"μηδείς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μηδείς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /mɛː.děːs/, /miˈðis/, /miˈðis/, /mɛː.děːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈdis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈðis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈðis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈðis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μηδέ (mēdé, “and not”) + εἷς (heîs, “one”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μηδέ||and not}} μηδέ (mēdé, “and not”), {{m|grc|εἷς||one}} εἷς (heîs, “one”) Head templates: {{head|grc|pronoun}} μηδείς • (mēdeís) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|irreg|μηδείς|μηδενός|μηδενῐ́|μηδένᾰ||μηδεμῐ́ᾰ|μηδεμῐᾶς|μηδεμῐᾷ|μηδεμῐ́ᾰν||μηδέν|FVD=-|FVP=-|FVS=-|MVD=-|MVP=-|MVS=-|NVD=-|NVP=-|NVS=-|form=S|title=First and third declension of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μηδείς</i>, <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μηδεμῐ́ᾰ</i>, <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μηδέν</i>}} Forms: mēdeís [romanization], declension-3 [table-tags], μηδείς [masculine, nominative, singular], μηδεμῐ́ᾰ [feminine, nominative, singular], μηδέν [neuter, nominative, singular], μηδενός [genitive, masculine, singular], μηδεμῐᾶς [feminine, genitive, singular], μηδενός [genitive, neuter, singular], μηδενῐ́ [dative, masculine, singular], μηδεμῐᾷ [dative, feminine, singular], μηδενῐ́ [dative, neuter, singular], μηδένᾰ [accusative, masculine, singular], μηδεμῐ́ᾰν [accusative, feminine, singular], μηδέν [accusative, neuter, singular], - [masculine, singular, vocative], - [feminine, singular, vocative], - [neuter, singular, vocative]
  1. and not one
    Sense id: en-μηδείς-grc-pron-PK~8NZFS
  2. and not one
    (not elided)
    Tags: not elided
    Sense id: en-μηδείς-grc-pron-PK~8NZFS1
  3. nobody, naught, good for naught
    Sense id: en-μηδείς-grc-pron-jRWDa8dT
  4. (neuter, adverbial) not at all, by no means Tags: adverbial, neuter
    Sense id: en-μηδείς-grc-pron-EEOD0xji Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek pronouns Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 6 85 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek pronouns: 15 15 17 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: οὐδείς (oudeís)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.500"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 395"
        },
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.20"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 303C"
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          "text": "388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 37"
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        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 414D"
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        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Parmenides 156C"
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        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 245D"
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        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 553D"
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        {
          "text": "366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 171C"
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        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 222D"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, First Alcibiades 122A"
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          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 918"
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          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1114"
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        {
          "text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 234"
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          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.20"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.32"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.137"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1000"
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        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 622"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.106"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1166"
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          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1107"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1275"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 843"
        },
        {
          "text": "366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 180A"
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          "text": "AD 125–200, Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 2"
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          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 72"
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          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 344"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 280A"
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      "ipa": "/mɛː.děːs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/miˈðis/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/miˈðis/"
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      "ipa": "/mɛː.děːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/me̝ˈdis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
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      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
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      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.500"
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          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 395"
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          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.20"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 303C"
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          "text": "388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 37"
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          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 414D"
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        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Parmenides 156C"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 245D"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 553D"
        },
        {
          "text": "366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 171C"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 222D"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, First Alcibiades 122A"
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          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 918"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1114"
        },
        {
          "text": "442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 234"
        },
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.20"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.32"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.137"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1000"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 622"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.106"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1166"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1107"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1275"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 843"
        },
        {
          "text": "366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 180A"
        },
        {
          "text": "AD 125–200, Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 2"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nobody, naught, good for naught"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nobody",
          "nobody"
        ],
        [
          "naught",
          "naught"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 72"
        },
        {
          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 344"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, The Statesman 280A"
        },
        {
          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 949"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 280"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1329"
        },
        {
          "text": "436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Demonicus 16"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not at all, by no means"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neuter, adverbial) not at all, by no means"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.děːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈðis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈðis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.děːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝ˈdis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈðis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "oudeís",
      "word": "οὐδείς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μηδείς"
}

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