οὐδέ,
negative Particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή, partly
conjunction, partly
adverb:
A) CONJUNCTION,
but not, mostly answering to μέν (sometimes written divisim), [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
but not, is followed by οὐδέ,
nor, ἄλλοις μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθ᾽ Ἥρῃ, οὐδὲ Ποσειδάων᾽, οὐδὲ γλαυκώπιδι κούρῃ [
Refs]
A.II) more frequently
and not, nor: sometimes without a
negative preceding, Κίρκη δ᾽ ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον, οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ σίτῳ χεῖρας ἰάλλοντα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεινὸν γάρ, οὐδὲ ῥητόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: after a
negative compound, ὃν ἠτίμησ᾽ Ἀγαμέμνων, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II.2) with a
negative preceding,
nor, βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐ. ποτῆτος [
Refs 8th c.BC+], =
and not, as in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδέ, =
nor may be repeated any number of times, e.g. three times in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Sts. the _negative_ follows the whole word-group instead of preceding it, σιδήρῳ δὲ οὐδ᾽ ἀργύρῳ χρέωνται οὐδέν but iron
or silver use they not at all, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] 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 οὐδ᾽ ἡ ἐπιτείχισις οὐδὲ τὸ ναυτικὸν ἄξιον φοβηθῆναι and moreover we have
no reason to fear their fortifications,
nor yet their navy, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.III) οὐδέ may also follow οὔτε, by an
anacoluthon, as in τε, δέ. (see. οὔτε [
Refs]; but οὔτε cannot follow οὐδέ.[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B)
adverb,
not even, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
not even a little,
no not a bit,
not at all, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so also ἐπεὶ οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιαί he has
no sense,
no not even a little,[
Refs 8th c.BC+] he did
not even exchange words with him, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in the same sense, οὐ. γ᾽ [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect οὐ. μέν [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —This οὐδέ frequently follows καί,
and not even, καὶ οὐδ᾽ αὐτοὶ αὖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ, most frequently in phrase ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὧς. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
B.II)
also not, not. either, nor yet, ὁ δίκαιος τοῦ δικαίου δοκεῖ τί σοι ἂν ἐθέλειν πλέον ἔχειν
; Answ. οὐδαμῶς; Qu. τί δ; τῆς δικαίας πράξεως
; Answ. οὐ. τῆς δικαίας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C) Repetition of οὐδέ and combination with οὐ:
C.I) in Relat. as well as antecedent clause, ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ηὔχετο, οὐδ᾽ ᾤετο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
C.II) οὐ γὰρ οὐδέ, as ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γὰρ οὐ. νουθετεῖν ἔξεστί σε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ. γὰρ οὐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ. μὲν οὐ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare οὐ with