1. after Verbs of hindering, denying, avoiding, needing, when mh; ouj resembles Lat. quin or quominus, oujde;n kwluvei mh; oujk ajlhqe;" ei\nai tou`to nihil impedit quin hoc verum sit; or with the Art., oujde;n ejlleivyw to; mh; ouj puqevsqai nihil praetermittam quominus reperiam, Soph.
2. after Verbs signifying impossibility, impropriety, reluctance, mh; ouj has a negative translation, deino;n ejdovkee ei\nai mh; ouj labei`n Hdt.; aijscuvnh h\n mh; ouj duspoudavzein Xen.
3. mh; ouj with the Partic., only after a negat., expressed or implied, dusavlghto" ga;r a}n eh[n mh; ouj katoikteivrwn I should be hard-hearted if I did not pity, Soph.
4. = eij mhv , except povlei" calepai; labei`n, mh; ouj poliorkiva Dem.
mh;-pollavki"
mh; pollavki" , lest perchance, Lat. ne forte , Plat.
mhvpote
mhv-pote or mhv pote ,
I. as Adv. never, on no account, after wJ", eij , etc., Aesch., etc.;—also with inf., in oaths, ojmou`mai, mhvpote th`" eujnh`" ejpibhvmenai Il.
2.
in prohibition or strong denial, with aor. subj.,
mhvpote kai; su; ojlevssh/"
Od.
3.
perhaps,
like
nescio an,
Arist.
II.
as Conj.
that at no time, lest ever,
Lat.
ne quando
,
Od.
mhv-pou
mhv pou , lest anywhere, that nowhere, Lat. necubi , Od.: lest perchance, Hom., etc.
mhvpw
mhv-pw or mhv pw ,
I.
as Adv.
not yet,
Lat.
nondum
,
Od., Att.
II.
as Conj.
that not yet, lest yet,
Od., etc.
mh;-pwvpote
mh; pwvpote , of past time, never yet, Soph.
mhvpw"
mhv-pw" or mhv pw" , lest in any way, lest any how, lest perchance, Hom.
II. in case of doubt, or in indirect questions, whether or no, Il.
mh`ra
mh`ra , tav , = mhriva , Il., Ar.
mhriva± , tav , ( mhrov" ) slices cut from the thighs, Hom. It was the custom to cut out the mhriva ( ejk mhriva tavmnon ), wrap them in two folds of fat ( knivsh/ ejkavluyan, divptuca poihvsante" ), and burn them upon the altar.
II. = mhroiv , the thighs, Bion.
mhriai`o" , a, on , ( mhrov" ) of or belonging to the thigh, Lat. femoralis , aiJ m . the thighs, Xen.
mhvrinqo"