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1. of Place, mecri qavlassh" Il.; m. th`" povlew" Thuc.
2. of Time, tevo mevcri" ; i.e. tinov" mevcri crovnou ; Lat. quousque ? how long? Il.; so, mevcri ou| ; mevcri o{sou ; Hdt.; with the Art., to; m. ejmeu` up to my time, Id.

3. of Measure or Degree, m. sou` dikaivou so far as consists with right, Thuc.; m. tou` dunatou` Plat.
4. with Numbers, up to, about, nearly, sometimes without altering the case of the Subst., mevcri triavkonta e[th Aeschin.

5. in Ion., mevcri ou| is sometimes used like the simple mevcri, mevcri ou| ojktw; puvrgwn Hdt.
III. as a Conjunct. so long as, until, mevcri me;n w{reon , with dev in apodosi, Id.; m. skovto" ejgevneto Xen.

2. mevcri a[n foll. by the subj., Id.; so without a[n, m. tou`to i[dwmen Hdt.

mhv, M vH

M vH , not, is the negative of thought, as ouj of statement, i.e. mhv says that one thinks a thing is not, ouj that it is not. The same differences hold for all compds. of mhv and ouj .

A. mhv in I NDEPENDENT sentences,
1. with Imperat., mhv mÆ ejrevqize do not provoke me, Il.; mhv ti" ajkousavtw let not any one hear, Od.
2. with Subj. mh; dhv mÆ ejavsh/" Il.; mh; i[omen (Ep. for i[wmen ) Ib.; mh; pavqwmen Xen.
3. with Opt. to express a wish that a thing may not happen, a} mh; kraivnoi tuvch which may fortune not bring to pass, Aesch.:—also in wishes that refer to past time and therefore cannot be fulfilled, mhv potÆ w[felon lipei`n Soph.

4. in vows and oaths, where ouj might be expected, i[stw Zeu;" mh; me;n toi`" i{ppoisin ajnh;r ejpochvsetai a[llo" Zeus be my witness, not another man shall ride on these horses, Il.; ma; th;nÆAfrodivthn, mh; ejgwv sÆ ajfhvsw Ar.

5. with Infin., used as Imperat., mh; dhv moi ajpovproqen ijscevmen i{ppou" Il.
B. In D EPENDENT clauses:
1. with Final Conjunctions, i{na mhv, o{pw" mhv, w{" mhv, o[fra , that not, Lat. ne , Il., Att.:— mhv often stands alone = i{na mhv , Hom., Att.

2. in the protasis of conditional sentences, after eij (Ep. aij ) , ei[ ke ( ai[ ke ) , eij a[n, h[n, ejavn , 185 n , Lat. nisi , Hom., etc.;—so, o{te mhv = eijmhv ; etc.

3. in relat. clauses, when they imply a condition or supposition, levgonqÆ a} mh; dei` such things as one ought not, Soph.; lovgoi" toiouvtoi" oi|" su; mh; tevryei kluvwn Id.

4. with Infin., always except when the Inf. represents Indic. or Opt., as in oratio obliqua.
5. with Participle, when it can be resolved into a conditional clause, mh; ajpeneivka" = eij mh; ajphvneike Hdt.; mh; qevlwn = eij mh; qevlei" , Aesch.; so in a general sense, divdaskev mÆ wJ" mh; eijdovta = ut qui nihil sciam, Soph.

6. with abstract Nouns as with Partic., ta; mh; divkaia = a} a]n mh; h\/ divkaia , Aesch.; to; mh; kalovn Soph.; hJ mh]mpeiriva = to; mh; e[cein ejmpeirivan , want of experience, Ar. 7. after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension (cf. mh; ouj ):
a. when the thing feared is fut., with pres. Subj., I fear he may persuade thee, Il.
b. with Opt. for Subj., according to the sequence of moods and tenses, Hom., etc.
c. when the action is present or past, the Indic. is used, fobouvmeqa mh; hJmarthvkamen we fear we have made a mistake, Thuc.

8. without a Verb to express hesitation, perhaps, mh; ajgroikovteron h\/ to; ajlhqe;" eijpei`n Plat.
C. In Q UESTIONS :
I. Direct questions,
a. with Ind., implying a negat. answer, surely not, you don‘t mean to say that, Lat. num ? whereas with ouj an affirm. answer is expected, Lat. nonne ? a\rÆ ouj tevqnhke ; surely he is dead, is he not? a\ra mh; tevqnhke ; surely he is not dead, is he?: —when ouj and mhv appear in consecutive clauses, each negat. retains its proper force, ouj si`gÆ ajnevxei mhde; deilivan ajrei`" ; will you not be silent, and will you be cowardly? i.e. be silent


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