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1 ἑσσόομαι
ἑσσόομαι 1 aor. ἡσσώθην (Ionic for ἡσσάομαι—Hdt. 1, 82, 3; 2, 169, 1; 8, 130, 2; s. JWackernagel, Hellenistica 1907, 17–19; B-D-F §34, 1; Mlt-H. 107; 240; 396; difft. W-S. §15, p. 127) to be put in lesser or worse circumstances or status, be inferior to or be worse off than τί γάρ ἐστιν ὸ̔ ἡσσώθητε ὑπὲρ τὰς λοιπὰς ἐκκλησίας; in what respect, then, are you being made to feel less important than the other congregations? 2 Cor 12:13 (ἡττήθητε v.l.).—FZorell, BZ 9, 1911, 160f. DELG s.v. ἦκα. -
2 ἐλάσσων
A smaller, less, formed from ἐλαχύς (q.v.), but serving as [comp] Comp. toμικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Il.10.357
; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off,πάντῃ Thgn.269
;οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ Hdt.9.102
;ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι D.21.187
;ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι Ar.Eq. 441
, D.3.29;οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν A.Pers. 813
; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for.., Isoc.11.11: abs., too small, Thphr.Char.23.9; below the average in height, PLips.1.9, etc.2 c. gen. pers., worse than, inferior to, Ar.V. 599, etc.: but c. gen. rei, giving way to, subservient to,σιτίων X.Lac.5.8
;πάθους Plu.Cor.34
: abs., worse, inferior,τόποι Gp.2.48.1
.3 neut. with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of less account, Hdt.6.6;ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι Plb.4.6.12
; ; ἐπ' ἔλαττον (sc. ἁρμοσθῆναι) Id.Phd. 93b; δι' ἐλάσσονος at less distance, Th.7.4;πάντ' ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆς Heraclid.Pont.
ap.Ath.12.537c.II of Number, fewer, οἱ ἐλάσσονες the minority, Hdt.3.121;ἐλάσσονες ἀριθμόν Id.8.66
;ἔ. πλῆθος Th.1.49
.IV of worth or rank, οἱ ἐ. the meaner sort, Isoc.2.13, Alex.116.12.V neut. ἔλασσον, as Adv.,ἔ. ἢ μηδέν A.Pr. 938
, cf. S.El. 598, Pl.R. 564d, etc.; ἔ. ἄπωθεν less far off, Th.4.67; πλείω ἔλαττον, with numbers, more or less, PLips.28.10 (iv A.D.), etc.: neut. pl., as Adv.,= ἐλαττονάκις, Pl.Cri. 53a, al.: regul. Adv. ἐλασσόνως (q.v.).VI with indecl. Numerals, the ἤ of Comparison is often omitted,οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα D.S.14.8
; esp. in Adv. ἔλασσον, asμὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη Pl.Lg. 856d
,al. (Orig. ἐλάχγων, cf. ἐλάχ-ιστος, ἐλαχύς.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐλάσσων
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3 κρείττων
κρείττων, ον, gen. ονος, and κρείσσων (B-D-F §34, 1; W-S. §5, 27c; Mlt-H. 107; JWackernagel, Hellenistica 1907, 12–25; Reinhold 43f; Thackeray 121, 2. The ms. tradition fluctuates in most places betw. ττ and σς. The word occurs Hom.+) in our lit. always a real comp. (cp. κρατύς, but functions as comp. of ἀγαθός).① pert. to being of high status, more prominent, higher in rank, preferable, better (Pind., Hdt. et al.) of pers. IPhld 9:1; Hb 7:7 (opp. ἐλάττων). τοσούτῳ κ. γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων as much superior to the angels 1:4 (Jos., Ant. 8, 111 τ. ἄλλων … κρείττονες γεγόναμεν).—Of things 7:19, 22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16, 35; IRo 2:1; IPol 4:3. χαρίσματα 1 Cor 12:31a v.l. (for the continuation of vs. 31b here cp. Appian, Mithrid. 60 §247 ἑτέραν ὁδὸν ἔχειν κρείττονα=know another way, a better one). W. gen. foll. better than (LXX; TestJob 27:7; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 273; Tat. 20, 1) Dg 2:2. κρεῖττόν τι someth. better Hb 11:40. ἐν ᾧ κρείσσων ἐστίν in the respect in which he is better off (than the other man) Dg 10:6. ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν κρειττόνων ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω μετάνοια a change of mind from better to worse MPol 11:1.② pert. to having a relative advantage in valueⓐ adj., more useful, more advantageous, better πεπείσμεθα περὶ ὑμῶν τὰ κ. we are sure of better things concerning you Hb 6:9. εἰς τὸ κ. συνέρχεσθαι (opp. εἰς τὸ ἧσσον; s. ἥσσων) 1 Cor 11:17. W. gen. better, more advantageous than (Artem. 2, 11 p. 98, 24 κρεῖττον τὸ κακοῦν τοῦ ὑπό τινος κακοῦσθαι) 2 Cl 16:4. κρεῖσσόν ἐστιν (w. inf. foll. it is better [Sir 33:22 =30:30 Ziegler]; Diod S 12, 16, 2 κρεῖττον [v.l.-σς-] γάρ ἐστιν ἀποθανεῖν ἢ … πειρασθῆναι; Demosth., Ep. 2, 21 εἰ …, τεθνάναι με κρεῖττον ἦν) 1 Cor 7:9; cp. 1 Pt 3:17. κρεῖττον ἦν αὐτοῖς w. inf. foll. it would be better for them 2 Pt 2:21 (s. B-D-F §410; Rob. 1084); cp. 1 Cl 46:8. Pleonast. πολλῷ μᾶλλον κ. much better indeed Phil 1:23. -
4 χείρων
χείρων, ὁ, ἡ, neut. χεῖρον, gen. -ονος, acc. - ονα: nom. and acc. pl. χείρονες, -ας, χείρονα, [var] contr. in [dialect] Att. Prose χείρους, χείρω; dat. χείροσι, poet.Aχειρόνεσσι Pi.N.8.22
:—(for [dialect] Ep. form [full] χερείων, poet. [full] χειρότερος, [full] χερειότερος, v. sub vocc.):—irreg. [comp] Comp. of κακός: ( χείρων from Χερ-ψων, cf. χερείων):I of persons, mcaner, inferior, either in bodily strength and bravery, or in rank, opp. ἀρείων, Il.10.238, Od.20.133;σὺ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἐγὼ δὲ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων Il.20.434
; , cf. Od.20.82;ἦ πολὺ χείρονες ἄνδρες ἀμύμονος ἀνδρὸς ἄκοιτιν μνῶνται 21.325
; opp. κρείσσων, Pi.I.4(3).34(52);τὸν ὄλβιον τόν τε χ. E.Ba. 422
(lyr.);τὰ χείρονα S.Fr. 192
, E.Supp. 196.2 later in moral sense, worse than others, sts. almost like a positive, knave, opp. ἀγαθός, S.Ph. 456, cf. Th.3.9, Lys.16.3;οἱ πένητες καὶ οἱ δημόται καὶ οἱ χ. X.Ath.1.4
, cf. 3.10; οἱ χ., opp. οἱ ἀγαθοί, Pl.R. 460c, etc.3 worse in quality, inferior, of horses, Il.23.572: inferior, less skilful,ἰητροί Hp.Acut.6
; ζωγράφοι, δημιουργοί, etc., Pl.Cra. 429a, R. 421e, etc.: χ. εἰς σοφίαν, εἰς τὴν ἀρετήν, Id.Tht. 162c, R. 335b;πρὸς ἀλήθειαν Luc. JTr.48
; c. acc.,χ. τὰ πολεμικά X.Cyr.8.8.20
; χ. τὴν ψυχήν, τὴν διάνοιαν, Aeschin.3.46. Isoc.11.43;τὰ ἄλλα μηδὲν χ. Id.4.105
; c. inf.,χ. ἡμῶν ταῦτα ποιεῖν X.Cyr.2.1.16
; οὐδὲν χείρους ἔσεσθε.. ἀκηκοότες you will be none the worse for having heard.., D.24.139; less kind,μὴ χ. περὶ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς εἶναι.. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Id.2.2
.III neut.,1 as a Subst.,τὸ χ.
inferiority,Polem.
Call.27; but mostly in phrases with Preps., ἐπὶ τὸ χ. τρέπεσθαι, κλῖναι, fall off, get worse, X.Cyr.8.8.2, Mem.3.5.13;ἐπὶ τὸ χ. μεταβάλλει ἑαυτόν Pl.R. 381b
; ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ χ., opp. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, Thphr.CP6.3.3; also πάντα ὑποπτεύοντες ἐπὶ τὸ χ. putting the worst construction on.. D.H.6.85;λαμβάνειν τι ἐπὶ τὸ χ. J.AJ16.7.4
; alsoπρὸς τὸ χ. μεταβάλλειν D.S.20.57
;κατὰ τὸ χ. Pl.Lg. 720e
; in the lower sense, opp. κατὰ τὸ κρεῖττον, Dam.Pr.7: less freq. in pl.,ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω ἰέναι X. Mem.3.9.9
;τὰ χ. προαιρεῖσθαι Isoc.8.110
.2 as a predicate, ἀλλὰ σοὶ αὐτῷ χ. (sc. ἐστί or ἔσται) Od.15.515, cf. X.An.7.6.4; with a neg., οὐ χ. [ἐστι] c. inf., we may as well, Pl.Phd. 105a, Arist. EN 1127a14; simply οὐ χεῖρον, in an answer, it is as well, Ar.Eq. 37;λάβ', ὦγάθ'· οὐδὲν χ. Clearch.Com.4
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5 ὠθέω
A (troch.), D.9.65, ([etym.] ἐξ-) Th. 7.52, etc., and ἐώθει even in h.Merc. 305; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.ὤθει Il.21.241
; [dialect] Ion.ὤθεσκε Od.11.596
: but is f.l. for ὠθεῖ ([place name] Kirchhoff): [tense] fut. , Ar.Ec. 300 (lyr.), ([etym.] ἐξ-) S.Aj. 1248; but , Andr. 344, and always in Prose;ἀπ-ώσω Od.15.280
, [dialect] Ep. inf.ἀπ-ωσέμεν Il.13.367
: [dialect] Att. [tense] aor. , etc., ([etym.] ἐξ-) S.OC 1296, 1330, etc.; [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.ὦσα Il.1.220
, Hdt.7.167, [dialect] Ep.ὤσασκε Od.11.599
; butἔωσα Il.16.410
, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Od.9.81; laterὤθησα Ael.NA13.17
, etc.: [tense] pf. ἔωκα ([etym.] ἐξ-) Plu.2.48c: [tense] plpf. ἐώκει ([etym.] ἐξ-) Id.Brut.42:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. ὤσομαι ([etym.] ἀπ-) S.El. 944, etc., ([etym.] δι-) A.Fr.199.9, etc.:—[dialect] Att. [tense] aor.ἐωσάυην Th.4.43
, Ar.V. 1085 (troch., with vv. ll.); [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep.ὠσάμην Il.16.592
, Hdt.9.25, v.l. in Ar.V.l.c.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. (v.l. ὠθήσομαι), ([etym.] ἐξ-) D.24.61: [dialect] Att. [tense] aor. ἐώσθην ([etym.] ἐξ-) X.HG2.4.34, etc.; later ὤσθην ([etym.] ἐξ-) Arr.An.4.25.3, Plot.4.4.45: [dialect] Att. [tense] pf.ἔωσμαι X.Cyr.7.1.36
, ([etym.] ἀπ-, περι-) Th.2.39, 3.57; [dialect] Ion. part.ἀπωσμένος Hdt.5.69
:— thrust, push,I mostly of human force, as of Sisyphus, σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε λᾶαν ἄνω ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον he kept pushing it.., Od.11.596, cf. 599; ; [ἔγχος] ὑπὲκ δίφροιο pushed it away from.., Il.5.854;ἂψ ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε ξίφος 1.220
; ; τὸν δε' Ζεὺς ὦσεν ὄπισθε χειρί ib. 694, cf. 13.193;ὦσαί [τινα] ἀφ' ἵππων 5.19
; ἀφ' ἵππων χαμᾶζε ib. 835, etc.; so ὦσαι ἑωυτὸν ἐς τὸ πῦρ rush into the fire, Hdt.7.167; ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ κεφαλήν throw him headlong down, Pl.R. 553b ([voice] Pass.,ὠθέεσθαι ἐπὶ κ. Hdt.7.136
);ὠ. τινα ἐπὶ τράχηλον Luc.DMort.27.1
;πετρῶν ὦσαι κάτω E.Cyc. 448
, cf. Pl.Phdr. 229c;εἰς λιθοτομίας D.53.17
: freq. of weapons, ὠ. ξίφος δἰ ἀμφοτέρων thrust it through both, Hdt.3.78; ; ;φάσγανον δἰ ἥπατος Id.Med. 379
;ξίφος πρὸς ἧπαρ Id.Hel. 983
;δαλοῦ κώπην ἔσω βλεφάρων Id.Cyc. 485
(anap.), cf. 636; ἐκ μηροῦ δόρυ ὦσε θύραζε forced it out from the thigh, Il.5.694; τὸ ἱμάτιον ὦσαι εἰς τὸ στόμα stuff it into his mouth, Thphr.Char.2.4: τὴν θύραν ὠθεῖ forces the door, Ar.V. 152, cf. Lys.1.24; : sts. of other than human force, as of a stream,ὦσε δὲ νεκρούς Il.21.235
, cf. 241; of the wind,Νότος μέγα κῡμα ποτὶ.. ῥίον ὠθεῖ Od.3.295
; [ὁ ποταμὸς] ὠθεῖ κῦμα Metagen.6.3;ὠ. κολόκυμα Ar.Eq. 692
: metaph., .3 thrust out, banish,ὠ. ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ S.OT 1382
; ; ; ;ἔξω τινὰ φυγάδα Pl.R. 560d
; σπονδῶν ἄπο, ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν, E.Ba.46, Aeschin. 2.86;ὠ. τινας ἀθάπτους S.Aj. 1307
:—[voice] Pass.,ὠθούμεθ' ἔξω Id.Fr.583.7
.4 metaph., ὠ. τὰ πρήγματα push matters on, hurry them, Hdt.3.81;ἐπιθυμία ὠθεῖ ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπολαύσεις Arist.VV 1250a24
.5 abs., ὦσα παρέξ pushed off from land, Od.9.488;ὤθει βιαίως E.Tr. 356
, cf. X.HG7.4.31; τὸ ὠθοῦν the motive power, Pl.Cra. 401d.II [voice] Med., mostly in [tense] aor., thrust or push away from oneself, force back, esp. in battle, freq. in Il., ;τείχεος ἂψ ὤσασθαι 12.420
; ὤσασθαι προτὶ Ἴλιον, προτὶ ἄστυ, 8.295, 16.655;τὴν ἵππον ὤσαντο Hdt.9.25
, cf. 3.72, 6.37;ὤσασθαί τινας κατὰ βραχύ Th.4.96
;ὠσαμένων τὸ εὐώνυμον κέρας Id.6.70
, etc.; once in Trag., E.IT 326: of a horse, throw its rider, Thgn.260 (s.v.l.).2 intrans., push, press forward, Th.4.11,35, Plu.Ages.32;ὠθεῖσθαι εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν X.HG7.1.31
;πρὸς τὴν πληγὴν ὁμόσε ὠθεῖσθαι Pl.Euthd. 294d
;εἰς χεῖρας ὠθεῖσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις Plu.Thes.5
.III [voice] Pass., to be thrust, pushed, or forced, rush or fall violently,ἐπὶ κεφαλήν Hdt.
(v. supr.1.1); ; , etc.;ἱδρῶτες ταχέως ὠθούμενοι Hp.Aph.7.85
.2 [voice] Med., crowd, throng, jostle, X.Cyr.3.3.64;ὠ. ὥσπερ ὕες Theoc.15.73
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6 μέν
μέν affirmative particle, a weakened form of μήν (Hom.+). One of the commonest particles in Hom., Hdt. et al., but its usage declines sharply in later times. Found only 180 times in the NT. In seven of these places the editions vary (Mk 9:12; Ac 23:8; Ro 7:25; 16:19; 1 Cor 2:15; 12:20: in Ro 16:19; Gal 4:23 W-H. bracket the word). The mss. show an even greater variation. In Rv, 2 Th, 1 Ti, Tit, Phlm, 2 Pt, 1, 2, 3J it does not occur at all; Eph, Col, 1 Th, Js have only one occurrence each. It is also quite rare in 1, 2 Cl, Ign, GPt, but is common in Ac, Hb, B and esp. in Dg. It never begins a clause. Cp. Kühner-G. II p. 264ff; Schwyzer II 569f; Denniston 359–97; B-D-F §447; Rob. 1150–53; Mlt-Turner 331f.① marker of correlation, w. other particlesⓐ introducing a concessive clause, followed by another clause w. an adversative particle: to be sure … but, on the one hand … on the other hand, though in many cases an equivalence translation will not fit this scheme; rather, the contrast is to be emphasized in the second clause, often with but.α. μὲν … δέ: ἐγὼ μὲν ὑμᾶς βαπτίζω … ὁ δὲ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος Mt 3:11. ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς … οἱ δὲ ἐργάται 9:37. τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε … τὸ δὲ καθίσαι 20:23. ὁ μὲν υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου … οὐαὶ δὲ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ Mk 14:21. τοῦ μὲν πρώτου κατέαξαν τὰ σκέλη … ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐλθόντες J 19:32 and oft. Cp. Mt 22:8; Ac 21:39; Ro 6:11; 1 Cor 9:24; 11:14; 12:20; 2 Cor 10:10; Hb 3:5; 1 Pt 1:20.—In combination w. conjunctions: εἰ μὲν … εἰ δέ if … but if Dg 3:2 (TestJob 23:5; Ar. 13:7). εἰ μὲν οὖν … εἰ δέ if then … but if Ac 19:38; cp. 25:11. εἰ μὲν … νῦν δέ if … but now Hb 11:15. μὲν οὖν … δέ ( now) indeed … but J 19:24; 20:30; Ac 8:4; 12:5; 1 Cor 9:25. μὲν γὰρ … δέ/ἀλλά for indeed … but (Wsd 7:30; Job 28:2; 2 Macc 6:4; 7:36; 4 Macc 9:8f, 31f) Ac 13:36f; 23:8; 28:22; Ro 2:25; 1 Cor 5:3; 11:7; 2 Cor 9:1–3; 11:4; Hb 7:18, 20f; 12:10; Ac 28:22 (in reverse order): also ἀλλά for δέ in apodosis 4:16f (as 3 Macc 2:15f), s. β. κἂν μὲν …, εἰ δὲ μήγε if … but if not Lk 13:9. ἐὰν μὲν …, ἐὰν δὲ μή Mt 10:13. W. prep. εἰς μὲν … εἰς δέ Hb 9:6.β. μὲν … ἀλλά to be sure … but (Thu. 3, 2, 1; X., Oec. 3, 6; Tetr. Iamb. 1, 2, 3; TestJob 4:1; Ath. 16, 1) Mk 9:12 (v.l. without μέν). πάντα μὲν καθαρὰ ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ to be sure everything is clean, but … Ro 14:20. σὺ μὲν γὰρ καλῶς … ἀλλʼ ὁ ἕτερος 1 Cor 14:17. Cp. Ac 4:16 (s. α).γ. μὲν … πλήν indeed … but (Galen, Inst. Log. c. 8, 2 Kalbfl. [1896]) Lk 22:22.ⓑ without any real concessive sense on the part of μέν, but adversative force in δέ, so that μέν need not be translated at all: αὐτοὶ μὲν … ὑμεῖς δέ Lk 11:48; cp. Ac 13:36. ἐγὼ μὲν … ἐγὼ δέ 1 Cor 1:12. τοῖς μὲν ἀπολλυμένοις … τοῖς δὲ σῳζομένοις vs. 18. Ἰουδαίοις μὲν … ἔθνεσι δέ vs. 23. ἐμοὶ μὲν … ὑμῖν δέ Phil 3:1. εἰ μὲν … εἰ δέ Ac 18:14; Dg 2:8.ⓒ Somet. the combination μὲν … δέ does not emphasize a contrast, but separates one thought from another in a series, so that they may be easily distinguished: πρῶτον μὲν … ἔπειτα δέ in the first place … then Hb 7:2. ὸ̔ μὲν … ὸ̔ δέ the one … the other Mt 13:8, 23 (cp. Lucian, Hermot. 66 ὁ μὲν ἑπτά, ὁ δὲ πέντε, ὁ δὲ τριάκοντα; Just., D. 35, 6; 39, 2; cp. TestAbr A 10 p. 87, 21 [Stone p. 22] ἄλλους μὲν … ἑτέρους); Ro 9:21. ὸ̔ς μὲν … ὸ̔ς δέ the one … the other Mt 21:35; 25:15; Lk 23:33; Ac 27:44; Ro 14:5; 1 Cor 11:21; Jd 22. ἃ μὲν … ἃ δέ some … others 2 Ti 2:20. ὁ μὲν … ὁ δέ the one … the other, but pl. some … others Ac 14:4; 17:32; Gal 4:23; Eph 4:11; Phil 1:16; Dg 2:2f. ἕκαστος …, ὁ μὲν οὕτως ὁ δὲ οὕτως each one …, one in one way, one in another 1 Cor 7:7. ὸ̔ς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν the one is confident about eating anything, but the weak person Ro 14:2. τινὲς μὲν … τινὲς δέ some … but still others Phil 1:15. ἄλλη μὲν …, ἄλλη δὲ …, ἄλλη δέ … 1 Cor 15:39. ἑτέρα μὲν …, ἑτέρα δέ vs. 40. οἱ μὲν …, ἄλλοι δὲ …, ἕτεροι δέ Mt 16:14. ᾧ μὲν γὰρ …, ἄλλῳ δὲ …, ἑτέρῳ 1 Cor 12:8ff. ἃ μὲν …, ἄλλα δὲ …, ἄλλα δέ Mt 13:4ff. τοῦτο μὲν …, τοῦτο δέ in part … in part (Hdt. 3, 106; Isocr. 4, 21; 22) Hb 10:33 (μέν followed by more than one δέ: two, Libanius, Or. 18, p. 251, 3f; Or. 59 p. 240, 13; four, Or. 64 p. 469, 14).② marker of contrast or continuation without express correlation and frequently in anacoluthaⓐ when the contrast can be supplied fr. the context, and therefore can be omitted as obvious: λόγον μὲν ἔχοντα σοφίας (sc. ὄντα δὲ ἄλογα or someth. sim.) they have the reputation of being wise (but are foolish) Col 2:23 (difft. BHollenbach, NTS 25, ’79, 254–61: a subordinate clause embedded in its main clause). τὰ μὲν σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου κατειργάσθη ἐν ὑμῖν the signs that mark a true apostle were performed among you (but you paid no attention) 2 Cor 12:12. ἤδη μὲν οὖν ἥττημα indeed it is already a defeat for you (but you make it still worse) 1 Cor 6:7.—μέν serves to emphasize the subject in clauses which contain a report made by the speaker’s personal state of being, esp. intellectual or emotional; so ἐγὼ μ. Παῦλος 1 Th 2:18. ἡ μ. εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας Ro 10:1.ⓑ Somet. the contrast is actually expressed, but not in adversative form (Diod S 12, 70, 6 Ἀθηναῖοι μὲν οὖν ἐπιβουλεύσαντες τοῖς Βοιωτοῖς τοιαύτῃ συμφορᾷ περιέπεσον=so the Ath., one can see, after plotting against the B., had their fortunes reversed in such a disaster; Polyaenus with dramatic effect: 4, 3, 20 οἱ μὲν …, Ἀλέξανδρος … ; 2, 3, 2) τότε μὲν … ἔπειτα (here we expect δέ) J 11:6f. ἐφʼ ὅσον μὲν οὖν εἰμι ἐγὼ ἐθνῶν ἀπόστολος in so far, then, as I am an apostle to the nations Ro 11:13 (the contrast follows in vs. 14); cp. 7:12 and 13ff.ⓒ We notice anacoluthon in enumerations, either if they are broken off or if they are continued in some manner that is irregular in form: πρῶτον μέν in the first place Ro 1:8; 3:2; 1 Cor 11:18. πρῶτον μὲν … ἔπειτα (X., Cyr. 7, 5, 1) Js 3:17. In the prologue to Ac (s. λόγος 1b) the clause w. δέ corresponding to τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον 1:1 (Diod S 11, 1, 1 ῾Η μὲν οὖν πρὸ ταύτης βίβλος … τὸ τέλος ἔσχε τῶν πράξεων … ἐν ταύτῃ δέ … The preceding book … contained … ; in this one, on the other hand …) may have been omitted through editorial activity acc. to Norden, Agn. Th. 311ff; 397.ⓓ μέν followed by καί is not customary (Ael. Aristid. 31, 19 K.=11 p. 133 D.; IAsMinSW 325, 10ff μὲν … καί; POxy 1153, 14 [I A.D.] two armbands ἓν μὲν σανδύκινον καὶ ἓν πορφυροῦν; TestJob 40:7f; ApcMos 15) Mk 4:4ff; Lk 8:5ff; MPol 2:4.ⓔ μὲν οὖν denotes continuation (TestJob 40:14; Just., A I, 7, 3; s. B-D-F §451, 1; Kühner-G. II 157f, but note Denniston’s caution, p. 473, n. 1; Mayser II/3, 152f; Rob. 1151; 1191) so, then Lk 3:18. Esp. in Ac: 1:6, 18; 2:41; 5:41; 8:25; 9:31; 11:19; 13:4; 14:3 (DSharp, ET 44, ’33, 528); 15:3, 30; 16:5; 17:12, 17, 30; 19:32; 23:18, 22, 31; 25:4; 26:4, 9; 28:5. Also 1 Cor 6:4 (B-D-F §450, 4); Hb 9:1; Papias (2:16). εἰ μὲν οὖν now if Hb 7:11; 8:4.ⓕ μενοῦν, οὐμενοῦν, and μενοῦνγε s. under these entries.—JLee, Some Features of the Speech of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel: NovT 27, ’85, 1–26.—DELG s.v. 1 μήν. M-M.
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