μηδέ, (μή, δέ)
negative Particle (compare οὐδέ): as
conjunction,
and not (
Epic dialect also,
but not), nor, connecting two whole clauses, used with the same constructions as μή, μή τι σὺ ταῦτα. διείρεο μηδὲ μετάλλα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τεκνοῦσθαι, μηδ᾽ ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) in μηδέ. μηδέ. the first μ. may belong to μηδέ A, e.g. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but μήτε cannot follow μηδέ:—for μηδέ after οὐδέ, see at {οὐ} [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B) as
adverb, joined with a single word or phrase,
not even, not either, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; repeated emphatically, μηδ᾽ ὅντινα γαστέρι μήτηρ κοῦρον ἐόντα φέροι μηδ᾽ ὃς φύγοι let
not the babe unborn —
no let not even it escape, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —for μηδέ τι see at {μήτις}.