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|Definition=Adv., used to express strong affirmation, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[yea]], [[verily]], in Hom. mostly folld. by δή, ν. δὴ ταῦτά γε πάντα… κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες <span class="bibl">Il.1.286</span>, al.; ν. μήν <span class="bibl">Emp.76.2</span>; ν. μάν <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.27</span>; ν. μέν <span class="bibl">A.R. 2.151</span>; ν. μέντοι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Astr.</span>14</span>: used alone, <b class="b3">σὲ κρίνω, ν. σέ</b> [[yea]] thee, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1445</span>; ἀποκρίνασθαι ν. ἢ οὔ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>158a16</span>, etc.; τὸ ε οὐκ ἔστι χαρακτηριστικὸν... τὸ δὲ ᾱ ναί <span class="bibl">Choerob.<span class="title">in Theod.</span>2.85</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. in oaths, <b class="b3">ν. μά</b> [[yea by]]... v. [[μά; ν]]. alone, ν. τὰν Κόραν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1438</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ba.</span>534</span> (lyr.); ν. τὸν Ποτιδᾶν <span class="bibl">Epich.81</span>; ν. τὼ σιώ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.10</span>; <b class="b3">ν. πρὸς θεῶν ἀρήξατ</b>' <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1277</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in answers, [[yes]], <b class="b3">τοῦτ' ἐτήτυμον</b>; Answ. ν. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>738</span> (troch.), cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>845</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>193a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span> 448b</span>, etc.; doubled, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1468</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.56</span> P., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>5.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ν</b>. folld. by <b class="b3">ἀλλά</b>, etc., to mark a qualified assent, [[yes]], but... <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.84</span>; <b class="b3">ν., κατὰ σχολήν γε ἴσως· οὐ μήν</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>226e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>415e</span>.</span>

|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> [[that one]]<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> [[he there]], 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.).