"μηδέ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηδέ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /mɛː.dé/, /miˈðe/, /miˈðe/, /mɛː.dé/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈde/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈðe/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈðe/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈðe/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mēdé [romanization]
Etymology: From μή (mḗ, “not”) + δέ (dé, “and, but”). Compare οὐδέ (oudé, “but not, and not”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μή|δέ|t1=not|t2=and, but}} μή (mḗ, “not”) + δέ (dé, “and, but”), {{m|grc|οὐδέ|t=but not, and not}} οὐδέ (oudé, “but not, and not”) Head templates: {{head|grc|adverb}} μηδέ • (mēdé)
  1. (joined with a single word or phrase) not even
    Sense id: en-μηδέ-grc-adv-eO60OyHv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μηδ’ (mēd’) [apocopic]

Conjunction

IPA: /mɛː.dé/, /miˈðe/, /miˈðe/, /mɛː.dé/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈde/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈðe/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈðe/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈðe/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: mēdé [romanization]
Etymology: From μή (mḗ, “not”) + δέ (dé, “and, but”). Compare οὐδέ (oudé, “but not, and not”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|μή|δέ|t1=not|t2=and, but}} μή (mḗ, “not”) + δέ (dé, “and, but”), {{m|grc|οὐδέ|t=but not, and not}} οὐδέ (oudé, “but not, and not”) Head templates: {{head|grc|conjunction|cat2=|head=μηδέ|head2=}} μηδέ • (mēdé), {{grc-conjunction}} μηδέ • (mēdé)
  1. (connecting two clauses, used with the same constructions as μή (mḗ)) but not, and not, nor
    Sense id: en-μηδέ-grc-conj-2azG~60H Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 49
  2. (connecting two clauses, used with the same constructions as μή (mḗ)) but not, and not, nor
    (doubled, μηδέ...μηδέ, opposing the two clauses of a sentence)
    Sense id: en-μηδέ-grc-conj-z4KUvwyp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μηδ’ (mēd’) [apocopic] Derived forms: μηδέτερος (mēdéteros)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for μηδέ meaning in Ancient Greek (4.8kB)

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