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