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|etymtx=Grammatical information: pcle<br />Meaning: confirmative particle [[really]], [[yes]] (Il.; <b class="b3">ναὶ δή</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μὰ Δία</b>, <b class="b3">νη Δία</b> etc.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">νή</b> (esp. Att.), <b class="b3">νεί</b> (Boeot., also Arc.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [319] <b class="b2">*eno-</b> <b class="b2">that one</b><br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">νή</b> agrees Lat. [[nē]] [[really]]; <b class="b3">ναί</b> may have in Toch. B [[nai]] [[however]] a formal agreement. With <b class="b3">νή</b> : <b class="b3">νεί</b> : <b class="b3">ναί</b> cf. <b class="b3">ἠ</b> : <b class="b3">εἰ</b> : <b class="b3">αἰ</b> [[if]]; analog. <b class="b3">δαί</b> beside <b class="b3">δή</b>. The word is usually connected with the demonstrative IE *(<b class="b2">e-)no-</b> <b class="b2">he there</b>, s. <b class="b3">ἐκεῖνος</b> and W.-Hofmann s. [[enim]] m., also Schwyzer-Debrunner 570 w. n. 2 a. 3.The vocalism <b class="b3">-αι</b> is hard to explain. -- Diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 560f. (to OCS [[nyne]] [[now]] etc.). | |etymtx=Grammatical information: pcle<br />Meaning: confirmative particle [[really]], [[yes]] (Il.; <b class="b3">ναὶ δή</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, <b class="b3">ναὶ μὰ Δία</b>, <b class="b3">νη Δία</b> etc.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">νή</b> (esp. Att.), <b class="b3">νεί</b> (Boeot., also Arc.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [319] <b class="b2">*eno-</b> <b class="b2">that one</b><br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">νή</b> agrees Lat. [[nē]] [[really]]; <b class="b3">ναί</b> may have in Toch. B [[nai]] [[however]] a formal agreement. With <b class="b3">νή</b> : <b class="b3">νεί</b> : <b class="b3">ναί</b> cf. <b class="b3">ἠ</b> : <b class="b3">εἰ</b> : <b class="b3">αἰ</b> [[if]]; analog. <b class="b3">δαί</b> beside <b class="b3">δή</b>. The word is usually connected with the demonstrative IE *(<b class="b2">e-)no-</b> <b class="b2">he there</b>, s. <b class="b3">ἐκεῖνος</b> and W.-Hofmann s. [[enim]] m., also Schwyzer-Debrunner 570 w. n. 2 a. 3.The vocalism <b class="b3">-αι</b> is hard to explain. -- Diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 560f. (to OCS [[nyne]] [[now]] etc.). | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> used in [[strong]] [[affirmation]], yea, [[verily]], Lat. nae, Hom., [[attic]]; in Hom. [[mostly]] followed by δή.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ναὶ μά in oaths, yea by . . , ναὶ μὰ [[τόδε]] [[σκῆπτρον]] Il.; μά is [[sometimes]] omitted, ναὶ τὰν κόραν Ar.; ναὶ πρὸς [[θεῶν]] Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in answers, [[alone]], aye, yes, τοῦτ' ἐτήτυμον; answ. ναί Aesch.; ναί, ναί Ar. | |||
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