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|Definition=Dor. [[αἴτε]], generally doubled, <b class="b3">εἴτε.. εἴτε.</b>., Lat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sive… sive]], [[either… or]], [[whether… or]], so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent; thrice repeated, S.''El.''606; εἴτ' οὖν…, εἴτε.. Id.''OT''1049; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. A.''Ag.''843; εἴτ' οὖν…, εἴτ' οὖν… Id.''Ch.''683; εἴτε…, εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν.. S.''Ph.''345; εἴτε…, εἴτ' αὖ.. Pl. ''Phlb.''34b; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. Id.''R.''471d: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ' ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu.2.1089d: the first [[εἴτε]] is sometimes omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ' ὦν ἀστός Pi.''P.''4.78; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις A.''Ag.''1403; μύραινά γ', εἴτ' ἔχιδν' ἔφυ Id.''Ch.''1002; λόγοισιν, εἴτ' ἔργοισιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''517, cf. ''Tr.''236; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''864a, cf. 907d, ''Sph.''224e: the first [[εἴτε]] is sometimes replaced by [[εἰ]], as <b class="b3">εἰ… εἴτε.</b>., Lat. utrum..an.., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.35; εἰ… εἴτε καί… A.''Ch.''768; εἰ… εἴτε μή Id.''Eu.''468; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.7; sometimes [[ἤ]] (<b class="b3">ἠὲ καί.</b>. [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Il.2.349) stands for the second [[εἴτε]], E.''El.''896, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''277d, ''IG''1.40.5; or for the first, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''178 (lyr.), E.''Alc.''115 (lyr.); [[εἴτε… εἴτε]], c. subj. (cf. [[εἰ]]), [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Archyt. ap Stob.3.1.105.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in indirect questions, Od.3.90, etc.; σκοπεῖτε εἴτ' ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ' εἴτε μή D.15.11.