"μήτις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μήτις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /mɛ̌ː.tis/, /ˈmi.tis/, /ˈmi.tis/, /mɛ̌ː.tis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.tis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: μήτῐς [canonical], mḗtĭs [romanization], μή τις [alternative]
Etymology: Univerbation of μή (mḗ, “so that...not, lest”) + τις (tis, “anyone”). Etymology templates: {{univ|grc|μή|τις|t1=so that...not, lest|t2=anyone}} Univerbation of μή (mḗ, “so that...not, lest”) + τις (tis, “anyone”) Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=μήτῐς|head2=}} μήτῐς • (mḗtĭs), {{grc-conjunction|μήτῐς}} μήτῐς • (mḗtĭs)
  1. so that no one, lest anyone Related terms: μήτι (mḗti)
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