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1 μέν
μέν, Particle, used partly to express certainty on the part of the speaker or writer; partly, and more commonly, to point out that the word or clause with which it stands is correlative to another word or clause that is to follow, the latter word or clause being introduced by δέ.AI μέν used absolutely to express certainty, not followed by correlative δέ, indeed, of a truth, synonymous with μήν, as appears from the [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. form ἦ μέν in protestations and oaths (where [dialect] Att. used ἦ μήν), καί μοι ὄμοσσον, ἦ μ. μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν Il.1.77
, cf. 14.275;ἦ μέν τοι τάδε πάντα τελείεται Od.14.160
, cf. Il.24.416;τοῦτον ἐξορκοῖ, ἦ μέν οἱ διηκονήσειν Hdt.4.154
, cf. 5.93, etc.: with neg.,οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακὸν βασιλευέμεν Od.1.392
, etc.;ὤμοσα, μὴ μὲν.. ἀναφῆναι 4.254
, cf. Hdt.2.118, 179;ἔξαρνος ἦν, μὴ μὲν ἀποκτεῖναι Id.3.67
, cf. 99: without neg., : also in Trag., , cf. 159 (anap.), OC44, E.Med. 676, 1129, etc.;καὶ μέν Il.1.269
, 9.632, etc.; οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδὲ .. 2.703, 12.212; γε μέν, cf. γε 1.5.2 an answering clause with δέ is sts. implied, τὴν μὲν ἐγὼ σπουδῇ δάμνημ' ἐπέεσσι her can I hardly subdue, [ but all others easily], Il.5.893; ὡς μὲν λέγουσι as indeed they say, [ but as I believe not], E.Or. 8; καὶ πρῶτον μὲν ἦν αὐτῷ πόλεμος (with no ἔπειτα δέ to follow), X. An.1.9.14; so νῦν μέν σ' ἀφήσω I will let you go this time, Herod.5.81: to give force to assertions made by a person respecting himself, wherein opposition to other persons is implied,ὡς μὲν ἐμῷ θυμῷ δοκεῖ Od. 13.154
; δοκεῖν μέν μοι ἥξει τήμερον [τὸ πλοῖον] Pl.Cri. 43d: hence with the pers. Pron.,ἐγὼ μέν νυν θεοῖσι ἔχω χάριν Hdt.1.71
; ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδέν (sc. θέλω) S.Ant. 498;ἐμοῦ μὲν οὐχ ἑκόντος Id.Aj. 455
;ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα X.Cyr.1.4.12
, cf. 4.2.45, etc.: with the demonstr. Pron., : generally, to emphasize the preceding word, πολλὴ μὲν ἡ μεταβολή μοι γέγονεν great indeed has been the change, Is.1.1, cf. Simon.5.1, etc.3 μέν is used alone in questions, when the answer is assumed, I take it, θέμις μὲν ἡμᾶς χρησμὸν εἰδέναι θεοῦ; E.Med. 676, cf. Ion 520 (troch.), Hipp. 316, S.Ant. 634, Ar.Av. 1214; Ἕλλην μέν ἐστι καὶ Ἑλληνίζει; Pl.Men. 82b.II μέν folld. by δέ in the correlative clause or clauses, on the one hand, on the other hand; commonly in Classical Gr., less freq. in later Gr. (rare in NT):1 μέν.., δέ .. (or when the correlative clause is neg., μέν.., οὐδέ .., Il.1.318, 536), to mark opposition, Hom., etc.—The opposed clauses commonly stand together, but are freq. separated by clauses, parenthetic or explanatory; e.g. μέν in Il.2.494 is answered by δέ in 511, 527 sq.; in X.An.1.9.2, πρῶτον μέν is answered by ἐπεὶ δέ in <*> 6; in Id.Mem.1.1.2, πρῶτον μέν is answered by θαυμαστὸν δέ in 1.2.1.2 to connect a series of clauses containing different matter, though with no opposition, Il.1.18sq., 306 sq. (five δέ-clauses), 433 sq. (eight δέ-clauses), cf. X.An. 1.3.14,7.10sq.: freq. when the members of a group or class are distinctly specified, παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος ib.1.1.1; τάφρος.., τὸ μὲν εὖρος ὀργυιαὶ πέντε, τὸ δὲ βάθος ὀργυιαὶ τρεῖς ib.1.7.14; πρῶτος μέν.., δεύτερος δέ.., τρίτος δέ .. ib.5.6.9; τότε μέν.., τότε δέ .., at one time.., at another.., ib.6.1.9, etc.: esp. with the Art. used as a Pron., ὁ μέν.., ὁ δέ.. ; τὸ μέν.., τὸ δέ .., etc.3 the principal word is freq. repeated,οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν, περὶ δ' ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι Il.1.258
, cf. 288, Od.15.70;ἔνι μὲν φιλότης, ἐν δ' ἵμερος, ἐν δ' ὀαριστύς Il.14.216
;Ξέρξης μὲν ἄγαγεν.., Ξέρξης δ' ἀπώλεσεν A.Pers. 550
, cf. 560, 694, 700 (all lyr.);χαλεπαίνει μὲν πρῳρεύς, χαλεπαίνει δὲ κυβερνήτης X.An.5.8.20
.4 one of the correlative clauses is sts. independent, while the other takes the part. or some other dependent form, ἐβλασφήμει κατ' ἐμοῦ.., μάρτυρα μὲν.. οὐδένα παρασχόμενος.., παρεκελεύετο δέ .. D.57.11;οἱ ἀμφὶ βασιλέα, πεζοὶ μὲν οὐκέτι, τῶν δὲ ἱππέων ὁ λόφος ἐνεπλήσθη X.An.1.10.12
, cf. 2.1.7, 5.6.29; , cf. OC 522 (bothlyr.);χωρὶς μὲν τοῦ ἐστερῆσθαι.., ἔτι δὲ καὶ.. δόξω ἀμελῆσαι Pl.Cri.44
b.5 μέν and δέ freq. oppose two clauses, whereof one is subordinate to the other in meaning or emphasis, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνο θαυμάζω, εἰ Λακεδαιμονίοις μέν ποτε.. ἀντήρατε,.. νυνὶ δὲ ὀκνεῖτ' ἐξιέναι (for εἰ.. ἀντάραντες νυνὶ ὀκνεῖτε) D.2.24, cf. E.IT 116, Lys.34.11, X.Mem.2.7.11, etc.: so in an anacoluthon, τρία μὲν ὄντα.. ναυτικά.., τούτων δ' εἰ περιόψεσθε τὰ δύο, κτλ., Th.1.36.6 μέν is not always answered by δέ, but freq. by other equiv. Particles, as ἀλλά, Il.1.22 sq., 2.703 sq., Pi.O.9.1, A.Pers. 176, X.An.1.7.17:—by μέντοι, Hdt.1.36, S.Ph. 350, D.21.189, etc.:—by ἀτάρ, Il.6.84, 124, A.Pr. 342, S.OT 1051sq., Pl. Tht. 172c, etc. (so μέν.., αὐτάρ in [dialect] Ep., Il.1.50, Od.19.513, etc.):— by αὖ, Il.11.108, Od.4.210:—by αὖθις, S.Ant. 165:—by αὖτε, Il.1.234, Od.22.5:—by temporal Particles, πρῶτα μέν.., εἶτα .. S.El. 261; πρῶτον μέν.., μετὰ τοῦτο .. X.An.6.1.5-7; μάλιστα μὲν δὴ.., ἔπειτα μέντοι .. S.Ph. 350, cf. OT 647:—rarely by μήν with neg.,οὐδὲν μὴν κωλύει Pl.Phdr. 268e
;οὐ μὴν αὐταί γε Id.Phlb. 12d
.b when the opposition is emphatic, δέ is sts. strengthd., as ὅμως δέ .. S.OT 785, Ph. 473, 1074, etc. (so ); δ' αὖ .. Il.4.415, X.An.1.10.5; δ' ἔμπης .. Il.1.561-2.c μέν is sts. answered by a copul. Particle, κάρτιστοι μὲν ἔσαν καὶ καρτίστοις ἐμάχοντο ib. 267, cf. 459, Od. 22.475, S.Aj.1, Tr. 689, E.Med. 125 (anap.), etc.: rarely in Prose,τρία μὲν ἔτη ἀντεῖχον.., καὶ οὐ πρότερον ἐνέδοσαν Th.2.65
(dub.).B μέν before other Particles:I where each Particle retains its force,2μὲν γάρ S.OT62
, Th.1.142, etc.:— in Hom. there is freq. no second clause, Od.1.173, 392, cf. S.OT 1062, etc.;μὲν γὰρ δή Il.11.825
;μὲν γάρ τε 17.727
.3 μέν γε, when a general statement is explained in detail,Κορινθίοις μέν γε ἔνσπονδοί ἐστε Th.1.40
, cf. 70, 6.86, Hdt.6.46, Antipho 5.14, Lys. 13.27, Is.4.8, Ar.Nu. 1382, V. 564, E.Fr.909.4.4μὲν δή Il.1.514
, Hdt.1.32, etc.: freq. used to express positive certainty,ἀλλ' οἶσθα μὲν δή S. Tr. 627
, cf. OT 294;τὰ μὲν δὴ τόξ' ἔχεις Id.Ph. 1308
; esp. as a conclusion,τοῦτο μὲν δὴ.. ὁμολογεῖται Pl.Grg. 470b
, cf. X.Cyr.1.1.6, etc.: in closing a statement,τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα A.Pr. 500
, etc.: used in answers to convey full assent, ἦ μὲν δή (cf. supr. A) Il.9.348, Od.4.33;καὶ μὲν δή.. γε Pl.R. 409b
; οὐ μὲν δή, to deny positively, Il.8.238, X.Cyr.1.6.9, Pl.Tht. 148e, etc.;οὐ μὲν δή.. γε X.An.2.2.3
, 3.2.14; ἀλλ' οὔ τι μὲν δή .. Pl.Tht. 187a.5 μὲν οὖν, v. infr.11.2.II where the Particles combine so as to form a new sense,1 μέν γε at all events, at any rate (not in Trag.),τοῦτο μέν γ' ἤδη σαφές Ar.Ach. 154
, cf. Nu. 1172, Lys. 1165, Ra.80, Th.3.39;μέν γέ που Pl.R. 559b
, Tht. 147a.2 μὲν οὖν is freq. used with a corresponding δέ, so that each Particle retains its force, Od.4.780, Pi.O.1.111, S.OT 244, 843; Ph. 359, D.2.5, etc.: but freq. also abs., so then, S.Ant.65;ταῦτα μὲν οὖν παραλείψω D.2.3
; esp. in replies, sts. in strong affirmation,παντάπασι μὲν οὖν Pl.Tht. 158d
; κομιδῇ μὲν οὖν ib. 159e; πάνυ μὲν οὖν ib. 159b; ἀνάγκη μὲν οὖν ib. 189e; also to substitute a new statement so as to correct a preceding statement, nay rather, κακοδαίμων; Answ. βαρυδαίμων μὲν οὖν! Ar.Ec. 1102; μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ wipe your nose on my head: Answ. ἐμοῦ μὲν οὖν .. nay on mine, Id.Eq. 911, cf. A.Pers. 1032 (lyr.), Ag. 1090 (lyr.), 1396, S.Aj. 1363, El. 1503, OT 705, Ar.Ra. 241, Pl.Cri. 44b, Grg. 466a, 470b, Prt. 309d, etc.; alsoμὲν οὖν δή S.Tr. 153
;καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν Id.OC31
; cf. οὐμενοῦν: in NT μενοῦν and μενοῦνγε, to begin a sentence, yea rather, Ev.Luc.11.28, Ep.Rom.9.20, etc., cf. Phryn.322, Hsch.—In [dialect] Ion., μέν νυν is used for μὲν οὖν, Hdt.1.18, 4.145, etc.3 by μέν τε, if δέ τε follows, the two clauses are more closely combined than by τε.., τε .., Il.5.139, al.; μέν τε is freq. answered by δέ alone, 16.28, al.; by ἀλλά, αὐτάρ, 17.727, Od.1.215, al.; perh. by ἠδέ, Il.4.341:— Hom. also uses μέν τε abs., when τε loses its force, as after ἦ, τίς, etc., Il.2.145, al.4 μέν τοι in Hom. always occurs in speeches, where τοι can be regarded as the dat. of the Pron.: later, μέντοι is written as a single word, and is used:a with a conj. force, yet, nevertheless, A.Pr. 320, 1054 (anap.), S.Tr. 413, etc.; and sts. stands for δέ, answering to μέν, v. supr. A.11.6 a.b as an Adv., in strong protestations, οὐ μέντοι μὰ Δία .. D.4.49; in eager or positive assent, of course, φαμέν τι εἶναι .. ; Answ.φαμὲν μέντοι νὴ Δία Pl.Phd. 65d
, al.: with a neg. to give emphasis to a question, οὐ σὺ μέντοι .. ; why, are you not.. ? Id.Prt. 309a, cf. Phdr. 229b, R. 339b, etc.: sts. to express impatience, ὄμνυμι γάρ σοι—τίνα μέντοι, τίνα θεῶν; Id.Phdr. 236d; τί μ. πρῶτον ἦν, τί πρῶτον ἦν; nay what was the first? Ar.Nu. 787;οὗτος, σὲ λέγω μ. Id.Ra. 171
; σὺ μέντοι .. Luc.Alex.44: with imper., to enforce the command, τουτὶ μ. σὺ φυλάττου only take heed.., Ar. Pax 1100, cf.Av. 661, X.An.1.4.8: in answers, γελοῖον μέντἂν εἴη nay it would be absurd, Pl.Tht. 158e; summing up a long temporal clause, And.1.130.cμέντοι γε X.Cyr.5.5.24
, etc.;οὐ μ. γε Diog.Apoll.5
: in later Gr. μέντοιγε stands first in the sentence,μ. οὐ θέλω PLond.3.897.13
(i A.D.); also , S.OT 778, 1292, E.Hec. 600;ὅμως γε μ. Ar.Ra.61
.d καὶ μ. καί is used to add a point to be noted, Heraclit.28, Pl.R. 331d; also καί.. μ., νῦν σοι καιρός ἐστιν ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν παιδείαν, καὶ φυλάξασθαι μέντοι .. and of course to take care.., X.An.4.6.15 (v.l.), cf. 1.8.20, Pl.Prt. 339c, Tht. 143a.e ἀλλὰ μέντοι well, if it comes to that, X.An.4.6.16; well, of course, Pl.R. 331e, etc.; cf. μέντον.D Position of μέν. Like δέ, it usu. stands as the second word in a sentence. But when a sentence begins with words common to its subordinate clauses, μέν stands second in the first of these clauses, asἥδε γὰρ γυνὴ δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δ' ἐλεύθερον λόγον S.Tr.63
; οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐτάξαντο μέν.., ἡσύχαζον δέ .. Th.4.73, cf. 113, etc. It also attaches itself to words which mark opposition, as πρῶτον μέν, τότε μέν, ἐγὼ μέν, even when these do not stand first: sts. however it precedes them,ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ οἶμαι Pl.Phdr. 228b
;ὡς μέν τινες ἔφασαν X.Cyr.5.2.28
. It generally stands between the Art. and Noun, or the Prep. and its Case: but if special stress is laid on the Noun, this is sts. neglected, asοἱ Τεγεᾶται μὲν ἐπηυλίσαντο, Μαντινῆς δὲ ἀπεχώρησαν Th.4.134
; ἀνὰ τὸ σκοτεινὸν μέν .. Id.3.22; alsoτῇ σῇ μὲν εὐδαιμονίῃ, τῇ ἐμεωυτοῦ δὲ κακοδαιμονίῃ Hdt. 1.87
.II μέν is freq. repeated:1 when, besides the opposition of two main clauses, a subordinate opposition is introduced into the first, ὁ μὲν ἀνὴρ τοιαῦτα μὲν πεποίηκε τοιαῦτα δὲ λέγει, ὑμῶν δέ .. X.An.1.6.9, cf. 5.8.24, Th.8.104, D.18.214, 23.208.2 in apodosi with the demonstr. Pron. or Adv., τὸν μὲν καλέουσι θέρος, τοῦτον μὲν προσκυνέουσι, τὸν δὲ χειμῶνα .. Hdt.2.121; ὅσοι μὲν δὴ νομοῦ τοῦ Θηβαίου εἰσί, οὗτοι μέν [νυν].. αἶγας θύουσι· ὅσοι δὲ.. νομοῦ τοῦ Μενδησίου εἰσί, οὗτοι δὲ.. ὄϊς θύουσι ib.42, cf.3.108, al.; ὅτε μέν με οἱ ἄρχοντες ἔταττον.., τότε μὲν ἔμενον.., τοῦ δὲ θεοῦ τάττοντος,.. ἐνταῦθα δέ .. Pl.Ap. 28e, cf. Grg. 512a.3 μέν used absolutely is freq. folld. by a correlativeμέν, εἰ μὲν οὖν ἡμεῖς μὲν.. ποιοῦμεν Id.R. 421a
.III μέν is sts. omitted (esp. in Poetry) where it is implied in the followingδέ, φεύγων, ὁ δ' ὄπισθε διώκων Il.22.157
;ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ', ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ παῖδας A. Pers. 403
;σφραγῖδε.. χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα τὸν δακτύλιον, ἡ δ' ἑτέρα ἀργυροῦν IG22.1388.45
, cf. Ar.Nu. 396, Pl.Sph. 221e, Arist.Po. 1447b14, etc. -
2 δῆτα
δῆτα, Adv., lengthd. and more emphatic form of δή, first as v.l. in Hdt.4.69, mostly used by Trag. and Pl. (v. infr.).—Never placed at the beginning of a sentence or verse, exc. in S.Aj. 986.1 in answers, mostly added to a word which echoes a statement or question, as ἴσασιν ὅστις ἦρξε.. Answ. ἴσασι δ. aye they know, E.Med. 1373; γιγνώσκεθ' ὑμεῖς..; Answ. γιγνώσκομεν δ. yes we know her, Ar. Th. 606, cf. Eq.6, al.; ἰωὰ δὴ κατ' ἄστυ. Answ.ἰωὰ δ. A.Pers. 1071
, cf. S.OC 536 (lyr.), Pl.R. 333a, Phd. 90d, al. (with a word repeated in the same speech, ὥς μ' ἀπώλεσας· ἀπώλεσας δ. how hast thou destroyed me! —aye, destroyed indeed, S.El. 1164;ἰὼ δύστηνε σύ, δύστηνε δῆτα Id.Ph. 760
); also to correct the previous speaker, οἴκτιρέ θ' ἡμᾶς.. Answ. οἴκτιρε δ... ἐκγόνους nay rather pity.., E.El. 673, cf. 676; without repeating the word,αὐτὸς δ' ἀναλοῖ δ.
yes truly..,A.
Th. 814;ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸς δ. Ar.Ra. 552
: freq. with a neg., not so,οὐ δῆτα μὰ τὸν 'Απόλλω Id.Eq. 870
; οὐ δῆτ' ἔγωγε faith not I, Id.Av. 1391, E.Med. 1048; οὐ δ. [dialect] Lacon. ap. Arist.Rh. 1419a34, cf. Pol. 1313a33.2 in questions, to mark an inference or consequence (cf. δή) , τί δ.; what then? A.Pr. 627;τίδ. ἐρεῖς, ἤν..; Ar.Nu. 1087
;τί δ. ἐπειδὰν..; Id.Ach. 1011
;πῶς δ.; A.Ag. 1211
, Ar.Nu.79;ἆρ' οἶσθα δ.; S.OT 1014
; ἀλλὰ δ...; as the last of several questions, Id.Aj. 466, etc.;ποῦ δῆθ' ὁ τῖμος; A.Ch. 916
; ποῖ δ. κρανεῖ; ib. 1075, etc.; sts. expressing indignation, καὶ δῆτ' ἐτόλμας; and so thou hast dared? S.Ant. 449;ταῦτα δῆτ' ἀνασχετά; Id.Ph. 987
;ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ' ἀνεκτά; Id.OT 429
;ἔγνωκας οὖν δῆτ'..; Ar.Eq. 871
; ironical, τῷ σῷ δικαίῳ δ. ἐπισπέσθαι με δεῖ; your principle of justice forsooth, S.El. 1037, cf. OT 364; in implied questions, esp. after ἀλλά, ἀλλ' ἡ τέκνων δῆτ' ὄψις ἦν ἐφίμερος ib. 1375, cf. Ar.Av. 375, Pl.Hp.Ma. 283c; τὴν Εὐρυτείαν οἶσθα δ. παρθένον; of course you know.., S.Tr. 1219.3 in prayers or wishes, ἀπόλοιο δ. now a murrain take thee! Ar.Nu.6; λαβοῦ, λαβοῦ δ. take, oh take hold, E.Or. 219, cf. 1231, etc.; σκόπει δ. just think, Pl.Grg. 452c: with μή, it strengthens the deprecatory force,μὴ δ. τοῦτό γ' S.Ph. 762
, cf. 1367;μὴ δ. μὴ δ. ἴδοιμι Id.OT 830
, cf. 1153.4 in resuming after a parenthesis,ἑσπέρας γε.. —ἑσπέρας δ. Pl.Prt. 310c
.5 καὶ δ., = καὶ δή, ibid., Ar.Av. 511, Th.6.38. -
3 πάντως
A in all ways, ἄλλως τε π. καὶ .., i.e. especially (since).., A.Pers. 689, Eu. 726, Pl.Ap. 35d;σκιδνάμενον πάντῃ π. Parm.2.3
;περιφέρεσθαι καὶ π. φέρεσθαι Pl.Cra. 411b
, cf. Grg. 527a: in Hom. always folld. by οὐ, in no wise, by no means, Il.8.450, Od.19.91, al.;πάντως γὰρ οὐ πείσεις νιν A.Pr. 335
, cf. Hdt.5.34, Pl.Grg. 497b, etc.: without οὐ first in Parm. l.c., A. (v. supr.); ἔδεε πάντως it was absolutely necessary, Hdt.1.31;εἰ δὴ δεῖ γε π. Id.7.10
. θ; π. θελῆσαι to wish at all hazards, Id.2.42; εἰ π. ἐλεύσονται if they positively will go, Id.6.9; π. κου πυνθάνεαι no doubt, Id.7.157: with an Adj.,π. ἀναρίστητος Alex.233
: freq. with πᾶς or its derivs., Th.7.87, Pl.Criti. 107d, al.; cf.πάντῃ 11
.II in strong affirmations, at all events, at any rate, A.Pr.16, Hdt.5.111, Pl.Ap. 33d, 1 Ep.Cor.9.22, etc.; soνηστεύωμεν δὲ π. Ar.Th. 984
(lyr.);π. κρέ' ἡμῖν ἐστίν Ephipp.15.11
;π. γε μήν Ar.Eq. 232
;π. δήπου Id.Th. 805
; assuredly, opp. ἴσως, Jul. Or.7.222a; παρήγγειλά σοι ὅτι μὴ ἀπέλθῃς.., καὶ ἀπῆλθες π. and you did (emphat.), Sammelb.7249.5 (iii/iv A. D.); τάχ' οὖν.. μᾶλλον δὲ π. nay rather I am sure, Herod.7.89; π. ὅτι .. evidently because.., Dam.Pr.96 (but, it follows that.., ib.86).2 c. imper., in command or entreaty, Hdt.1.156, etc.; ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ πείθεσθε π. do but obey me, Eup.357; π. παρατίθετε just put on the table, Pl.Smp. 175b; καὶ τὸ ἱερεῖον δὲ π. ἡμῖν ἀπόστειλον be sure to send.., PCair.Zen.191.14 (iii B. C.).3 in answers, by all means, no doubt, Pl.R. 574b; πάντως γάρ .. Ar.Pl. 273;π. δήπου And.1.102
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4 πλείων
πλείων, [full] πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neut. πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, [comp] Comp. of πολύς (on the forms v. sub fin.),A more, of number, size, extent, etc.,οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι Il.13.739
;πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη Hes. Op. 380
; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, Th. 2.37; πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than.., Pi.N.7.21; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, S.Tr. 731;ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει X.Cyr.7.5.39
; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, Th.8.39; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, Pl.Ti. 75c;μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός Id.R. 435d
, etc.; of Time, longer,π. χρόνος Hdt. 9.111
, S.Ant.74;πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων Il.10.252
.2 with Art., οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd, 5.673, Od.2.277;οἱ πλεῦνες Hdt.1.106
, etc.: c. gen., τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν ib.1; the people, opp. the chief men, Id.7.149, Th.8.73, 89, etc.; euphem. of the dead,ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων Ar.Ec. 1073
;εὖτ' ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων AP11.42
(Crin.); ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην ib. 7.731 (Leon.); τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of.., Il.1.165; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opp. τοῦ μετρίου, S.OC 1211 (lyr.);τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται Th.4.17
, cf. 92.II pecul. usages of neut.:1 as a Noun, more,πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου Hdt.2.19
, etc.;εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον Id.1.89
; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, E.Supp. 158 (Musgr. for τί δὲ.. ); to a greater extent, Th.1.90, 7.57, etc.; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing,τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; S.OT 1189
(lyr.);τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Th.1.118
, etc.; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, PCair.Zen. 661 (iii B.C.); ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, prob. in PPetr.2p.42 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.742.26 (iii B. C.); πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like πλεονεκτέω, c. gen., Hdt.9.70, Pl.R. 343d, 349b, etc.;τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν X.Cyr.1.3.18
: more fully,μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν Thgn.606
;π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι Hdt.8.29
;π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων And.4.4
, etc.; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, ; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, And.1.149, 4.7, cf. Pl.Phd. 115c, etc.;παραινοῦσ' οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ S.OT 918
;οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις Ath.8.344b
;οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. E.Hipp. 284
;οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι Id.IA 1373
, And.4.20, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, Pl.Tht. 161b; τί πλέον; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? Antipho 5.95, etc.;τί π. πλουτεῖν.. πάντων ἀποροῦντας; Ar.Pl. 531
;τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ' ἄν; E.Hel. 322
;τί π. ἔστ' εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; Supp.Epigr.1.567.1
(Karanis, iii B.C.), cf. AP7.261.1 (Diotim.); alsoοὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν Lys.19.4
(= And.1.7), cf. D.35.31;ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε Isoc.15.28
;οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται Pl.R. 341a
;τί τὸ π.; Epigr.Gr.306
a.3; ἐπὶ πλέον as Adv., more, further, Hdt.2.171, 5.51, Th.6.54, Pl.Phdr. 261b, etc.: c. gen., beyond,ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας Th.1.9
(but,ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας
to surpassing height in..,Theoc.
1.20); alsoὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος S.OC 1219
codd. (lyr.); περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, v. περί A. IV.2 as Adv., more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief.., Hdt.8.100;οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; A.Pr.41
;σέ.. τῶνδ' ἐς πλέον σέβω S.OT 700
;ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον D.18.125
; π. ἔλαττον more or less, BGU402.9 (vi A. D.), IG14.177 ([place name] Syracuse); also τὸ π., [dialect] Ion. τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, Th.1.81, etc.; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, Hdt.3.52; τὸ π., = μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ Th.1.9, cf. 2.37; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much.., as.., Id.1.83.b with Numerals,τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας X.Cyr.2.1.6
;οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων Is.10.23
; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι v.l. in D.24.141 (fort. πλεῖν, v. infr.);π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ X.Oec.21.3
:—in this sense a short form πλεῖν is used by [dialect] Att. writers (cf. Moer.p.294 P., but the rule is not universal, cf. IG22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.),πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ' ἡμέρας Ar.Ach. 858
; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (sc. δραχμάς) Id.Eq. 444;στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια Id.Av.6
, cf. Nu. 1041, 1065, al.;πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν Id.Lys. 589
;πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος Id.Ra.18
, cf. 91; πλεῖν ( πλεῖον codd.)ἢ πέντε τάλαντα D.21.173
;πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν Eub.119.10
; ἤ is freq. omitted,πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας Ar.Av. 1251
; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα v.l. in Pl.Ap. 17d; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, Id.Lg. 932c;τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω X.HG2.2.16
;λίθους.. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον Id.Eq.Mag.1.16
: with number in gen.,κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας Id.An.3.2.34
, cf. 7.3.12.c Com., πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, Ar. Ra. 103, 751.e regul. Adv.πλειόνως Aen.Tact.7.4
, J.AJ17.1.1.B FORMS: [dialect] Ep. use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. πλέες, πλέᾰς, Il.2.129, 11.395, Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.85 (so, with ι from ε, Cret. πλίες, πλίας, Leg.Gort.7.18,24, GDI 5125 B8, also πλίαδ ([etym.] δὲ) Leg.Gort.7.29, πλίανς ib.5.54; πλέας also [dialect] Aeol., IG12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl.πλεόνεσσι Il.13.739
( πλεόνεσιν is f.l. in Hdt.7.224); Cret. also acc. sg. neut.πλίον Leg.Gort.1.37
, al., gen. πλίονος ib.2.39, al., neut. pl. πλίονα ib.4.51, πλία ib.10.17; [dialect] Aeol. [full] πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late [dialect] Dor., IPE12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); [dialect] Att. Inscrr. have - ει- always before - ου- and -ω-, IG12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but - ε- and - ει- before -ο-, ib.12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always πλέον). -
5 μάντις
Grammatical information: m. and f.Meaning: `seer, prophet' (Il.); also name of a plant (Nic.), a grasshopper, `praying manti' (Theoc., Dsc.), a garden-frog (H.); as announcing the weather, cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 79.Compounds: often as 2. member in the tragics, e.g. ἰατρό-μαντις `soothsayer, who is also a physician' (A.), cf. Risch IF 59, 272f. Rarely as 1. member, e.g. μαντι-πόλος `predicting' (E. in anap., Orac. ap. Luc., Man.).Derivatives: 1. μαντεῖος, -ήϊος `regarding the soothsayer, prophetic' (P., trag.; after βασιλεῖος etc.), μαντεῖον, -ήϊον n. `oracle, place of an oracle' (μ 272). 2. μαντικός `id.', μαντική ( τέχνη) `the art of seeing' (IA.; Chantraine Études 130 a. 143). 3. μαντῳ̃ος `id.' (AP; after ἡρῳ̃ος a. o.). 4. μαντοσύνη `gift of prophecy' (Il., Pi., Emp.; after ἱππο-σύνη etc., Wyss - συνη 24f., Porzig Satzinhalte 226), - συνος `belonging to the seer, oracle' (Corinna, E. in lyr.; Wyss - συνη 42). 5. μαντεύομαι, late also - εύω, `prophesy, predict, ask an oracle' (Il., after βασιλεύειν etc.; cf. Schwyzer 732) with μαντεία, - είη, η-ΐη `prophecy, the gift of prophecy, oracle' (h. Merc.; Zumbach Neuerungen 9), μάντευμα `oracle' (Pi., trag.), μαντευτής = μάντις (Hdt.), - εύτρια (Sch.). - PN Μάντιος (Od.).Etymology: As masc. concretum, esp. as nom. agentis in - τι-, μάντις is rather isolated; similar only μάρπτις `brigand' (A. Supp. 826 f.; text defect), πόρτις `calf'; quite uncertain the PN Σίντιες (Lemnos; σίνομαι?, s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 76). It lies at hand, to take it like φάτις as an original abstract fem. (Brugmann; e.g. 4239); on the question Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 40f., G. Liebert Das Nominalsuffix -ti- im Aind. (Lund 1949) 142ff. After Benveniste Origines 83 we should rather reconstruct an old neuter *τὸ μάντι `divination'; but μαντι-πόλος, adduced by B., can easily be explained differently, s. above. In nay case μάντις belongs to μαίνομαι, μανῆναι ( ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαίνεται Hdt. 4, 79; rejected by v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 40); semantically agrees the formally cognate but differently built Skt. múni- m. `illuminated, seer' (rejected by Mayrhofer KEWA 2, 654); in the West there is a different word for it (Lat. vātēs etc.; Porzig Gliederung 127). The ti-deriv. in Lat. mens etc. is qua content far off.Page in Frisk: 2,172-173Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μάντις
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6 Νότος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `South(west)wind', which brings mist and wetness (Il.), `the South, Southwest' (IA.); on the meaning Nielsen Class. et Med. 7, 5ff.Compounds: Some compp., e.g. Εὑρό-νοτος m. `Wind between Εὖρος a. Νότος' (Arist.).Derivatives: A. Subst.: 1. νοτία, - ίη f. `wetness' (Θ 307, Arist., Thphr.); it could also be am abstractformation in - ία from νότιος, s. Scheller Oxytonierung 54 f.); from it νοτιώδης (Gal.) = νοτώδης (s.b.) and νοτιάω `be wet, drip', if not rather νοτ-ιάω (s.b.). -- 2. νοτίς, - ίδος f. `wetness' (E., Pl., Arist.). -- B. Adj.: 1. νότιος `rainy, wet' (ep., Hp.), `southern' (IA.); on the retention of - τι- Schwyzer 270; 2. νοτερός `ds.' (IA.); 3. νότινος `id.' (pap.); 4. νοτώδης `id.' (Hp.); 5. νοτ-ιαῖος `south(west)ern' (Herm. ap. Stob.). -- C. Verbs: 1. νοτίζομαι, - ίζω `become, be wet, make wet', also w. prefix, e.g. κατα-, ὑπο-, (IA.); from it νοτισμός `wetness' (Sor.). -- 2. νοτέω (hell.), νοτ-ιάω (Arist.; Schwyzer 732; cf. above) `be wet, drip'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Of νότος, prob. orig. verbal noun, *'dripping, rainin' w.t., remind formally and semant. νέω and νήχω `swim' (s. vv.); a t-formation also in Lat. nătō `swim' as well as in Arm. nay `wet, fluid' (PArm. * nato-), who however both have a deiating vowel (IE. snǝ-t, beside snā- in nā-re, νή-χω, would give other problems). For νότος we expect rather * sn-ot-os. So this leads nowhere. WP. 2, 692f., Pok. 972. The form may be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Νότος
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7 οὐ μὲν οὖν
A on the contrary.. not.., introducing a neg. statement in contradiction or correction of a preceding statement or suggestion, Ar.Pl. 870, Ra. 556, 1188οὐδενὸς μὲν οὖν ἄξιον Pl.Euthd. 305a
; ἐγώ σοι οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην ἀντιλέγειν; Answ. οὐ μὲν οὖν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ δύνασαι ἀντιλέγειν nay it is not me, but rather truth, that you cannot gainsay, Id.Smp. 201c, cf. D.18.140:—so [full] οὐμενοῦν.. γε, Paus.1.20.1; v. μέν B. 11.2.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > οὐ μὲν οὖν
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