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1 μήν
μήν [(A)], [dialect] Dor. (Epich.78, etc.), [dialect] Aeol. (Sapph.Supp.23.5, etc.), and old [dialect] Ep. [full] μάν (in Hom.always folld. by a vowel exc. Il.5.895, 765, whereas μήν is folld. 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,A verily, truly; a synonym of μέν but stronger, and like it always following the word which begins the clause, ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μ. τετελεσμένον ἔσται and so verily.., Il.23.410; ἴστε μὰν .. ye know doubtless, Pi.I.4(3).35: freq. with imper., ἄγε μ. on then, Il.1.302;ἄγρει μάν 5.765
; (lyr.); (lyr.).II after other Particles,1 ἦ μήν, 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 IG5
(1).1390.27 (Andania, i B.C.)): strengthd.,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, ἦ μ. μή .. Th.8.81, etc. (but alsoὀμνύω μὴ μὰν φρονησεῖν SIG527.36
(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
.2 καὶ μήν, sts. 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, A.Pr. 459, Pers. 406, etc.; esp. in dramatic Poets to mark the entrance of a person on the stage, here comes.., Id.Th. 372, E.El. 339; alsoὅδε μ. Αἵμων S.Ant. 626
(anap.), etc.; of new facts, and besides, nay more,καὶ μήν.. γε A.Pr. 982
, cf. Ar. Pax 369, X.Smp.4.15, etc.; in Orators to introduce new arguments,καὶ μήν.. γε Pl.Tht. 153b
, D.21.56; to introduce a counter-argument, Ar.Nu. 1185, Pl.Grg. 452c;καὶ μὴν καί D.27.30
, etc.: also in answers, to denote approbation or assent, ἀλλ' ἢν ἐφῇς μοι.. λέξαιμ' ἂν ὀρθῶς. Answ. καὶ μ. ἐφίημι well, I allow it, S.El. 556; μὴ νῦν διάτριβ', ἀλλ' ἄνυε πράττων .. Answ.καὶ μ. βαδίζω Ar.Pl. 413
(v.l.), cf. Ra. 895, E.Hec. 317; soκαὶ μ... γε Pl.R. 426e
, etc.3 ἀλλὰ μήν, yet truly, Id.Pers.233, etc.; ;ἀλλὰ μήν.. γε Id.Ra. 258
; to allege something not disputed, Pl.Tht. 187a: rarely separated,ἀλλ' ἐστὶ μ. οἰκητός S.OC28
; ἀλλ' οὐδ' ἐγὼ μ. .. E.Hec. 401: more strongly,ὅμως μ. Pl.Plt. 297d
.5 οὐ μήν, of a truth not, Il.24.52, A.Ag. 1068, etc.: elsewh. in Hom. οὐ μάν, Il.12.318, etc.; μὴ μάν ([dialect] Att. μὴ μήν) 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
.6 ὡς μήν, = ἦ μήν, ὀμμνύω Δία.. ὡς μ. κρινεῖν τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα Delph.3(1).362 i 40.III after interrogatives, τί μ.; well, what of it? A.Eu. 203, Pl.Tht. 145e, etc.; τί μ. οὔ well, why not? E. Rh. 706 (lyr.); τῶς μ.; well, but how.. ? X.Cyr.1.6.28; τίνος μ. ἕνεκα; ibid.; ποῦ μ.; to express surprise, Pl.Tht. 142a; ἀλλὰ πότε μήν; X. Smp.4.23.IV with adversative force, esp. after a neg., so that it is equivalent to μέντοι, νῦν ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει.., ἔσται μὰν ὅτ' ἄν .. Il. 8.370- 373;οὐ μὴν ἄτιμοι.. τεθνήξομεν A.Ag. 1279
; ἀνάγκη μὲν καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστασθαι.., οὐδὲν μ. κωλύει κτλ. Pl.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 γε μ., Pi.P.7.18, A.Th. 1067 (anap.), S.OC 587, X.Cyr.6.1.7, etc.; alsoοὐ μ... γε A. Pr. 270
, Th. 538; οὐδὲ μ. ib. 809, Ch. 189; οὐ μ. οὐδέ nor yet indeed, Th. 1.3, 82, etc.;οὐ μὰν οὐδέ Il.4.512
;ἀλλ' οὐ μὰν οὐδέ 23.441
:—on οὐ μὴν ἀλλά, v. ἀλλά 11.5.------------------------------------μήν [(B)], ὁ,A v. μείς.
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