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|Definition=Particle of strong affirmation, with acc. of the divinity invoked, once in Trag.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> νὴ τὼ Λαπέρσα, νὴ τὸν Εὐρώταν τρίτον, νὴ τοὺς ἐν Ἄργει καὶ κατὰ Σπάρτην θεούς S.''Fr.''957; freq. in Com. and Prose, especially in the phrase <b class="b3">νὴ Δία</b>, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''319, ''Th.''240, etc.; with the Art., νὴ τὸν Δία Id.''Pl.''202, Antiph.179.3, etc.; with the names of other gods, usually c. Art., νὴ τὴν Δήμητρα Pherecr.24; νὴ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν Ar.''Pax''218; νὴ τὸν Ἀπόλλω Id.''Ec.''160; <b class="b3">νὴ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν</b> ib.90; νὴ τὸν Ποσειδῶ Id.''Nu.''83, Eup.265; <b class="b3">νὴ τὼ θεώ</b> (Demeter and Cora) Ar.''Lys.''51, Men.''Georg.''24 (a woman's oath, acc. to Phryn.171; <b class="b3">νὴ τὼ σιώ</b> (of the Dioscuri) used by a Spartan, Plu.2.234f); νὴ τὴν Ἥραν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''230b; νὴ τὴν Ἑστίαν Antiph.185; νὴ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην Ar.''Ec.''189, Nicostr.Com.35; <b class="b3">νὴ τὸν κύνα</b>, v. [[κύων]] ''1'' fin.; νὴ τοὺς θεούς Ar.''Pl.''74, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 531a, al.; νὴ θεούς Hp. ''Ep.''17; <b class="b3">νὴ τόν</b> alone, Ph.2.271.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">νὴ (τὸν) Δία</b> is also used,<br><span class="bld">1</span> in answering questions, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.6, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 312a, etc.: in a supposed answer from antagonists, followed by [[γάρ]], D.8.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in introducing objections or contentions supposed to come from antagonists, followed by [[γάρ]], Id.19.285; followed by [[ἀλλά]], Id.18.117, 19.272; preceded by [[ἀλλά]], X.''HG''7.3.10, ''Mem.''1.2.9, D.24.125, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> to add force by way of climax, <b class="b3">ἄλλως τε μέντοι νὴ Δία πάντως καὶ</b>… Pl.''Ap.''35d, cf. X.''HG''1.7.21.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in adjurations, Ar.''Av.''661, ''Ra.'' 164.