Μή
not, that not, lest
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jul 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
The negative [particle].1 It occurs in Callimachus instead of ou) . "I refused to listen to death calling long ago, not for a long time after."2 That is, I did not die before this [sc. present time], so that I will not lament also for you dying after a long time.3
Also in Aristophanesmh/ is used instead of ou) .4
Also in Aristophanes
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μή· τὸ ἀπαγορευτικόν. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ κεῖται παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ. ἠρνεόμην θανάτοιο πάλαι καλέοντος ἀκοῦσαι, μὴ μετὰ δήν. τουτέστιν οὐκ ἀπέθανον πρὸ τούτου, ἵνα οὐ μετὰ δὴν καὶ ἐπὶ σοὶ θρηνήσω ἀποθανόντος. καὶ παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει τὸ μὴ ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ τάττεται.
Betacode
*mh/: to\ a)pagoreutiko/n. a)nti\ tou= ou) kei=tai para\ *kallima/xw|. h)rneo/mhn qana/toio pa/lai kale/ontos a)kou=sai, mh\ meta\ dh/n. toute/stin ou)k a)pe/qanon pro\ tou/tou, i(/na ou) meta\ dh\n kai\ e)pi\ soi\ qrhnh/sw a)poqano/ntos. kai\ para\ *)aristofa/nei to\ mh\ a)nti\ tou= ou) ta/ttetai.
Notes (4)
- 1cf. Apion and Etymologicum Magnum 585.49. The negative
mh/ is used instead ofou) with imperatives, in wishes, and in various kinds of non-declarative subordinate clauses. ↩ - 2Callimachus, Hecale fr. 350 Pfeiffer. Schneider (his fr. 144) added
i(/na afterdh/n . ↩ - 3Aemilius Portus (in his edition of (1630) and Richard Bentley emended the genitive
a)poqano/ntos to the dativea)poqano/nti (to agree with the pronounsoi/ ). ↩ - 4cf. scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 103. ↩
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- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth