o{-tw/ , Att. for w|-tini , dat. of o{"-ti" .
ouj, OUÆ, ouj
OUÆ , before a vowel with smooth breathing oujk , with rough breathing oujc , Att. also oujciv , Ep. oujkiv : Adv. used in direct negation (cf. mhv ), not, Lat. non .
A.
U
SAGE
:
I.
adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compd. with them,
ouj divdwmi
to withhold,
oujk ejw`
to refuse,
oujk ejqevlw
nolo,
ou[ fhmi
nego.
II.
as negativing the whole sentence,
th;n dÆ ejgw; ouj luvsw
Il., etc.
2.
in dependent clauses
ouj
is used,
a.
with
o{ti
or
wJ"
, after Verbs of saying or knowing,
e[lexe wJs {Ellhne" ouj menoi`en
Aesch.
b.
in Causal sentences, and in Temporal sentences that involve special times,
a[cqetai o{ti ouj kavrta qerapeuvetai
Hdt.;
oujk e[sqÆ ejrasth;" o{sti" oujk ajei; filei`
Eur.
3.
in a conditional clause
mhv
is necessary, except,
a.
when
ouj
is closely attached to the Verb (v. supr. 1),
ei[ fqonevw te kai; oujk eijw` diapevrsai
Il.
b.
when the subjoined clause is hypothetical in form only,
mh; qaumavsh/", eij polla; ouj prevpei soi
(where
eij
=
o{ ti
) Isocr.;
deino;n ga;r a]n ei[h prh`gma, eij {Ellhna" ouj timwrhsovmeqa
Hdt.
4. ouj is used with Inf. in oratio obl., when it represents the Indic. of oratio recta, levgonte" oujk ei\nai aujtovnomoi Thuc.; oi\mai oujk ojlivgon e[rgon aujto; ei\nai Plat.
5. ouj is used with the Participle, when it can be resolved into a finite sentence with ouj ; katenovhsan ouj pollou;" tou;" Qhbaivou" o[nta" = o{ ti ouj polloiv eijsi , Thuc.
6. Adjectives and abstract Substantives with the Article commonly take mhv (v. mhv B. 6), but ouj is occasionally used, tw`n gefurw`n ouj diavlusin the nondissolution of the bridge, the fact of its not being broken up, Thuc.; so, hJ ouj periteivcisi" Id.
B. A CCUMULATION : the negative is often repeated, so that two negatives do not make an affirmative, Att. , oujk e[stin oujde;n krei`sson fivlou Eur.; kaqeuvdwn oujdei;" oujdeno;" a[xio" oujde;n ma`llon tou` mh; zw`nto" Plat.; oujdeni; oujdamh` oujdamw`" oujdemivan koinwnivan e[cei Id.
C. P LEONASM OF ouj : after Verbs of denying, doubting, and disputing, followed by wJ" or o{ti, ouj is inserted, where in Engl. the negat. is not required, ajmfisbhtei` wJ" ouj dei` divkhn didovnai Plat. Like this is the appearance of ouj in the second member of a negative comparative sentence, h{kei oJ Pevrsh" oujdevn ti ma`llon ejpÆ hJmeva" h] ouj kai; ejpÆ uJmeva" Hdt.
D.
in Poetry, if
h[
stands before
ouj
, the two sounds coalesce into one syllable, as in
h] ouj, mh; ouj
.
E.
ouj
in connexion with other Particles will be found in alphabetical order,
ouj gavr, ouj mhv
, etc.
ou|
ou| , gen. of relat. Pron. o{" .
II. as Adv. where, v. o{" , h{ , o{ b. III .
ou|
ou| , Lat. sui , gen. sing. of 3 pers. masc. and fem. for auJtou`, auJth`" , but also for aujtou`, aujth`" , Hom.; Ion.and Ep. forms, e{o, eu|, ei|o ; Ep. also e{qen .
II. dat. oi| , sibi, = auJtw`/, auJth`/ , to himself, to herself, oi| aujtw`/ and eJoi` aujtw`/ Hom.:—but oiJ enclit., = aujtw`/, aujth`/ , to him, to her, Id.
III. acc. e{ , se, e} aujtovn, e} aujthvn Hom.: which in Att. becomes eJautovn , v. eJautou` :—enclit. eJ, eJev , him, her, Il.
IV.
other forms of the acc. are
sfe, min, nin
, v. sub vv.
V.
the nom. was
i{
, v. sub v. etc.
VI.
for the dual and pl., v.
sfwev
,
sfei`"
.