"μή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /mɛ̌ː/, /mi/, /mi/, /mɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /mi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /mi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /mi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mḗ [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *mḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Old Armenian մի (mi), Sanskrit मा (mā), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /⁠mā⁠/), and Albanian mos. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*mḗ}} Proto-Hellenic *mḗ, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*meh₁|pos=prohibitive particle}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle), {{cog|xcl|մի}} Old Armenian մի (mi), {{cog|sa|मा}} Sanskrit मा (mā), {{cog|peo|𐎶𐎠|ts=mā}} Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /⁠mā⁠/), {{cog|sq|mos}} Albanian mos Head templates: {{grc-particle|neg=1}} μή • (mḗ) (negative particle)
  1. not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)
    (with an imperative or subjunctive in negative commands)
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-nxCLPIrD Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek negative particles, Ancient Greek particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 19 19 7 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek negative particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 19 19 19 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20 2 0
  2. not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)
    (with an optative or past indicative, expressing a negative wish)
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-nxCLPIrD1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek negative particles, Ancient Greek particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 19 19 7 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek negative particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 19 19 19 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20 2 0
  3. not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)
    (in a question expecting a negative answer)
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-nxCLPIrD1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek negative particles, Ancient Greek particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 19 19 7 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek negative particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 19 19 19 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20 2 0
  4. not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)
    (in dependent clauses)
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-nxCLPIrD1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek negative particles, Ancient Greek particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 19 19 7 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek negative particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 19 19 19 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20 2 0
  5. not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)
    (with participle representing conditional clause)
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-nxCLPIrD1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek negative particles, Ancient Greek particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 19 19 19 7 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek negative particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek particles: 19 19 19 19 19 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 19 19 19 19 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 20 2 0
  6. (in warnings or statements of fear)
    (in independent clauses) that ... not; that
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-SPm-L7Ae
  7. (in warnings or statements of fear)
    (introducing indirect statement after verb of fearing or apprehension) that
    Tags: negative, particle
    Sense id: en-μή-grc-particle-jn~AI2r0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μᾱ́ — Elean (mā́)
Derived forms: μηδαμῇ (mēdamêi), μηδαμοί (mēdamoí), μηδαμοῦ (mēdamoû), μηδέ (mēdé), μηδείς (mēdeís), μηδέποτε (mēdépote), μηδέπω (mēdépō), μηδέτερος (mēdéteros), μηκέτι (mēkéti), μήπω (mḗpō), μήτις (mḗtis), μήτοι (mḗtoi), μῶν (môn)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēdamoû",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēdé",
      "word": "μηδέ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēdeís",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Socrates: But [let's hope] that we didn't agree on this incorrectly.\nor [I'm worried] that we agreed […] .",
          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 89c",
          "text": "Σωκράτης […] ἀλλὰ μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσαμεν.\nSōkrátēs […] allà mḕ toûto ou kalôs hōmologḗsamen."
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mā́",
      "word": "μᾱ́ — Elean"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μή"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek negative particles",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek particles",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "roman": "mēdamêi",
      "word": "μηδαμῇ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdamoí",
      "word": "μηδαμοί"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdamoû",
      "word": "μηδαμοῦ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdé",
      "word": "μηδέ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdeís",
      "word": "μηδείς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdépote",
      "word": "μηδέποτε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdépō",
      "word": "μηδέπω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēdéteros",
      "word": "μηδέτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēkéti",
      "word": "μηκέτι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗpō",
      "word": "μήπω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗtis",
      "word": "μήτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗtoi",
      "word": "μήτοι"
    },
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      "word": "μῶν"
    }
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      ],
      "qualifier": "expressing a negative wish",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)",
        "(with an optative or past indicative, expressing a negative wish)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an optative or past indicative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)",
        "(in a question expecting a negative answer)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a question expecting a negative answer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)",
        "(in dependent clauses)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in dependent clauses"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "not (used in clauses expressing will or thought)",
        "(with participle representing conditional clause)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with participle representing conditional clause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Socrates: But [let's hope] that we didn't agree on this incorrectly.\nor [I'm worried] that we agreed […] .",
          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 89c",
          "text": "Σωκράτης […] ἀλλὰ μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσαμεν.\nSōkrátēs […] allà mḕ toûto ou kalôs hōmologḗsamen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that ... not; that"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in warnings or statements of fear)",
        "(in independent clauses) that ... not; that"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in independent clauses",
        "in warnings or statements of fear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that"
      ],
      "qualifier": "introducing indirect statement after verb of fearing or apprehension",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in warnings or statements of fear)",
        "(introducing indirect statement after verb of fearing or apprehension) that"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in warnings or statements of fear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "particle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mā́",
      "word": "μᾱ́ — Elean"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μή"
}

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