μήποτε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or μή ποτε, Ion. μή κοτε (v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> as Adv. <b class="b2">never, on no account</b>, after <b class="b3">ὡς</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>205</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>882</span>; after <b class="b3">εἰ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>182</span>, etc.: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>977</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>617</span>; esp. in oaths, <b class="b2">never</b>, ὀμοῦμαι, μή ποτε τῆς εὐνῆς ἐπιβήμεναι <span class="bibl">Il.9.133</span>, <span class="bibl">275</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπεκέκλετ' Ἐρινῦς, μή ποτε . . ἐφέσσεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">455</span>; in aposiopesis, <b class="b3">ἢ μήπορ' ἆρ'</b> . . <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>97</span>: in orat. obliq., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>86</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in prohibition or warning, with aor. subj., μή ποτε καὶ σὺ . . ὀλέσσῃς <span class="bibl">Od.19.81</span>, etc.: with inf. for imper., <span class="bibl">11.441</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in later Gr., <b class="b2">perhaps</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1172a33</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>24.5</span>, Aristeas <span class="bibl">15</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.22.80</span>, Plu.2.106d, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>18.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Conj., <b class="b2">lest ever</b>, αἰσχυνόμενοι φάτιν ἀνδρῶν... μή ποτέ τις εἴπῃσι <span class="bibl">Od.21.324</span>, al.; οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἄρα . . ἐλάσῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.53</span>.</span>