μήποτε: Difference between revisions

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