"μήποτε" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μήποτε in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /mɛ̌ː.po.te/, /ˈmi.po.te/, /ˈmi.po.te/, /mɛ̌ː.po.te/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.po.te/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mḗpote [romanization]
Etymology: From μή (mḗ, “not”) + ποτέ (poté, “ever, at some time”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μή||not}} μή (mḗ, “not”), {{m|grc|ποτέ||ever, at some time}} ποτέ (poté, “ever, at some time”) Head templates: {{head|grc|adverb}} μήποτε • (mḗpote)
  1. never, on no account
    (in prohibition or strong denial, with aorist subjunctive)
    Sense id: en-μήποτε-grc-adv-2OYZnZtE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 32 2
  2. never, on no account
    (Koine) perhaps
    Tags: Koine
    Sense id: en-μήποτε-grc-adv-UqkWW311 Categories (other): Koine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 32 2
  3. never, on no account
    Sense id: en-μήποτε-grc-adv-2OYZnZtE1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 32 2

Conjunction

IPA: /mɛ̌ː.po.te/, /ˈmi.po.te/, /ˈmi.po.te/, /mɛ̌ː.po.te/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.po.te/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.po.te/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mḗpote [romanization]
Etymology: From μή (mḗ, “not”) + ποτέ (poté, “ever, at some time”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μή||not}} μή (mḗ, “not”), {{m|grc|ποτέ||ever, at some time}} ποτέ (poté, “ever, at some time”) Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=μήποτε|head2=}} μήποτε • (mḗpote), {{grc-conjunction}} μήποτε • (mḗpote)
  1. that at not time, lest ever
    Sense id: en-μήποτε-grc-conj-assOiSSo

Download JSON data for μήποτε meaning in Ancient Greek (4.9kB)

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