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Headword:
*ou)
me\n
dh/
Adler number: omicron,917
Translated headword: no verily indeed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning yet indeed, at the very least, but no indeed.[1]
Greek Original:*ou) me\n dh/: a)nti\ tou= o(/mws dh/, h(/kista dh/, a)lla\ ou) dh/.
Notes:
Evidently extracted from somewhere, the headword phrase resists precise translation outside its context. It consists of a denial (
ou)) followed by a particle combination where
dh/ strengthens an affirmative, adversative or progressive thought indicated by
me/n; see Denniston, pp. 391-3.
The entry might be generated from instances in
Homer and/or
Plato: e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 8.238 (web address 1);
Plato,
Theaetetus 148E (web address 2).
[1] The lemma is identically glossed in the
Synagoge,
Photius'
Lexicon (omicron662 Theodoridis), and
Lexica Segueriana 322.17.
Reference:
J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd edn., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; philosophy
Translated by: Ronald Allen on 8 July 2010@15:45:32.
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