and be not cowardly, Soph.
b.
with the Subj., when the answer is somewhat doubtful,
mh; ou{tw fw`men
; can we say so? Plat.:—so also with Opt. and
a[n, pw`" a[n ti" mh; levgoi
;
how can a man help
speaking? Id.
II. indirect questions with mhv belong in fact to mhv with Verbs of fear and apprehension, periskovpw mhv pouv ti" ejgcrivmpth/ Soph.
mh;-ajllav
mh; ajllav , an elliptic phrase for mh; gevnoito, ajllav . . , in answers, nay but, not so but, se; de; tau`tÆ ajrevskei ; Answ. majlla; plei`n h] maivnomai Ar.
mh;-gavr
mh; gavr , an elliptic phrase, used in emphatic denial, certainly not, where a Verb must be supplied from the foregoing passage, mh; legevtw to; o[noma , Answ. mh; gavr (sc. legevtw ) Plat.:—also in parenthesis, where it may be translated much less, like mh; o{ti , Aeschin.
mhdamh`
mhda±mh` or mhda±mav (v. oujdamh` ), Adv. of mhdamov" , in no wise, not at all, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
mhdamovqen
mhda±movqen , Adv. of mhdamov" , from no place, Xen.; m. a[lloqen from no other place, Plat.
mhdamovqi
mhda±movqiØ , Adv. nowhere, Luc.
mhdamoi
mhdamoiØ , Adv. nowhither, Soph.
mhdamov"
mhda±mov" , hv, ovn , for mhde; ajmov" , only in pl. mhdamoiv (in Ion. writers), none, Hdt.
mhdamovse
mhda±movse , Adv. nowhither, m. a[llose Plat.
mhdamou`
mhda±mou` , Adv. nowhere, Aesch.; m. ajllovqi Plat.:—metaph. m. nomivzetai nullo in numero habetur, Aesch.
mhdamw`"
mhda±mw`" , Adv. of mhdamov" , = mhdamh` , Hdt., Aesch., etc.
mhdev
mhdev , ( mhv dev ), Negat. Particle, (related to oujdev as mhv to ouj ):
I. as Conjunct. but not or and not, nor, mhv ti su; tau`ta dieivreo mhde; metavlla Il.:—more rarely without a negative preceding, teknou`sqai, mhdÆ a[paida qnhvskein Aesch.
2. doubled, mhdev . . mhdev . . , Opposing the two clauses of a sentence, Il.:— mhdev also follows mhvte , Soph., Plat.
II. as Adv., joined with a single word or phrase, not even, Lat. ne. . quidem , Hom., etc.
mhdeiv"