μή: Difference between revisions

|auten=[[not]], [[lest]].—(1) adv., [[not]], differing [[from]] [[οὐκ]] in expressing a [[negation]] subjectively. μή is the [[regular]] neg. [[particle]] [[with]] the inf., in conditions and cond. rel. clauses, in prohibitions and exhortations, in wishes, and in [[final]] clauses introduced by [[ἵνα]], ὡς, etc. μή σε παρὰ [[νηυσί]] [[κιχείω]], ‘[[let]] me [[not]] [[catch]] thee [[near]] the ships!’ Il. 1.26 ; [[ἴστω]] [[νῦν]] [[Ζεὺς]].. μὴ μὲν τοῖς ἵπποισιν ἀνὴρ ἐποχήσεται [[ἄλλος]] (μή, and [[not]] οὐ, [[because]] the [[statement]] is in [[sense]] [[dependent]] on [[ἴστω]], [[though]] grammatically the ind. is allowed to [[stand]] [[instead]] of [[being]] changed to the inf.), Il. 10.330, cf. Il. 15.41.—(2) conj., [[that]] [[not]], [[lest]] (n e), introducing [[final]] clauses and [[object]] clauses [[after]] verbs of fearing, [[ἀπόστιχε]], μή τι νοήσῃ | [[Ἥρη]], ‘in [[order]] [[that]] [[Hera]] [[may]] [[not]] [[take]] [[note]] of [[anything]],’ Il. 1.522 ; [[δείδω]] μὴ δὴ πάντα θεὰ νημερτέα ϝεῖπεν, ‘[[lest]] [[all]] the [[goddess]] said [[was]] true,’ Od. 5.300 .—μή is combined [[variously]] [[with]] [[other]] particles, μὴ δή, μὴ [[μάν]], μή που, μή ποτε, μή [[πως]], etc. It is joined to interrogative words only [[when]] the [[question]] expects a [[negative]] [[answer]], ἦ μή (num), Od. 9.405, , Od. 6.200.