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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[μείς]] ([[month]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Μήν, an Anatolian divinity, ''IG''22.1365,1366, etc.; nom. sg. Μείς ''Supp.Epigr.''4.647.2, 648.3 (Lydia).<br><span class="bld">μήν</span>, Dor. (Epich.78, etc.), Aeol. (Sapph.''Supp.''23.5, etc.), and old Ep. [[μάν]] (in Hom.always followed by a vowel exc. Il.5.895,765, whereas [[μήν]] is followed by a consonant exc. in Il.19.45; original [[μάν]] has prob. been changed to [[μέν]] exc. when the metre prevented), a Particle used to strengthen asseverations,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[verily]], [[truly]]; a synonym of [[μέν]] but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, <b class="b3">ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται</b> and so [[verily]]... Il.23.410; <b class="b3">ἴστε μὰν</b>… ye know [[doubtless]], Pi.''I.''4(3).35: freq. with imper., <b class="b3">ἄγε μ.</b> on [[then]], Il.1.302; ἄγρει μάν 5.765; ἄναγε μάν A.''Ch.''963 (lyr.); ἕπεο μάν S.''OC''182 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> after other Particles,<br><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">ἦ μήν</b>, [[now verily]], [[full surely]], ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστίν Il.2.291, cf. ''h.Ap.''87, Hes. ''Sc.''101; ἦ μάν Il.2.370, 13.354, Sapph.l.c., Pi.''P.''4.40, al. (εἶ μάν ''IG''5 (1).1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthened, ἦ δὴ μάν Il.17.538: freq. later in strong protestations or oaths, c. inf., ὄμνυσι δ' ἦ μὴν λαπάξειν A.''Th.''531, cf. S.''Tr.''1186, X.''An.''2.3.26: in negation, <b class="b3">ἦ μ. μή</b>… Th.8.81, etc. (but also [[ὀμνύω]] μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν ''SIG''527.36 (Crete, iii B.C.)): in Prose also to begin an independent clause, ὀμνύω... ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην X.''An.''6.1.31; καὶ νὴ τὸν κύνα,… ἦ μ. ἐγὼ ἔπαθόν τι τοιοῦτον Pl. ''Ap.''22a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">καὶ μήν</b>, sometimes simply to add an asseveration, v. sub init., cf. Pi.''N.''2.13, etc.; καὶ δὴ μάν Theoc.7.120: freq. to introduce something new or deserving special attention, καὶ μὴν Τάνταλον εἰσεῖδον Od.11.582, cf. 593, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''459, ''Pers.''406, etc.; especially in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, [[here comes]]... Id.''Th.''372, E.''El.''339; also [[ὅδε]] μ. Αἵμων S.''Ant.''626 (anap.), etc.; of new facts, [[and besides]], [[nay more]], καὶ μήν… γε [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''982, cf. Ar.''Pax'' 369, X.''Smp.''4.15, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments, καὶ μήν… γε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''153b, D.21.56; to introduce a counter-argument, Ar.''Nu.''1185, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 452c; καὶ μὴν καί D.27.30, etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἢν ἐφῇς μοι… λέξαιμ' ἂν ὀρθῶς</b>. Answ. <b class="b3">καὶ μ. ἐφίημι</b> [[well]], I allow it, S.''El.''556; <b class="b3">μὴ νῦν διάτριβ', ἀλλ' ἄνυε πράττων</b>… Answ. καὶ μ. βαδίζω Ar.''Pl.''413 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), cf. ''Ra.''895, E.''Hec.''317; so καὶ μ.… γε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 426e, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ μήν</b>, yet [[truly]], Id.''Pers.''233, etc.; ἀλλὰ μάν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''765; ἀλλὰ μήν… γε Id.''Ra.''258; to allege something not disputed, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''187a: rarely separated, ἀλλ' ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός S.''OC''28; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μ.</b>… E.''Hec.''401: more strongly, ὅμως μ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 297d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ναὶ μήν</b>, [[above all]], Emp.76.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">οὐ μήν</b>, [[of a truth]] not, Il.24.52, A.''Ag.''1068, etc.: elsewhere in Hom. <b class="b3">οὐ μάν</b>, Il.12.318, etc.; <b class="b3">μὴ μάν</b> (Att. <b class="b3">μὴ μήν</b>) [[oh]] do not, 8.512, 15.476, etc.; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν 17.41; ἀλλ' οὐ μάν… γε S.''OC''153 (lyr.); οὐδὲ μάν Pi.''P.''4.87.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ὡς μήν</b>, = [[ἦ μήν]], ὀμμνύω Δία… ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα ''Delph.''3(1).362 i 40.<br><span class="bld">III</span> after interrogatives, <b class="b3">τί μ.</b>; [[well]], what of it? A.''Eu.''203, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''145e, etc.; <b class="b3">τί μ. οὔ</b> [[well]], why not? E. ''Rh.''706 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τῶς μ.</b>; [[well]], [[but how]]… ? [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.28; <b class="b3">τίνος μ. ἕνεκα</b>; ibid.; <b class="b3">ποῦ μ.</b>; to express surprise, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''142a; <b class="b3">ἀλλὰ πότε μήν</b>; X. ''Smp.''4.23.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to <b class="b3">μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει... ἔσται μὰν ὅτ' ἄν</b>… Il. 8.370-373; οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι… τεθνήξομεν A.''Ag.''1279; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστασθαι... οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ</b>. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''268e, cf. ''Grg.''493c, ''R.''529e, etc.; χαλεπῶς ἔχει ὑπὸ τραυμάτων, μᾶλλον μ. αὐτὸν αἱρεῖ τὸ νόσημα Id.''Tht.''142b; expressed more strongly by <b class="b3">γε μ.</b>, Pi.''P.''7.18, A.''Th.''1067 (anap.), S.''OC''587, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.7, etc.; also οὐ μ.… γε A. ''Pr.''270, ''Th.''538; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ μ.</b> ib.809, ''Ch.''189; <b class="b3">οὐ μ. οὐδέ</b> [[nor yet indeed]], Th. 1.3, 82, etc.; οὐ μὰν οὐδέ Il.4.512; ἀλλ' οὐ μὰν οὐδέ 23.441:—on <b class="b3">οὐ μὴν ἀλλά</b>, v. [[ἀλλά]] II.5.