μηδέ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(μή, δέ) neg. Particle (cf. [[οὐδέ]]): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> as Conj., <b class="b2">and not</b> (Ep. also, <b class="b2">but not), nor</b>, connecting two whole clauses, used with the same constructions as μή, μή τι σὺ ταῦτα . . διείρεο μηδὲ μετάλλα <span class="bibl">Il.1.550</span>, etc.: without a neg. preceding, <span class="bibl">4.302</span>, etc.; τεκνοῦσθαι, μηδ' ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>754</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>714</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>409</span>; ὕδατος, μελίσσης, μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>481</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in <b class="b3">μηδέ . . μηδέ</b> . . the first <b class="b3">μ</b>. may belong to <b class="b3">μηδέ</b> A, e.g. <span class="bibl">Il.4.303</span> sq., or to <b class="b3">μηδέ</b> B, e.g. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>391c</span>; μήτε . . μηδέ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>; but <b class="b3">μήτε</b> cannot follow <b class="b3">μηδέ</b>:—for <b class="b3">μηδέ</b> after <b class="b3">οὐδέ</b>, v. [[οὐ]] A.11.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> as Adv., joined with a single word or phrase, <b class="b2">not even, not either</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.375</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.710</span>, etc.; repeated emphatically, <b class="b3">μηδ' ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ κοῦρον ἐόντα φέροι μηδ' ὃς φύγοι</b> let <b class="b2">not</b> the babe unborn —<b class="b2">no let not even</b> it escape, <span class="bibl">Il.6.58</span>; τὸ μήποτ' αὖθις μηδ' ἀναστῆναι <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>569</span>:—for <b class="b3">μηδέ τι</b> v. [[μήτις]].</span>

|mdlsjtxt=<br />μή δέ, Negat. Particle, ([[related]] to [[οὐδέ]] as μή to οὐ):<br /><b class="num">I.</b> as Conjunct. but not or and not, nor, μή τι σὺ [[ταῦτα]] διείρεο [[μηδὲ]] μετάλλα Il.:—[[more]] [[rarely]] without a [[negative]] [[preceding]], τεκνοῦσθαι, μηδ' ἄπαιδα θνήσκειν Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> doubled, [[μηδέ]] . . [[μηδέ]] . . , Opposing the two clauses of a [[sentence]], Il.:— [[μηδέ]] also follows [[μήτε]], Soph., Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as adv., joined with a [[single]] [[word]] or [[phrase]], not [[even]], Lat. ne . . [[quidem]], Hom., etc.