐγὼ σοφώτερός εἰμι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span> 21d</span>: generally, to emphasize the preceding word, <b class="b3">πολλὴ μὲν ἡ μεταβολή μοι γέγονεν</b> great [[indeed]] has been the change, <span class="bibl">Is.1.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Simon.5.1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[μέν]] is used alone in questions, when the answer is assumed, [[I take it]], <b class="b3">θέμις μὲν ἡμᾶς χρησμὸν εἰδέναι θεοῦ</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>676</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 520</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hipp.</span>316</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>634</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1214</span>; <b class="b3">Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ Ἑλληνίζει</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>82b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[μέν]] folld. by [[δέ]] in the correlative clause or clauses, <b class="b2">on the one hand, on the other hand</b>; commonly in Classical Gr., less freq. in later Gr. (rare in <span class="title">NT</span>): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">μέν... δέ</b>… (or when the correlative clause is neg., <b class="b3">μέν... οὐδέ</b>... <span class="bibl">Il.1.318</span>,<span class="bibl">536</span>), to mark opposition, Hom., etc.—The opposed clauses commonly stand together, but are freq. separated by clauses, parenthetic or explanatory; e.g. [[μέν]] in <span class="bibl">Il.2.494</span> is answered by [[δέ]] in <span class="bibl">511</span>, <span class="bibl">527</span> sq.; in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.2</span>, <b class="b3">πρῶτον μέν</b> is answered by <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ δέ</b> in <abbr title="Illegible text in print source">†</abbr> <span class="bibl">6</span>; in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.2</span>, <b class="b3">πρῶτον μέν</b> is answered by <b class="b3">θαυμαστὸν δέ</b> in <span class="bibl">1.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to connect a series of clauses containing different matter, though with no opposition, <span class="bibl">Il.1.18s</span>q., <span class="bibl">306</span> sq. (five [[δέ]]-clauses), <span class="bibl">433</span> sq. (eight [[δέ]]-clauses), cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.3.14</span>,<span class="bibl">7.10s</span>q.: freq. when the members of a group or class are distinctly specified, <b class="b3">παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.1.1</span>; <b class="b3">τάφρος... τὸ μὲν εὖρος ὀργυιαὶ πέντε, τὸ δὲ βάθος ὀργυιαὶ τρεῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.7.14</span>; <b class="b3">πρῶτος μέν... δεύτερος δέ... τρίτος δέ</b>… ib.<span class="bibl">5.6.9</span>; <b class="b3">τότε μέν... τότε δέ</b>... at [[one]] time... at [[another]]... ib.<span class="bibl">6.1.9</span>, etc.: esp. with the Art. used as a Pron., <b class="b3">ὁ μέν... ὁ δέ… ; τὸ μέν... τὸ δέ</b>... etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the principal word is freq. repeated, οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν, περὶ δ' ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.1.258</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">288</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.70</span>; ἔνι μὲν φιλότης, ἐν δ' ἵμερος, ἐν δ' ὀαριστύς <span class="bibl">Il.14.216</span>; Ξέρξης μὲν ἄγαγεν... Ξέρξης δ' ἀπώλεσεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>550</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">560</span>, <span class="bibl">694</span>, <span class="bibl">700</span> (all lyr.); χαλεπαίνει μὲν πρῳρεύς, χαλεπαίνει δὲ κυβερνήτης <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> one of the correlative clauses is sts. independent, while the other takes the part. or some other dependent form, <b class="b3">ἐβλασφήμει κατ' ἐμοῦ... μάρτυρα μὲν… οὐδένα παρασχόμενος... παρεκελεύετο δέ</b>… <span class="bibl">D.57.11</span>; οἱ ἀμφὶ βασιλέα, πεζοὶ μὲν οὐκέτι, τῶν δὲ ἱππέων ὁ λόφος ἐνεπλήσθη <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.10.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.1.7</span>, <span class="bibl">5.6.29</span>; ὧν ἐπιμεμφομένα σ' ἁδεῖα μὲν ἀντία δ' οἴσω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>123</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span> 522</span> (bothlyr.); χωρὶς μὲν τοῦ ἐστερῆσθαι... ἔτι δὲ καὶ… δόξω ἀμελῆσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>44</span> b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[μέν]] and [[δέ]] freq. oppose two clauses, whereof one is subordinate to the other in meaning or emphasis, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο θαυμάζω, εἰ Λακεδαιμονίοις μέν ποτε… ἀντήρατε,… νυνὶ δὲ ὀκνεῖτ' ἐξιέναι</b> (for <b class="b3">εἰ… ἀντάραντες νυνὶ ὀκνεῖτε</b>) <span class="bibl">D.2.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>116</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.34.11</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.7.11</span>, etc.: so in an anacoluthon, <b class="b3">τρία μὲν ὄντα… ναυτικά... τούτων δ' εἰ περιόψεσθε τὰ δύο, κτλ</b>., <span class="bibl">Th.1.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[μέν]] is not always answered by [[δέ]], but freq. by other equiv. Particles, as [[ἀλλά]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.22</span> sq., <span class="bibl">2.703</span> sq., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.1</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>176</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.17</span>:—by [[μέντοι]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 350</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.189</span>, etc.:—by [[ἀτάρ]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.84</span>,<span class="bibl">124</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>342</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1051s</span>q., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>172c</span>, etc. (so <b class="b3">μέν... αὐτάρ</b> in Ep., <span class="bibl">Il.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.513</span>, etc.):— by [[αὖ]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.108</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.210</span>:—by [[αὖθις]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>165</span>:—by [[αὖτε]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.234</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.5</span>:—by temporal Particles, <b class="b3">πρῶτα μέν... εἶτα</b>… <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>261</span>; <b class="b3">πρῶτον μέν... μετὰ τοῦτο</b>… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.5</span>-<span class="bibl">7</span>; <b class="b3">μάλιστα μὲν δὴ... ἔπειτα μέντοι</b>… <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>647</span>:—rarely by [[μήν]] with neg., οὐδὲν μὴν κωλύει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>268e</span>; οὐ μὴν αὐταί γε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>12d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> when the opposition is emphatic, [[δέ]] is sts. strengthd., as <b class="b3">ὅμως δέ</b>… <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>785</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>473</span>, <span class="bibl">1074</span>, etc. (so ἀλλ' ὅμως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>450</span>); <b class="b3">δ' αὖ</b>… <span class="bibl">Il.4.415</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.10.5</span>; <b class="b3">δ' ἔμπης</b>… <span class="bibl">Il.1.561</span>-<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[μέν]] is sts. answered by a copul. Particle, <b class="b3">κάρτιστοι μὲν ἔσαν καὶ καρτίστοις ἐμάχοντο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">267</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">459</span>, <span class="bibl">Od. 22.475</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>689</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>125</span> (anap.), etc.: rarely in Prose, τρία μὲν ἔτη ἀντεῖχον... καὶ οὐ πρότερον ἐνέδοσαν <span class="bibl">Th.2.65</span> (dub.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> [[μέν]] before other Particles: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> where each Particle retains its force, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">μὲν ἄρα</b>, in Hom. <b class="b3">μέν ῥα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.1</span>, <span class="bibl">6.312</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.127</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>258d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>467d</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> μὲν γάρ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>62</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, etc.:— in Hom. there is freq. no second clause, <span class="bibl">Od.1.173</span>,<span class="bibl">392</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1062</span>, etc.; μὲν γὰρ δή <span class="bibl">Il.11.825</span>; μὲν γάρ τε <span class="bibl">17.727</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">μέν γε</b>, when a general statement is explained in detail, Κορινθίοις μέν γε ἔνσπονδοί ἐστε <span class="bibl">Th.1.40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">70</span>, <span class="bibl">6.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 13.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1382</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>564</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>909.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> μὲν δή <span class="bibl">Il.1.514</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, etc.: freq. used to express positive certainty, ἀλλ' οἶσθα μὲν δή <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>627</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>294</span>; τὰ μὲν δὴ τόξ' ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1308</span>; esp. as a conclusion, τοῦτο μὲν δὴ… ὁμολογεῖται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>470b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.1.6</span>, etc.: in closing a statement, τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>500</span>, etc.: used in answers to convey full assent, <b class="b3">ἦ μὲν δή</b> (cf. supr. A) <span class="bibl">Il.9.348</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.33</span>; καὶ μὲν δή… γε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>409b</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ μὲν δή</b>, to deny positively, <span class="bibl">Il.8.238</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>148e</span>, etc.; οὐ μὲν δή… γε <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">3.2.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὔ τι μὲν δή</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>187a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">μὲν οὖν</b>, v. infr.<span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> where the Particles combine so as to form a new sense, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">μέν γε</b> [[at all events]], [[at any rate]] (not in Trag.), τοῦτο μέν γ' ἤδη σαφές <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 154</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>1172</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1165</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>80</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.39</span>; μέν γέ που <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>559b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>147a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">μὲν οὖν</b> is freq. used with a corresponding [[δέ]], so that each Particle retains its force, <span class="bibl">Od.4.780</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.111</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>244</span>, <span class="bibl">843</span>; <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>359</span>, <span class="bibl">D.2.5</span>, etc.: but freq. also abs., [[so then]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>65</span>; ταῦτα μὲν οὖν παραλείψω <span class="bibl">D.2.3</span>; esp. in replies, sts. in strong affirmation, παντάπασι μὲν οὖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>158d</span>; <b class="b3">κομιδῇ μὲν οὖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">159e</span>; <b class="b3">πάνυ μὲν οὖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">159b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη μὲν οὖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">189e</span>; also to substitute a new statement so as to correct a preceding statement, [[nay rather]], [[κακοδαίμων]]; Answ. <b class="b3">βαρυδαίμων μὲν οὖν</b>! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1102</span>; <b class="b3">μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ</b> wipe your nose on my head: Answ. <b class="b3">ἐμοῦ μὲν οὖν</b>… [[nay]] on mine, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>911</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1032</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1090</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1396</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 1363</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1503</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>705</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>241</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>44b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>466a</span>, <span class="bibl">470b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span> 309d</span>, etc.; also μὲν οὖν δή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>153</span>; καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>31</span>; cf. [[οὐμενοῦν]]: in <span class="title">NT</span> [[μενοῦν]] and [[μενοῦνγε]], to begin a sentence, [[yea rather]], Ev.Luc.11.28, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>9.20</span>, etc., cf. Phryn.322, Hsch.—In Ion., <b class="b3">μέν νυν</b> is used for <b class="b3">μὲν οὖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">4.145</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> by <b class="b3">μέν τε</b>, if <b class="b3">δέ τε</b> follows, the two clauses are more closely combined than by <b class="b3">τε... τε</b>... <span class="bibl">Il.5.139</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μέν τε</b> is freq. answered by [[δέ]] alone, <span class="bibl">16.28</span>, al.; by [[ἀλλά]], [[αὐτάρ]], <span class="bibl">17.727</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.215</span>, al.; perh. by [[ἠδέ]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.341</span>:— Hom. also uses <b class="b3">μέν τε</b> abs., when τε loses its force, as after [[ἦ]], [[τίς]], etc., <span class="bibl">Il.2.145</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">μέν τοι</b> in Hom. always occurs in speeches, where τοι can be regarded as the dat. of the Pron.: later, [[μέντοι]] is written as a single word, and is used: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> with a conj. force, [[yet]], [[nevertheless]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>320</span>, <span class="bibl">1054</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>413</span>, etc.; and sts. stands for [[δέ]], answering to [[μέν]], v. supr. A.11.6 a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> as an Adv., in strong protestations, <b class="b3">οὐ μέντοι μὰ Δία</b>… <span class="bibl">D.4.49</span>; in eager or positive assent, [[of course]], <b class="b3">φαμέν τι εἶναι</b>… ; Answ. φαμὲν μέντοι νὴ Δία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65d</span>, al.: with a neg. to give emphasis to a question, <b class="b3">οὐ σὺ μέντοι</b>… ; [[why]], are you not… ? <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>309a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>229b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>339b</span>, etc.: sts. to express impatience, <b class="b3">ὄμνυμι γάρ σοι—τίνα μέντοι, τίνα θεῶν</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 236d</span>; <b class="b3">τί μ. πρῶτον ἦν, τί πρῶτον ἦν</b>; [[nay]] what [[was]] the first? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 787</span>; οὗτος, σὲ λέγω μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>171</span>; <b class="b3">σὺ μέντοι</b>… <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>44</span>: with imper., to enforce the command, <b class="b3">τουτὶ μ. σὺ φυλάττου</b> [[only]] take heed... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1100</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>661</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.8</span>: in answers, <b class="b3">γελοῖον μέντἂν εἴη</b> [[nay]] it would be absurd, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>158e</span>; summing up a long temporal clause, <span class="bibl">And.1.130</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> μέντοι γε <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.5.24</span>, etc.; οὐ μ. γε <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.5</span>: in later Gr. [[μέντοιγε]] stands first in the sentence, μ. οὐ θέλω <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.897.13</span> (i A.D.); also γε μέντοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>938</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>778</span>, <span class="bibl">1292</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>600</span>; ὅμως γε μ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>61</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">καὶ μ. καί</b> is used to add a point to be noted, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>331d</span>; also <b class="b3">καί… μ., νῦν σοι καιρός ἐστιν ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν παιδείαν, καὶ φυλάξασθαι μέντοι</b>… and [[of course]] to take care... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.15</span> (v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl">1.8.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>339c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>143a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ μέντοι</b> <b class="b2">well, if it comes to that</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.16</span>; [[well]], [[of course]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>331e</span>, etc.; cf. [[μέντον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> for [[μέν]] after other Particles, see each Particle. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span> Position of [[μέν]]. Like [[δέ]], it usu. stands as the second word in a sentence. But when a sentence begins with words common to its subordinate clauses, [[μέν]] stands second in the first of these clauses, as ἥδε γὰρ γυνὴ δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δ' ἐλεύθερον λόγον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>63</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐτάξαντο μέν... ἡσύχαζον δέ</b>… <span class="bibl">Th.4.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">113</span>, etc. It also attaches itself to words which mark opposition, as <b class="b3">πρῶτον μέν, τότε μέν, ἐγὼ μέν</b>, even when these do not stand first: sts. however it precedes them, ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ οἶμαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>228b</span>; ὡς μέν τινες ἔφασαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.28</span>. It generally stands between the Art. and Noun, or the Prep. and its Case: but if special stress is laid on the Noun, this is sts. neglected, as οἱ Τεγεᾶται μὲν ἐπηυλίσαντο, Μαντινῆς δὲ ἀπεχώρησαν <span class="bibl">Th.4.134</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνὰ τὸ σκοτεινὸν μέν</b>… <span class="bibl">Id.3.22</span>; also τῇ σῇ μὲν εὐδαιμονίῃ, τῇ ἐμεωυτοῦ δὲ κακοδαιμονίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.87</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[μέν]] is freq. repeated: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> when, besides the opposition of two main clauses, a subordinate opposition is introduced into the first, <b class="b3">ὁ μὲν ἀνὴρ τοιαῦτα μὲν πεποίηκε τοιαῦτα δὲ λέγει, ὑμῶν δέ</b>… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.6.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.8.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.104</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.214</span>, <span class="bibl">23.208</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in apodosi with the demonstr. Pron. or Adv., <b class="b3">τὸν μὲν καλέουσι θέρος, τοῦτον μὲν προσκυνέουσι, τὸν δὲ χειμῶνα</b>… <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσοι μὲν δὴ νομοῦ τοῦ Θηβαίου εἰσί, οὗτοι μέν [νυν]… αἶγας θύουσι· ὅσοι δὲ… νομοῦ τοῦ Μενδησίου εἰσί, οὗτοι δὲ… ὄϊς θύουσι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">42</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">3.108</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ὅτε μέν με οἱ ἄρχοντες ἔταττον... τότε μὲν ἔμενον... τοῦ δὲ θεοῦ τάττοντος,… ἐνταῦθα δέ</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span> 512a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[μέν]] used absolutely is freq. folld. by a correlative μέν, εἰ μὲν οὖν ἡμεῖς μὲν… ποιοῦμεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>421a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[μέν]] is sts. omitted (esp. in Poetry) where it is implied in the following δέ, φεύγων, ὁ δ' ὄπισθε διώκων <span class="bibl">Il.22.157</span>; ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ', ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ παῖδας <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>403</span>; σφραγῖδε… χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα τὸν δακτύλιον, ἡ δ' ἑτέρα ἀργυροῦν <span class="title">IG</span>22.1388.45, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>396</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>221e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1447b14</span>, etc.</span>

|sltr=[[μέν]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[where]] [[μέν]] is [[merely]] an [[emphatic]] [[particle]], and is [[not]] [[balanced]] by δέ or [[another]] [[particle]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> emphasising a [[demonstrative]], [[not]] in nom., [[which]] refers [[back]] to a [[word]] in (esp. [[subject]] of) a [[preceding]] [[sentence]]. ὁ δ' [[αὐτῷ]] πὰρ ποδὶ σχεδὸν φάνη· τῷ μὲν [[εἶπε]] (O. 1.75) οὐδ' ἀκράντοις ἐφάψατο ἔπεσι· τὸν μὲν ἀγάλλων θεὸς ἔδωκεν (O. 1.86) μαντεύσατο δ' ἐς θεὸν [[ἐλθών]]. τῷ μὲν ὁ Χρυσοκόμας [[εἶπε]] (O. 7.32) Γλαῦκον τρόμεον [[Δαναοί]]. τοῖσι μὲν ἐξεύχετ (O. 13.60) ([[ὄρος]]) [[τοῦ]] μὲν ἐπωνυμίαν κλεινὸς οἰκιστὴρ ἐκύδανεν πόλιν γείτονα (P. 1.30) [[πατήρ]]. τῷ μὲν εἰ κατέβαν ὑγίειαν [[ἄγων]] (P. 3.72) δεσπόταν· τὸν μὲν [[Φοῖβος]] [[ἀμνάσει]] (P. 4.53) ὣς [[φάτο]]· τὸν μὲν ἔγνον ὀφθαλμοὶ πατρός (P. 4.120) (δοιοὶ δ' ὑψιχαῖται [[ἀνέρες]]). [[τῶν]] μὲν [[κλέος]] (P. 4.174) Κυράναν· ἁ μὲν οὔθ' ἱστῶν παλιμβάμους ἐφίλησεν ὁδούς (P. 9.18) γαμβρὸς Ἥρας. τῷ μὲν δαῖτα πορσύνοντες ἀστοὶ (I. 4.61) (Αἰακὸν) [[τοῦ]] μὲν ἀντίθεοι ἀρίστευον υἱέες (I. 8.24) ([[Ἀχιλεύς]]) τὸν μὲν οὐδὲ θανόντ' ἀοιδαὶ [[ἔλιπον]] (I. 8.56) (καὶ [[κεῖνος]]) τὸν μὲν οὐ κατελέγχει κριτοῦ γενεὰ πατραδελφεοῦ (I. 8.65) Ὕλλου τε καὶ Αἰγιμιοῦ · [[τῶν]] (Hermann: τὰ cod.) μὲν ὑπὸ στάθμᾳ νέμονται (I. 9.4) cf. fr. 140b. 16.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> emphasising adv., esp. [[temporal]]. [[νῦν]] μὲν [[αὐτῷ]] [[γέρας]] [[Ἀλκιμέδων]] (O. 8.65) μελέων, τὰ παρ' εὐκλέι Δίρκᾳ χρόνῳ μὲν [[φάνεν]] (O. 10.85) [[σάμερον]] μὲν [[χρή]] (P. 4.1) αἱ δὲ πρώτιστον μὲν ὕμνησαν Διὸς ἀρχόμεναι σεμνὰν Θέτιν (N. 5.25) ὃς [[τότε]] μὲν βασιλεύων [[κεῖθι]] (N. 9.11) ([[Διόσκουροι]]) [[μάλα]] μὲν [[ἀνδρῶν]] [[δικαίων]] περικαδόμενοι (N. 10.54) adv. [[phrase]], “τὸ μὲν ἐμόν, Πηλέι [[γέρας]] θεόμορον ὀπάσσαι γάμου Αἰακίδᾳ” (I. 8.38) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> emphasising [[verb]]. ἐπέγνω μὲν Κυράνα (P. 4.279) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> [[where]] the [[balancing]] [[thought]] is,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> suppressed. παῖδας, ὧν [[εἷς]] μὲν Κάμιρον πρεσβύτατόν τε Ἰάλυσον ἔτεκεν Λίνδον τε (O. 7.73) τὰ μὲν ἐν ἅρμασι καλλίνικοι [[πάλαι]] (v. [[also]] [[μέν]] τε) (P. 11.46) ξανθὸς δ' Αχιλεὺς τὰ μὲν μένων Φιλύρας ἐν δόμοις, [[παῖς]] ἐὼν ἄθυρε [[μεγάλα]] ἔργα (N. 3.43) πρῶτον μὲν fr. 30. 1.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [[not]] expressed in coordinated [[clause]]. [[ἤδη]] γὰρ [[αὐτῷ]], πατρὶ μὲν βωμῶν ἁγισθέντων, [[διχόμηνις]] ἀντέφλεξε Μήνα (O. 3.19) τοὺς μὲν ὦν (P. 3.47) τὰ μὲν ὦν οὐ δύνανται νήπιοι κόσμῷ φέρειν ἀλλ' ἀγαθοί, τὰ καλὰ τρέψαντες [[ἔξω]] (P. 3.83) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> contrasting [[with]] [[what]] precedes, [[not]] [[what]] follows. [[ἄγγελος]] [[ἔβαν]] πέμπτον ἐπὶ [[εἴκοσι]] [[τοῦτο]] γαρύων [[εὖχος]] ἀγώνων [[ἄπο]] . [[δύο]] μὲν Κρονίου πὰρ τεμένει, παῖ, σέ τ' ἐνόσφισε καὶ Πολυτιμίδαν [[κλᾶρος]] προπετὴς ἄνθἐ Ὀλυμπιάδος (μὰν coni. Wil.) (N. 6.61) esp., ἀλλὰ [[μέν]], ἀλλ' ἐπεύξασθαι μὲν ἐγὼν [[ἐθέλω]] Ματρί (P. 3.77) “ἀλλὰ καὶ [[σκᾶπτον]] μόναρχον καὶ [[θρόνος]] τὰ μὲν [[ἄνευ]] ξυνᾶς ἀνίας λῦσον” (P. 4.154) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> dub. &amp; fragg. [ἀγαθοῖς μὲν (Schr.: ἀγαθοῖσιν codd.) (N. 11.17) ] ἐγὼ μὲν [[ὑπὲρ]] χθονὸς (Pae. 8.14) ][[ἔνθεν]] μὲν αρ[ Πα. 13a. 22. ]α μὲν γὰρ [[εὔχομαι]][ (Pae. 16.3) [[ἔνθεν]] μὲν fr. 59. 11. [[πρόσθα]] μὲν fr. 70. 1. πρὶν μὲν ἕρπε Δ. 2. 1. μὲν [[στάσις]][ Δ. 3. 3. ]φθίτο μὲν γα[ Δ. 4e. 8. τὰν λιπαρὰν μὲν Αἴγυπτον fr. 82. κείνῳ μὲν fr. 92. [[Λάκαινα]] μὲν fr. 112. δελφῖνος, τὸν μὲν ἐκίνησ' ἐρατὸν [[μέλος]] fr. 140b. 16. οἱ μὲν [[κατωκάρα]] δεσμοῖσι δέδενται fr. 161. [[φθέγμα]] μὲν πάγκοινον ἔγνωκας fr. 188. πανδείματοι μὲν fr. 189. [[ἴσον]] μὲν fr. 224. ἁ μὲν [[πόλις]] Αἰακιδᾶν fr. 242. ]υν μὲν θεο[ ?fr. 337. 11. [[στῆναι]] μὲν οὐ [[θέμις]] οὐδὲ παύσασθαι φορᾶς ?fr. 358.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>g</b> γε [[μέν]], v. 4.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> [[μέν]] δέ.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> [[where]] sentences are opposed. ἐμοὶ μὲν τὺ δὲ (O. 1.84) θανόντων μὲν ἐνθάδ' τὰ δ ἐν [[τᾷδε]] Διὸς ἀρχᾷ (O. 2.57) παρὰ μὲν τιμίοις τοὶ δὲ (O. 2.65) τὸν μὲν λεῖπε [[χαμαί]]· [[δύο]] δὲ ἐθρέψαντο δράκοντες (O. 6.44) τὰ μὲν ἐκ θεοῦ δ (O. 11.8) κελαδέοντι μὲν σὲ δ (P. 2.15) —8. νεότατι μὲν βουλαὶ δὲ πρεσβύτεραι (P. 2.63) —5. [[τόδε]] μὲν [[μέλος]] [[ὑπὲρ]] πολιᾶς ἁλὸς πέμπεται· τὸ Καστόρειον δ' θέλων ἄθρησον (P. 2.67) τῷ μὲν [[Ἀπόλλων]] · ἀπὸ δ' αὐτὸν ἐγὼ (P. 4.66) τὸν μὲν οὐ γίνωσκον· ὀπιζομένων δ' [[ἔμπας]] [[τις]] εἶπεν (P. 4.86) “ἀλλὰ τούτων μὲν κεφάλαια λόγων [[ἴστε]]. λευκίππων δὲ δόμους πατέρων φράσσατέ μοι” (P. 4.116) [[μάκαρ]] μὲν [[ἀνδρῶν]] [[μέτα]] ἔναιεν, [[ἥρως]] δ' [[ἔπειτα]] [[λαοσεβής]] (P. 5.95) [[μάλιστα]] μὲν Κρονίδαν [[θεῶν]] σέβεσθαι· ταύτας δὲ μή ποτε τιμᾶς ἀμείρειν γονέων βίον πεπρωμένον (P. 6.23) ὁ μὲν που τεοῖς τε μήδεσι τοῦτ' ἔπραξεν, τὸ δὲ συγγενὲς ἐμβέβακεν ἴχνεσιν πατρὸς (contra Wil., 467.) (P. 10.11) —2. οἱ μὲν [[πάλαι]], [[νῦν]] δ (I. 2.1) —9. ἀλλ' ὀνοτὸς μὲν ἰδέσθαι, συμπεσεῖν δ ἀκμᾷ [[βαρύς]] (I. 4.50) —1. ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ [[δεῖμα]] μὲν παροιχόμενον καρτερὰν ἔπαυσε μέριμναν. τὸ δὲ πρὸ ποδὸς [[ἄρειον]] ἀεὶ βλέπειν [[χρῆμα]] πάν (I. 8.11) “ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν παύσατε· βροτέων δὲ λεχέων τυχοῖσα υἱὸν εἰσιδέτω θανόντ' ἐν πολέμῳ” (I. 8.35) [[καλῶν]] μὲν ὦν μοῖράν τε τερπνῶν ἐς [[μέσον]] χρὴ παντὶ λαῷ δεικνύναι· εἰ δέ [[τις]] ἀνθρώποισι [[θεόσδοτος]] ἀτληκηκοτας προστύχῃ, ταύταν σκότει κρύπτειν ἔοικεν fr. 42. 3—5. ἀλλὰ [ βαρεῖα μὲν] ἐπέπεσε [[μοῖρα]]· τλάντων δ' [[ἔπειτα]] Πα. 2. . [[ταῦτα]] θεοῖσι μὲν πιθεῖν σοφοὺς δυνατόν, βροτοῖσιν δ ἀμάχανον εὑρέμεν Πα.… τὸν μὲν Ὑπερβορ[έοις] [[ἄνεμος]] ζαμενὴς ἔμειξ[ ] ὦ Μοῖσαι, [[τοῦ]] δὲ παντεχ[ ] [[τίς]] ὁ ῥυθμὸς ἐφαίνετο; Πα.… χάλκεοι μὲν τοῖχοι χρύσεαι δ ἓξ [[ὑπὲρ]] αἰετοῦ [[ἄειδον]] κηληδόνες Πα.… Κρῆτα μὲν καλέοντι τρόπον, τὸ δ [[ὄργανον]] Μολοσσόν *fr. 107b. 2.* [[σῶμα]] μὲν πάντων ἕπεται θανάτῳ περισθενεῖ, ζωὸν δ' [[ἔτι]] λείπεται αἰῶνος [[εἴδωλον]] fr. 131b. 1.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[where]] sentences are joined. ζώει μὲν ἐν Ὀλυμπίοις Σεμέλα . λέγοντι δ' ἐν καὶ θαλάσσᾳ βίοτον ἄφθιτον Ἰνοῖ τετάχθαι (O. 2.25) — 30. Ὀλυμπίᾳ μὲν γὰρ Πυθῶνι δ (O. 2.48) —9. τᾷ μὲν ὁ Χρυσοκόμας πραύμητίν τ' Ἐλείθυιαν παρέστασέν τε Μοίρας. ἧλθεν δ ὑπὸ σπλάγχνων Ἴαμος (O. 6.41) κείνοισι μὲν (κείνοις ὁ μὲν coni. Mingarelli) —. αὐτὰ δὲ (O. 7.49) —50. Ἄλτιν μὲν ὅγ' ἐν καθαρῷ διέκρινε, τὸ δὲ κύκλῳ [[πέδον]] ἔθηκε δόρπου λύσιν (O. 10.45) —7. εἰ γὰρ ὁ [[πᾶς]] [[χρόνος]] ὄλβον μὲν [[οὕτω]] καὶ κτεάνων δόσιν εὐθύνοι, καμάτων δ' ἐπίλασιν παράσχοι (P. 1.46) τοὶ μὲν ἀλλάλοισιν ἀμειβόμενοι γάρυον τοιαῦτ· ἀνὰ δ' ἡμιόνοις [[Πελίας]] ἵκετο (P. 4.93) —4. ὀρφανίζει μὲν, ἔμαθε δ (P. 4.283) —4. τὸ μὲν [[ἔχει]] συγγενὴς ὀφθαλμὸς αἰδοιότατον [[γέρας]] . [[μάκαρ]] δὲ καὶ [[νῦν]] (P. 5.15) —20. πολλοῖσι μὲν γὰρ ἀείδεται νικαφόροις ἐν ἀέθλοις . τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀνδράσιν ἐμπρέπει (P. 8.25) —8. τοιαῦτα μὲν ἐφθέγξατ' Ἀμφιάρηος. χαίρων δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἀλκμᾶνα στεφάνοισι [[βάλλω]] (P. 8.55) —6. τὸ μὲν μέγιστον [[τόθι]] χαρμάτων ὤπασας, [[οἴκοι]] δὲ [[πρόσθεν]] ἁρπαλέαν δόσιν ἐπάγαγες (P. 8.64) [[ποτὶ]] γραμμᾷ [[μέν]] αὐτὰν στᾶσε κοσμήσαις [[τέλος]] [[ἔμμεν]] [[ἄκρον]], [[εἶπε]] δ (P. 9.118) —9. θάνεν μὲν αὐτὸς [[ἥρως]] Ἀτρείδας . ὁ δ' [[ἄρα]] γέροντα ξένον Στροφίον ἐξίκετο (others [[join]] [[μέν]] [[with]] τ v. 33) (P. 11.31) —4. ὁ δ' ὀρθὸν μὲν ἄντεινεν [[κάρα]], πειρᾶτο δὲ πρῶτον μάχας (N. 1.43) ἐν Τροίᾳ μὲν [[Ἕκτωρ]] Αἴαντος ἄκουσεν. ὦ Τιμόδημε, σὲ δ' ἀλκὰ παγκρατίου [[τλάθυμος]] ἀέξει (N. 2.14) ἁ [[Νεμέα]] μὲν ἄραρεν [[μείς]] τ' [[ἐπιχώριος]] . ἅλικας δ ἐλθόντας [[οἴκοι]] τ ἐκράτει Νίσου τ ἐν εὐαγκεῖ λόφῳ (N. 5.44) —5. καὶ [[ταῦτα]] μὲν παλαιότεροι ὁδὸν ἀμαξιτὸν [[εὗρον]]. [[ἕπομαι]] δὲ καὶ [[αὐτός]] (N. 6.53) —4. χρεῖαι δὲ παντοῖαι [[φίλων]] [[ἀνδρῶν]]. τὰ μὲν ἀμφὶ πόνοις ὑπερώτατα, μαστεύει δὲ καὶ [[τέρψις]] ἐν ὄμμασι [[θέσθαι]] [[πιστόν]] (N. 8.42) [[πεῖραν]] μὲν ἀγάνορα Φοινικοστόλων ἐγχέων ἀναβάλλομαι ὡς [[πόρσιστα]], μοῖραν δ' εὔνομον [[αἰτέω]] (N. 9.28) —9. τὰν [[μέν]] ᾤκισσεν ἁγεμόνα. σὲ δ' ἐς νᾶσον Οἰνοπίαν ἐνεγκὼν κοιμᾶτο (I. 8.19) —21. καὶ τὸ μὲν διδότω [[θεός]]. [ὁ δ]ἐχθρὰ νοήσαις [[ἤδη]] [[φθόνος]] οἴχεται Πα. 2. . [[χρῆν]] μὲν κατὰ καιρὸν ἐρώτων δρέπεσθαι, [[τὰς]] δὲ Θεοξένου ἀκτῖνας [[δρακείς]], ὃς μὴ ποθῷ κυμαίνεται, κεχάλκευται (Hermann: με codd.) fr. 123. 1. ὃς μὲν [[ἀχρήμων]], ἀφνεὸς [[τότε]], τοὶ δ' αὖ πλουτέοντες fr. 124. 8. ἀπὸ μὲν λευκὸν [[γάλα]] χερσὶ τραπεζᾶν ὤθεον, αὐτόματοι δ' ἐπλάζοντο fr. 166. 3.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> [[where]] [[subordinate]] clauses are joined. εἰ δ' ἀριστεύει μὲν [[ὕδωρ]], κτεάνων δὲ χρυσὸς αἰδοιέστατος (O. 3.42) ἐκέλευσεν δ' [[αὐτίκα]] χρυσάμπυκα μὲν Λάχεσιν χεῖρας ἀντεῖναι [[θεῶν]] δ ὅρκον μέγαν μὴ παρφάμεν (O. 7.64) —5. ([[φόρμιγξ]]) [[τᾶς]] ἀκούει μὲν [[βάσις]], πείθονται δ ἀοιδοὶ σάμασιν (P. 1.2) —3. [[τᾶς]] ἐρεύγονται μὲν ἀπλάτου πυρὸς ἁγνόταται ἐκ μυχῶν παγαί. ποταμοὶ δὲ (P. 1.21) —2. τῶ σε μὴ λαθέτω, Κυράνα, παντὶ μὲν θεὸν αἴτιον ὑπερτιθέμεν, φιλεῖν δὲ Κάρρωτον (P. 5.25) —6. ([[πάρφασις]]) ἃ τὸ μὲν λαμπρὸν βιᾶται, [[τῶν]] δ' ἀφάντων [[κῦδος]] ἀντείνει σαθρόν (N. 8.34) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> [[where]] parts of sentences are opposed or joined. ὃς σε μὲν Νεμέᾳ πρόφατον, Ἀλκιμέδοντα δὲ πὰρ Κρόνου λόφῳ θῆκεν Ὀλυμπιονίκαν (O. 8.16) αἴνει δὲ παλαιὸν μὲν [[οἶνον]], ἄνθεα δ' ὕμνων νεωτέρων (O. 9.48) —9. [[τέρας]] μὲν θαυμάσιον προσιδέσθαι, [[θαῦμα]] δὲ καὶ παρεόντων ἀκοῦσαι (P. 1.26) πράσσει γὰρ ἔργῳ μὲν [[σθένος]], βουλαῖσι δὲ [[φρήν]] (N. 1.26) ὅσσους μὲν ἐν χέρσῳ [[κτανών]], ὅσσους δὲ πόντῳ θῆρας ἀιδροδίκας (N. 1.62) [[οἶον]] αἰνέων κε Μελησίαν ἔριδα στρέφοι ῥήματα πλέκων, [[ἀπάλαιστος]] ἐν λόγῳ ἕλκειν, μαλακὰ μὲν φρονέων ἐσλοῖς, τραχὺς δὲ παλιγκότοις [[ἔφεδρος]] (N. 4.95) —6. Αἰακόν, ἐμᾷ μὲν πολίαρχον εὐωνύμῳ πάτρᾳ, Ἡράκλεες, [[σέο]] δὲ προπράον' [[ἔμμεν]] ξεῖνον ἀδελφεόν τ (N. 7.85) [[ὥρα]] [[πότνια]] τὸν μὲν ἡμέροις ἀνάγκας χερσὶ βαστάζεις, ἕτερον δὲ ἑτέραις (N. 8.3) τρὶς μὲν, τρὶς δὲ (N. 10.27) —8. “ἥμισυ μὲν ἥμισυ δ” (N. 10.87) —8. ἀνὰ δ' ἔλυσεν μὲν ὀφθαλμόν, [[ἔπειτα]] δὲ φωνὰν χαλκομίτρα Κάστορος (N. 10.90) ἀλλ' ἐπέρα [[ποτὶ]] μὲν Φᾶσιν θερείαις, ἐν δὲ χειμῶνι [[πλέων]] Νείλου πρὸς ἀκτάν (I. 2.41) κατὰ μὲν φίλα τέκν' ἔπεφνεν, αὐτὸν δὲ τρίτον fr. 171. πολλοῖς μὲν ἐνάλου ὀρείου δὲ πολλοῖς ἄγρας ἀκροθινίοις (δὲ πολλοῖς Duebner: [[πολλάκις]] codd.) ?fr. 357.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> explicative, distributive. [[ἄνθεμα]] δὲ χρυσοῦ φλέγει, τὰ μὲν [[χερσόθεν]] [[ὕδωρ]] δ' ἄλλα φέρβει (O. 2.72) γλαυκοὶ δὲ δράκοντες [[τρεῖς]], οἱ [[δύο]] μὲν [[κάπετον]], [[εἷς]] δ (O. 8.38), cf. (O. 13.58), (P. 2.48) διδύμους υἱοὺς τὸν μὲν Ἐχίονα, κεχλάδοντας ἥβᾳ, τὸν δ' Ἔρυτον (P. 4.179) Κάδμου κόραι, Σεμέλα μὲν Ὀλυμπιάδων [[ἀγυιᾶτις]], Ἰνὼ δὲ [[Λευκοθέα]] (P. 11.1) φυᾷ δ' [[ἕκαστος]] διαφέρομεν βιοτὰν λαχόντες, ὁ μὲν τά, τὰ δ' ἄλλοι (N. 7.55) “ἀλλ' [[ἄγε]] τῶνδέ [[τοι]] ἔμπαν αἵρεσιν παρδίδωμ· εἰ μὲν, εἰ δὲ (N. 10.83) —5. ῥεέθροισί τε Δίρκας ἔφανεν καὶ παρ' Εὐρώτᾳ [[πέλας]], Ἰφικλέος μὲν [[παῖς]] Τυνδαρίδας δὲ (I. 1.30) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> in [[enumeration]]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> [[μέν]] δέ δέ — (δέ. .) [[στάδιον]] μὲν ἀρίστευσεν . ὁ δὲ πάλᾳ κυδαίνων Ἔχεμος Τεγέαν. [[Δόρυκλος]] δὲ . ἂν ἵπποισι δὲ . [[μᾶκος]] δὲ . ἐν δ — (O. 10.64) [[ἐγγὺς]] μὲν [[Φέρης]] . ἐκ δὲ Μεσσάνας Ἀμυθάν. [[ταχέως]] δ' Ἄδματος ἶκεν καὶ Μέλαμπος (P. 4.125) —6. κρέσσονα μὲν ἁλικίας νόον φέρβεται γλῶσσάν τε· [[θάρσος]] δὲ (δὲ Schneidewin: τε codd.)—. ἀγωνίας δ (P. 5.109) —113. ἄγοντι δέ με [[πέντε]] μὲν [[Ἰσθμοῖ]] νῖκαι, [[μία]] δ' . [[δύο]] δ (P. 7.13) —6. [[ἡσυχία]] δὲ φιλεῖ μὲν [[συμπόσιον]]· νεοθαλὴς δ' αὔξεται μαλθακᾷ [[νικαφορία]] σὺν ἀοιδᾷ· θαρσαλέα δὲ παρὰ κρατῆρα φωνὰ γίνεται (N. 9.48) μακρὰ μὲν . πολλὰ δ' . οὐδ Ὑπερμήστρα . Διομήδεα δ . [[γαῖα]] δ (N. 10.4) τοὶ μὲν ὦν Θήβαισι . [[ὅσσα]] δ' . ἀνορέαις δ (I. 4.7) —11. ἐν μὲν Αἰτωλῶν θυσίαισι φαενναῖς Οἰνείδαι κρατεροί, ἐν δὲ Θήβαις [[ἱπποσόας]] Ἰόλαος [[γέρας]] [[ἔχει]], Περσεὺς δ' ἐν Ἄργει Κάστορος δ αἰχμὰ Πολυδεύκεός τ ἐπ Ἐὐρώτα ῥεέθροις. ἀλλ ἐν Οἰνώνᾳ (I. 5.30) —4. τὸν μὲν [[ἄνδωκε]] δ' . ὁ δ (I. 6.37) —41. ἵπποι μὲν ἀθάναται Ποσειδᾶνος ἄγοντ' Αἰακ[ ] Νηρεὺς δ ὁ [[γέρων]] ἕπετα[ι ] πατὴρ δὲ [[Κρονίων]] μολ[ (Pae. 15.2) σεμνᾷ μὲν κατάρχει . ἐν δὲ κέχλαδεν . ἐν δὲ Ναίδων . ἐν δ Δ. 2. . τοῖσι λάμπει μὲν [[μένος]] ἀελίου, φοινικορόδοις δ ἐνὶ λειμώνεσσι (δ supp. Bergk: τ Boeckh) Θρ. . 1. τεῖρε δὲ [[στερεῶς]] ἄλλαν μὲν [[σκέλος]], ἄλλαν δὲ πᾶχυν, τὰν δὲ αὐχένα φέροισαν fr. 169. 30—2. ἀελλοπόδων [[μέν]] τιν' εὐφραίνοισιν ἵππων τιμαὶ καὶ στέφανοι τοὺς δ ἐν πολυχρύσοις θαλάμοις βιότα. τέρπεται δὲ καί [[τις]] fr. 221.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> in paratactic [[climax]]. [[ἄριστον]] μὲν [[ὕδωρ]], ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς, εἰ δ' ἄεθλα (cf. (O. 3.45) ) (O. 1.1) —3. ἐμοὶ μὲν ὦν, ἐπ' ἄλλοισι δὲ, τὸ δ ἔσχατον (O. 1.111) —3. Πίσα μὲν [[Διός]]. Ὀλυμπιάδα δὲ . Θήρωνα δὲ (O. 2.3) πολλὰ μὲν, πολλὰ δ' . [[ἅπαν]] δ εὑρόντος [[ἔργον]] (O. 13.14) [[ἀρέομαι]] πὰρ μὲν Σαλαμῖνος, ἐν Σπάρτᾳ δ', παρὰ δὲ τὰν εὔυδρον ἀκτὰν [[Ἱμέρα]] (P. 1.76) πολ]λὰ μὲν τὰ πάροιθ[ ]δαιδάλλοισ' ἔπεσιν, τὰ δ α[ ] [[Ζεὺς]] οἶδ, ἐμὲ δὲ πρέπει Παρθ. 2. 31. ἀπὸ Ταυγέτοιο μὲν . Σκύριαι δ . ὅπλα δ ἀπ Ἄργεος, [[ἅρμα]] Θηβαῖον, ἀλλ ἀπὸ Σικελίας fr. 106. ἁ μὲν ἀχέταν Λίνον αἴλινον ὕμνει, ἁ δ' Ὑμέναιον. ἁ δ Ἰάλεμον υἱὸν Οἰάγρου λτ;δὲγτ; Ὀρφέα (δὲ supp. Wil.) (*qr. 3. 6.—10) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>III</b>[[μέν]] . [[νῦν]] [[αὖτε]] δὲ. ἐν Νεμέᾳ μὲν πρῶτον [[νῦν]] [[αὖτε]] Ἰσθμοῦ . εἴη δὲ τρίτον σωτῆρι πορσαίνοντας Ὀλυμπίῳ (I. 6.3) —7.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>g</b> ὁ [[μέν]] ὁ δέ — (ὁ δέ). ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν Πυθῶνάδ ᾤχετ ἰὼν . ἁ δὲ τίκτε θεόφρονα κοῦρον (O. 6.37) —41. τὸ μὲν γὰρ [[πατρόθεν]] τὸ δ' ματρόθεν (O. 7.23) ἐδόκησαν ἐπ' ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν [[τέλος]], τοὶ μὲν γένει φίλῳ σὺν Ἀτρέος Ἑλέναν κομίζοντες, οἱ δ ἀπὸ [[πάμπαν]] εἴργοντες (O. 13.58) ἀμφοτέροις ὁμοῖοι τοκεῦσι, τὰ ματρόθεν μὲν [[κάτω]], τὰ δ' [[ὕπερθε]] πατρός (P. 2.48) [[δόξαν]] [[εὑρεῖν]] τὰ μὲν ἐν ἱπποσόαισιν [[ἄνδρεσσι]] μαρνάμενον, τὰ δ' ἐν πεζομάχαισι (P. 2.65) τὸν μὲν ἁ δ (P. 3.8) —12. ἄλλον ἀλλοίων [[ἀχέων]] ἔξαγεν τοὺς μὲν μαλακαῖς ἐπαοιδαῖς ἀμφέπων, τοὺς δὲ προσανέα πίνοντας ἢ γυίοις [[περάπτων]] παντόθεν φάρμακα, τοὺς δὲ τομαῖς ἔστασεν ὀρθούς (P. 3.51) τὸν μὲν [[τοῦ]] δὲ (P. 3.97) —100. τὰ μὲν παρίκει· [[τῶν]] [[νῦν]] δὲ (P. 6.43) Κάστορος βίαν σέ τε, [[ἄναξ]] Πολύδευκες, υἱοὶ [[θεῶν]], τὸ μὲν παρ' [[ἆμαρ]] ἕδραισι Θεράπνας, τὸ δ οἰκέοντας [[ἔνδον]] Ὀλύμπου (P. 11.63) ἀλλ' [[ἔσται]] [[χρόνος]] [[οὗτος]], ὃ καί τιν ἀελπτίᾳ βαλὼν [[ἔμπαλιν]] γνώμας τὸ μὲν δώσει, τὸ δ [[οὔπω]] (P. 12.32) τοὶ μὲν ὁ δ (N. 1.41) διείργει δὲ [[πᾶσα]] κεκριμένα [[δύναμις]], ὡς τὸ μὲν οὐδὲν, ὁ δὲ [[χάλκεος]] ἀσφαλὲς αἰὲν [[ἕδος]] μένει [[οὐρανός]] (N. 6.3) ἁμέραν τὰν μὲν παρὰ πατρὶ φίλῳ Δὶ νέμονται τὰν δ' ὑπὸ κεύθεσι γαίας (N. 10.55) ἀλλὰ βροτῶν τὸν μὲν κενεόφρονες αὖχαι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν [[ἔβαλον]]. τὸν δ' αὖ παρέσφαλεν [[καλῶν]] θυμὸς [[ἄτολμος]] [[ἐών]] (N. 11.29) ἁ μὲν ἁ δ' ἁ δ Θρ. 3. . καὶ τοὶ μὲν ἵπποις γυμνασίοισι λτ;τεγτ;, τοὶ δὲ πεσσοῖς, τοὶ δὲ φορμίγγεσσι τέρπονται, παρὰ δέ σφισιν εὐανθὴς [[ἅπας]] τέθαλεν [[ὄλβος]] Θρ. 7. 6—7. irregularly coordinated, τὰ δ' ἄλλαις ἁμέραις πολλὰ μὲν ἐν κονίᾳ χέρσῳ, τὰ δὲ γείτονι πόντῳ φάσομαι (N. 9.43), cf. (P. 3.51) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>h</b> [[with]] anaphora. πολλὰ μὲν πολλὰ δὲ (O. 13.14) πολλὰ μὲν πολλὰ δὲ (Boeckh: μιν codd.) (P. 9.123) ὅσσους μὲν ὅσσους δὲ (N. 1.62) ἀλλ' ἀνὰ μὲν βρομίαν φόρμιγγ, ἀνὰ δ αὐλὸν ἐπ αὐτὰν [[ὄρσομεν]] ἱππίων ἀέθλων κορυφάν (N. 9.8) τρὶς μὲν τρὶς δὲ (N. 10.27) ἥμισυ μὲν ἥμισυ δὲ (N. 10.87) εὖ μὲν Ἀρισταγόραν [[δέξαι]] εὖ δ' ἑταίρους (N. 11.3) —4. πολλὰ μὲν πολλὰ δὲ (N. 11.6) —7. χρὴ μὲν ὑμνῆσαι τὸν ἐσλόν, χρὴ δὲ κωμάζοντ' ἀγαναῖς χαρίτεσσιν βαστάσαι (I. 3.7) —8. ἀγαπᾶται, μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων (I. 6.71) διαγινώσκομαι μὲν, γινώσκομαι δὲ καὶ (Pae. 4.22) ἐντὶ μὲν . ἐντὶ [δὲ καὶ] (supp. Wil.) Θρ. 3. 1. [[οἶδε]] μὲν βίου τελευτάν, οἶδεν δὲ διόσδοτον ἀρχάν fr. 137. 1.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>i</b> [[where]] the [[μέν]] cl. has concessive [[force]]. σοφίαι μὲν αἰπειναί· [[τοῦτο]] δὲ προσφέρων (O. 9.107) κώμῳ μὲν ἁδυμελεῖ Δίκα παρέστακε· [[θεῶν]] δ' ὄπιν ἄφθονον [[αἰτέω]] (P. 8.70) ἦ τιν' ἄγλωσσον [[μέν]], [[ἦτορ]] δ ἄλκιμον, [[λάθα]] κατέχει ἐν λυγρῷ νείκει (N. 8.24) cf. μὲν [[ἀλλά]] (P. 4.139) ; (P. 6.23) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>k</b> indicating [[comparison]]. λέγεται μὰν Ἕκτορι μὲν [[κλέος]] ἀνθῆσαι Σκαμάνδρου χεύμασιν [[ἀγχοῦ]], βαθυκρήμνοισι δ' ἀμφ ἀκταῖς Ἑλώρου δέδορκεν παιδὶ τοῦθ Ἁγησιδάμου [[φέγγος]] ἐν ἁλικίᾳ πρώτᾳ (N. 9.39)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>l</b> [[where]] [[μέν]] and δὲ clauses are irregularly [[balanced]]. Ἱέρωνος ὃς ἀμφέπει [[σκᾶπτον]] δρέπων μὲν κορυφὰς ἀρετᾶν [[ἄπο]] [[πασᾶν]], ἀγλαίζεται δὲ καὶ μουσικᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ (O. 1.13) οἱ ὤπασε θησαυρὸν δίδυμον μαντοσύνας, [[τόκα]] μὲν φωνὰν ἀκούειν, εὖτ' ἂν δὲ [[Ἡρακλέης]] κτίσῃ, τότ αὖ [[χρηστήριον]] [[θέσθαι]] κέλευσεν (O. 6.66) ὃς τύχᾳ μὲν δαίμονος, ἀνορέας δ' [[οὐκ]] ἀμπλακὼν (O. 8.67) πολλὰ δ' ἀνθρώποις παρὰ γνώμαν ἔπεσεν [[ἔμπαλιν]] μὲν τέρψιος, οἱ δὲ (O. 12.11) οὐ ψεύσομ' ἀμφὶ Κορίνθῳ, Σίσυφον μὲν πυκνότατον παλάμαις ὡς θεόν, καὶ τὰν Μήδειαν . τὰ δὲ καί ποτ ἐν ἀλκᾷ ἐδόκησαν ἐπ ἀμφότερα μαχᾶν τάμνειν [[τέλος]] (O. 13.52) —5. πρύτανι κύριε πολλᾶν μὲν εὐστεφάνων ἀγυιᾶν καὶ στρατοῦ. εἰ δέ [[τις]] (v. G. P., 374) (P. 2.58) διψῇ δὲ [[πρᾶγος]] [[ἄλλο]] μὲν [[ἄλλου]], [[ἀεθλονικία]] δὲ μάλιστ' ἀοιδὰν φιλεῖ (N. 3.6) —7. ὁ δ' ἀποπλέων Σκύρου μὲν ἅμαρτε πλαγχθέντες δ [[εἰς]] Ἐφύραν ἵκοντο (N. 7.37) [[χαίρω]] δὲ πρόσφορον ἐν μὲν ἔργῳ κόμπον ἱείς, ἐπαοιδαῖς δ' ἀνὴρ νώδυνον καί [[τις]] κάματον θῆκεν (N. 8.48) —9 cf. (N. 9.48) ἄνδρα δ' ἐγὼ [[μακαρίζω]] μὲν πατέῤ Ἀρκεσίλαν . εἰ δέ [[τις]] (N. 11.11) “[[λίσσομαι]] παῖδα θρασὺν ἐξ Ἐριβοίας ἀνδρὶ [[τῷδε]] τελέσαι, τὸν μὲν ἄρρηκτον φυάν, θυμὸς δ' ἑπέσθω” (I. 6.47) —9. μάτρωί θ' [[χάλκασπις]] ᾧ πότμον μὲν [[Ἄρης]] ἔμειξεν, τιμὰ δ ἀγαθοῖσιν ἀντίκειται (I. 7.25) —6. σὲ δ' ἐγὼ [[παρά]] μιν [[αἰνέω]] [[μέν]], Γηρυόνα, τὸ δὲ μὴ Δὶ φίλτερον σιγῷμι [[πάμπαν]] fr. 81 ad Δ. 2. πόλιν ἀμφινέμονται, [[πλεῖστα]] μὲν δῶρ' ἀθανάτοις ἀνέχοντες, ἕσπετο δ αἰενάου πλούτου [[νέφος]] fr. 119. 3.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>m</b> [[μέν]] δέ combined [[with]] [[other]] particles.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> μὲν ὦν δέ. ἀρούραισιν, αἵτ ἀμειβόμεναι [[τόκα]] μὲν ὦν βίον ἀνδράσιν ἐπηετανὸν ἐκ πεδίων ἔδοσαν, [[τόκα]] δ αὖτ ἀναπαυσάμεναι [[σθένος]] ἔμαρψαν (N. 6.10) cf. (O. 1.111) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> γε μὲνδέ, opposing [[two]] [[connected]] thoughts to [[what]] precedes; v. 4. infra. ([[Fortune]], [[you]] [[guide]] ships and wars and councils). αἵ γε μὲν [[ἀνδρῶν]] πόλλ' [[ἄνω]], τὰ δ αὖ [[κάτω]] [[ψεύδη]] μεταμώνια τάμνοισαι κυλίνδοντ ἐλπίδες. [[σύμβολον]] δ οὔ πώ [[τις]] ἐπιχθονίων πιστὸν εὗρεν [[θεόθεν]] (O. 12.5) ὕπατον δ' ἔσχεν Πίσα Ἡρακλέος τεθμόν. ἁδεῖαί γε μὲν ἀμβολάδαν ἐν τελεταῖς δὶς Ἀθαναίων μιν ὀμφαὶ κώ- μασαν· γαίᾳ δὲ καυθείσᾳ πυρὶ [[καρπὸς]] ἐλαίας ἔμολεν (N. 10.33) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>n</b> fragg. τὶν μὲν [πά]ρ μιν[ ] ἐμὶν δὲ πὰ[ρ] κείνοι[ς Πα. 1. 1. [[λίγεια]] μὲν Μοῖσ' ἀφα [ ] μνάσει δὲ καί τινα Πα. 14. 32—5.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b> [[μέν]] [[balanced]] [[with]] particles [[other]] [[than]] δέ.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> [[μέν]] [[ἀλλά]] lang=greek&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> τὸ μὲν Ἀρχιλόχου [[μέλος]], φωνᾶεν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἄρκεσε . ἀλλὰ [[νῦν]] (O. 9.1) λέγοντι μὰν χθόνα μὲν κατακλύσαι μέλαιναν ὕδατος [[σθένος]], ἀλλὰ ἀνάπωτιν ἐξαίφνας [[ἄντλον]] [[ἑλεῖν]] (O. 9.50) ποταμοὶ δ' ἁμέραισιν μὲν προχέοντι [[ῥόον]] καπνοῦ [[αἴθων]]· ἀλλ ἐν ὄρφναισιν (P. 1.22) ἀσθενεῖ μὲν χρωτὶ βαίνων, ἀλλὰ μοιρίδιον ἦν (P. 1.55) “ἐντὶ μὲν θνατῶν φρένες ὠκύτεραι [[κέρδος]] αἰνῆσαι ἀλλ' ἐμὲ χρὴ καὶ σὲ” (P. 4.139) ῥᾴδιον μὲν γὰρ πόλιν σεῖσαι ἀλλ' ἐπὶ χώρας [[αὖτις]] [[ἕσσαι]] δυσπαλὲς δὴ γίνεται (P. 4.272) πολλὰ μὲν ἀρτιεπὴς γλῶσσά μοι τοξεύματ' [[ἔχει]] . ἀλλ [[ὅμως]] καύχαμα κατάβρεχε [[σιγᾷ]] (I. 5.46) —52, cf. fr. 106.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [[μέν]] [[ἀλλά]] δέ δέ, in [[enumeration]]. παρὰ μὲν ὑψιμέδοντι Παρνασσῷ τέσσαρας ἐξ ἀέθλων νίκας ἐκόμιξαν, ἀλλὰ Κορινθίων ὑπὸ [[φωτῶν]] ἐν ἐσλοῦ Πέλοπος πτυχαῖς ὀκτὼ στεφάνοις ἔμιχθεν [[ἤδη]], ἑπτὰ δ' ἐν Νεμέᾳ, τὰ δ [[οἴκοι]] μάσσον ἀριθμοῦ, Διὸς ἀγῶνι (N. 2.19) —24.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[μέν]] τε.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> χαίταισι [[μέν]] ζευχθέντες [[ἔπι]] στέφανοι πράσσοντί με [[τοῦτο]] [[χρέος]], ἅ τε Πίσα (O. 3.6) ὄτρυνον [[νῦν]] ἑταίρους, Αἰνέα, πρῶτον μὲν κελαδῆσαι, γνῶναί τ' ἔπειτ (O. 6.88) ἁδυμελεῖ θαμὰ μὲν φόρμιγγι παμφώνοισί τ' ἐν ἔντεσιν αὐλῶν (O. 7.12) βλάστε μὲν ἐξ ἁλὸς ὑγρᾶς [[νᾶσος]], [[ἔχει]] τέ μιν ὀξειᾶν ὁ [[γενέθλιος]] ἀκτίνων [[πατήρ]] (O. 7.69) τίμα μὲν δίδοι τε (O. 7.88) παρέσταν μὲν [[ἄρα]] Μοῖραι σχεδὸν ὅ τ' ἐξελέγχων [[χρόνος]] (O. 10.52) αἱ [[δύο]] δ' ἀμπλακίαι φερέπονοι τελέθοντι· τὸ [[μέν]] [[ὅτι]], [[ὅτι]] τε (P. 2.31) ὁ [[θεῖος]] ἀνὴρ [[πρίατο]] μὲν θανάτοιο κομιδὰν πατρός, ἐδόκησέν τε (P. 6.39) ὀφείλει δ' [[ἔτι]] θαμὰ μὲν Ἰσθμιάδων δρέπεσθαι κάλλιστον [[ἄωτον]] ἐν Πυθίοισί τε [[νικᾶν]] Τιμονόου παῖδ (N. 2.9) ἦ μὰν ἀνόμοιά γε δᾴοισι ἕλκεα ῥῆξαν τὰ μὲν ἀμφ' Ἀχιλεῖ νεοκτόνῳ, ἄλλων τε μόχθων ἐν πολυφθόροις ἁμέραις (N. 8.30) —1. τὸ μὲν ἔλευσεν· [[ἴδον]] τ' ἄποπτα[ Δ. . 3. [[γόνον]] ὑπάτων μὲν πατέρων μελπόμενοι γυναικῶν τε Καδμειᾶν fr. 75. 11.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [[μέν]] τε — (και/τε.), in [[enumeration]]. μιν [[αἰνέω]] [[μάλα]] μὲν τροφαῖς ἑτοῖμον ἵππων χαίροντά τε καὶ πρὸς ἡσυχίαν τετραμμένον (O. 4.14) —6. εἰ δ' εἴη μὲν Ὀλυμπιονίκας βωμῷ τε [[ταμίας]] [[συνοικιστήρ]] τε, [[τίνα]] κεν φύγοι ὕμνον (O. 6.4) κτεῖνε μὲν κλέψεν τε ἔν τ (P. 4.249) —51.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>III</b> irregularly coordinated. ἀλλ' ἐγὼ Ἡροδότῳ τεύχων τὸ μὲν ἅρματι τεθρίππῳ [[γέρας]], [[ἁνία]] τ ἀλλοτρίαις οὐ χερσὶ νωμάσαντ [[ἐθέλω]] ἐναρμόξαι μιν ὕμνῳ (I. 1.14) [[αἰδοῖος]] μὲν ἧν ἀστοῖς ὁμιλεῖν, ἱπποτροφίας τε νομίζων ἐν Πανελλάνων νόμῳ. καὶ [[θεῶν]] δαῖτας προσέπτυκτο πάσας (I. 2.37) ἐμὲ δὲ πρέπει παρθενήια μὲν φρονεῖν γλώσσᾳ τε λέγεσθαι (*parq. 2. 34.) <br />&nbnbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> [[uncertain]] exx. ἀείδει μὲν [[ἄλσος]] ἁγνὸν τὸ τεὸν ποταμόν τε ὤανον ἐγχωρίαν τε λίμναν καὶ σεμνοὺς ὀχετούς, Ἵππαρις οἶσιν ἄρδει στρατόν, κολλᾷ τε σταδίων θαλάμων [[ταχέως]] ὑψίγυιον [[ἄλσος]] (κολλᾷ τε cum ἄρδει, Σ; cum ἀείδει μὲν Hermann) (O. 5.10) —2. [μὲν — (coni. Hartung: μιν codd.: [[ὔμμιν]] de Jongh) τε (v. l. δέ) (O. 11.17) —9.] [κρέσσονα μὲν . [[θάρσος]] τε — (codd.: δὲ Schneidewin), ἀγωνίας δ (P. 5.109) —13.] [θάνεν μὲν μάντιν τ (θάνεν μὲν cum ὁ δ' [[ἄρα]] v. 34, edd. vulg.) (P. 11.31) —33.] [τὰ μὲν ἐν ἅρμασι καλλίνικοι [[πάλαι]] Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἀγώνων πολυφάτων [[ἔσχον]] θοὰν ἀκτῖνα σὺν ἵπποις, [[Πυθοῖ]] τε ἤλεγξαν Ἑλλανίδα στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι (Ὀλυμπίᾳ τ codd., edd.: τ del. Pauw: Ὀλυμπίαθ Maas) (P. 11.46) ] [μὲν (codd.: [[ἔμμεν]] Turyn) (N. 7.86) ] [μὲν τε (v. l. δ.) Θρ. 7. 1—5.]<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> μὲν γε [[μάν]]. [[νῦν]] δ' ἔλπομαι [[μέν]], ἐν θεῷ γε μὰν [[τέλος]] (O. 13.104) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> μὲν [[αὖτε]]. ([[θεός]]) ὃς ἀνέχει [[τότε]] μὲν τὰ κείνων, τότ' [[αὖθ]] ἑτέροις ἔδωκεν [[μέγα]] [[κῦδος]] (P. 2.89), cf. (I. 6.3) —7.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> [[μέν]] [[ἀτάρ]]. οἱ μὲν κρίθεν· ἀτὰρ [[Ἰάσων]] αὐτὸς (P. 4.168) Ἀπόλλωνι μὲν θ[εῶν] ἀτὰρ [[ἀνδρῶν]] Ἐχεκ[ρά]τει ?fr. 333a. 4.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> [[μέν]] καί καί. cf. 1. b supra. πρῶτον μὲν Ἀλκμήνας σὺν υἱῷ Τρώιον ἂμ [[πεδίον]], καὶ μετὰ ζωστῆρας Ἀμαζόνος ἦλθεν καὶ εἷλε Μήδειαν fr. 172. 3—6.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b> γε [[μέν]], [[yet]] cf. 2. m. β supra. “[[νῦν]] γε μὲν” (byz.: [[μάν]] codd.) (P. 4.50) τίν γε [[μέν]] (cf. G. P., 387) (N. 3.83)