Οὐ μήν

indeed not

Translated by Ronald Allen22 Jun 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

5 notes · 27 words

Translation

[Meaning] yet truly,1 in no wise,2 not only,3 moreover, all the same.4
"He was indeed not able to do anything, but remained carefully watching over the land."5

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐ μήν· ἀλλὰ μήν, οὐδαμῶς, οὐ μόνον, ἔτι μήν, ὅμως δέ. οὐ μὴν εἶχε ποιεῖν οὐδὲν, ἀλλ' ἔμενε κατὰ χώραν τηρούμενος ἐπιμελῶς.

Betacode
*ou) mh/n: a)lla\ mh/n, ou)damw=s, ou) mo/non, e)/ti mh/n, o(/mws de/. ou) mh\n ei)=xe poiei=n ou)de\n, a)ll' e)/mene kata\ xw/ran throu/menos e)pimelw=s. 

Notes (5)

  1. The particle combination in the headword phrase has the sense of an emphatic denial; see LSJ s.v. mh/n II.5 and Denniston, pp. 338-9. It might be extracted from the quotation given here, though probably not, since earlier lexica (see n.4 below) do not have the quotation.
  2. 1See LSJ s.v. mh/n II.3 and Denniston, pp. 341-7. ↩
  3. 2Adverbial; see LSJ s.v. ou)damw=s. ↩
  4. 3Adverbial; see LSJ s.v. mo/nws II.2. (The entry up to this point is identical to Hesychius s.v. ou) mh/n.) ↩
  5. 4This glossing as a whole collects some adverbial phrases and particle combinations that have a similar or adverse sense to that of the lemma. Identical glossing in the Synagoge, Photius' Lexicon (omicron662 Theodoridis) and Lexica Segueriana 322.15; and cf. a scholion on Plato, Laws 822C (web address 1), where the headword phrase occurs. ↩
  6. 5Aelian fr. 305 Hercher (302 Domingo-Forasté). ↩

References


J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd edn., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987
D. Domingo-Forasté, ed., Clavdii Aeliani: Epistvlae et Fragmenta, Stuttgart and Leipzig: Teubner, 1994

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Revision history5 revisions · last 20 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked notes — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked reference — Catharine Roth
  4. more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Ronald Allen

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