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οὐδέ

οὐδέ, οὐδέ, and not; not even

οὐδέ, neg. Particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή, partly Conj., partly Adv.:
  • A CONJUNCTION, but not, mostly answering to μέν (sts. written divisim), Il. 5.138, 24.418; without μέν, 5.21, etc.: sts. the first οὐδέ, but not, is folld. by οὐδέ, nor, ἄλλοις μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθʼ Ἥρῃ, οὐδὲ Ποσειδάωνʼ, οὐδὲ γλαυκώπιδι κούρῃ 24.25.
    • II more freq. and not, nor: sts. without a neg. preceding, Κίρκη δʼ ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμʼ ἥμενον, οὐδʼ ἐπὶ σίτῳ χεῖρας ἰάλλοντα Od. 10.375; τραχὺς μόναρχος οὐδʼ ὑπεύθυνος A. Pr. 326, cf. 102, 259, al.; δεινὸν γάρ, οὐδὲ ῥητόν S. Ph. 756, cf. 996, OT 398, 868 (lyr.), Hdt. 1.97, etc.: after a neg. compd., ὃν ἠτίμησʼ Ἀγαμέμνων, οὐδʼ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα Il. 1.95; ἀνήμεροι γὰρ οὐδὲ πρόσπλατοι ξένοις A. Pr. 716; ἄστιπτος οὐδʼ οἰκουμένη S. Ph. 2; ἄθικτος οὐδʼ οἰκητός Id. OC 39.
      • 2 with a neg. preceding, nor, βρώμης δʼ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐ. ποτῆτος Od. 10.379; οὐκέτι σοὶ . . μένος ἔμπεδον οὐ. τις ἀλκή 22.226; οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν οὐ. τινʼ ἐγχώρων S. Ph. 692 (lyr.), cf. 681 (lyr.), 905, 955, X. Oec. 20.2, etc.: sts. the preceding neg. is itself οὐδέ, = and not, as in Od. 22.222; οὐδέ, = nor may be repeated any number of times, e.g. three times in S. OT 1378.—Sts. the neg. follows the whole word-group instead of preceding it, σιδήρῳ δὲ οὐδʼ ἀργύρῳ χρέωνται οὐδέν but iron or silver use they not at all, Hdt. 1.215; Θεσσαλοῦ μὲν οὐδʼ Ἱππάρχου οὐδεὶς παῖς Th. 6.55; ἁπλοῦν μὲν οὐ. δίκαιον οὐδὲν ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοι D. 22.4: but οὐδὲ . . οὐδέ never means neither . . nor (like οὔτε . . οὔτε); where this combination occurs, the first οὐδέ is used without reference to the second, e.g. καὶ μὴν οὐδʼ ἡ ἐπιτείχισις οὐδὲ τὸ ναυτικὸν ἄξιον φοβηθῆναι and moreover we have no reason to fear their fortifications, nor yet their navy, Th. 1.142.
    • III οὐδέ may also follow οὔτε, by an anacoluth., as in τε . ., δέ . . (v. οὔτε II.3); but οὔτε cannot follow οὐδέ.—Cf. μηδέ A. 2.
  • B ADVERB, not even, in Hom. mostly with Advbs., οὐδʼ ῃβαιόν not even a little, no not a bit, not at all, Il. 2.386; οὐ. τυτθόν 1.354; οὐ. μίνυνθα 20.27; so also ἐπεὶ οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί he has no sense, no not even a little, 14.141, cf. Od. 21.288; τότε μὲν εὖ ζῶντες, νῦν δὲ οὐ. ζῶντες Pl. R. 329a: freq. in Att., τούτῳ μὲν οὐ. διελέγετο he did not even exchange words with him, Lys. 3.31, cf. Ar. Nu. 425; οὐδʼ, εἰ γέγονεν, οἶδα D. 18.70, etc.: in the same sense, οὐ. γʼ Pl. Phd. 97a, 97b, 106b; οὐ. γʼ αὖ Id. R. 499a; οὐ. μήν X. Cyr. 3.3.50, etc.; Ep. οὐ. μέν Il. 9.374, etc.: in Att. freq. with εἷς (whence οὐδείς), οὐδʼ ἂν εἷς θύσειεν Ar. Pl. 137: sts. without elision, οὐδὲ εἷς ib. 1182, Herod. 1.45; οὐκ ἄλλʼ οὐ. ἕν Ar. Pl. 138, cf. Ra. 927; also οὐ. καθʼ ἕν Th. 2.87; οὐ. παρʼ ἑνός X. Cyr. 2.3.10, etc.—This οὐδέ freq. follows καί, and not even, καὶ οὐδʼ αὐτοὶ αὖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ . . Th. 7.56, cf. X. An. 3.2.4, etc.; also ἀλλʼ οὐδέ, most freq. in phrase ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ὧς . . Il. 7.263, 9.351, etc.
    • II also not, not . . either, nor yet . ., ὁ δίκαιος τοῦ δικαίου δοκεῖ τί σοι ἂν ἐθέλειν πλέον ἔχειν; Answ. οὐδαμῶς . .; Qu. τί δέ; τῆς δικαίας πράξεως; Answ. οὐ. τῆς δικαίας Pl. R. 349b, cf. Ap. 19d, 21d, X. Mem. 3.11.4.
  • C Repetition of οὐδέ and combination with οὐ:
    • I in Relat. as well as antec. clause, ὥσπερ οὐδʼ ηὔχετο, οὐδʼ ᾤετο Pl. Alc. 2.141a, cf. X. Cyr. 1.6.18.
    • II οὐ γὰρ οὐδέ, as ἀλλʼ οὐ γὰρ οὐ. νουθετεῖν ἔξεστί σε S. El. 595, cf. Aj. 1242, OT 287, etc.; οὐ. γὰρ οὐ. Il. 5.22, 6.130, Od. 8.32, Hdt. 4.16, etc.; οὐ. μὲν οὐ. Il. 2.703, etc.; οὐ μὰν οὐ. 23.441, etc.; cf. οὐ c.

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