μὴ ὅτι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=elliptic phrases, μὴ [λέγε] or μὴ [ὑπολάβητε] [[ὅπως]] or [[ὅτι]]… (as [[οὐχ]] [[ὅπως]] for οὐ [[λέγω]] [[ὅπως]]), stronger than [[οὐχ]] [[ὅπως]], [[not to speak of…]], [[let alone]]…, folld. by other Conjs., μὴ [[ὅπως]] or μὴ [[ὅτι]], [[not only not]], folld. by ἀλλ' [[οὐδέ]], as μὴ [[ὅπως]] [[ὀρχεῖσθαι]]…, ἀλλ' οὐδ' [[ὀρθοῦσθαι]] [[ἐδύνασθε]] X. ''Cyr.'' 1.3.10; [[οὐκ]] ἂν… [[ἐργαζοίμεθα]] μὴ [[ὅτι]] τὴν [[τούτων]], ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἂν τὴν [[ἡμετέραν]] ''ib.'' 3.2.21, cf. D. 30.20, 21. μὴ [[ὅτι]] folld. by [[ἀλλά]] and a neg. or suggested neg., as μὴ [[ὅτι]] [[ἰδιώτην]] [[τινά]], ἀλλὰ τὸν [[μέγαν]] [[βασιλέα]] Pl. ''Ap.'' 40d, cf. ''Prt.'' 319d, etc.; μὴ [[ὅτι]] [[θεός]], ἀλλὰ καὶ [[ἄνθρωποι]] οὐ [[φιλοῦσι]] X. ''Cyr.'' 7.2.17. in second clause, the first being usu. neg. or suggesting a neg., οὐδὲ [[ἀναπνεῖν]], μὴ [[ὅτι]] [[λέγειν]] τι [[δυνησόμεθα]] Id. ''Smp.'' 2.26, cf. Pl. ''Phdr.'' 240e, ''Tht.'' 161d; after a question expecting a neg. answer, [[δοκεῖ]] [[σοι]] [[ῥᾴδιον]] [[εἶναι]] [[διδάξαι]] [[ὁτιοῦν]] [[πρᾶγμα]], μὴ [[ὅτι]] [[τοσοῦτον]]; Id. ''Cra.'' 427e; [ἁρμονίαι] [[ἄχρηστοι]] καὶ [[γυναιξίν]], μὴ [[ὅτι]] [[ἀνδράσι]] Id. ''R.'' 398e; more strongly μὴ [[ὅτι]] γε δὴ… D. 54.17 codd.; μὴ [[ὅτι]] γε τοσούτου [[χρόνου]] [[ἐπιγεγονότος]] UPZ 59.23 (ii BC).