μή, Sept. for Ox, |X, PN, ἃ particle of negation, which differs from οὐ (which is always an adverb) in that ov denies the thing itself (orto speak technically, denies simply, absolutely, categorically, directly, objectively). but μή denies the thought of the thing, or the thing according to the judgment, opinion, will, purpose, preference, of some one (hence, as we say technically, indirectly, hypothetically, subjectively). This distinction holds also of the compounds οὐδείς, μηδείς, οὐκέτι, μηκέτι, ete. But pris either an ad verb of negation, not (Lat. non, ne); or aconjunction, that... not, lest, (Lat. ne); or an interrogative particle, (Lat. num) [i. e. (generally) implying aneg. ans.; in indir. quest. whether nol (suggesting apprehension) ]. Cf. Herm. ad Vig. § 267 p- 802 sqq-; Matthiae § 608; Bitm. Gram. § 148 (cf. Alex. Bttm. N. T. Gr. p. 344 (296) sqq.); Kiihner ii. §§ 512 sq. p. 739 sqq.; [Jelf §§ 738 sqq.]; Rost § 135; Win. §§ 55,56; 2. Franke, De particulis negantibus. (two Comm.) Rintel. 1832 sq.; G. F. Gayler, Particularum Graeci sermonis negativarum accurata disputatio, ete. Tub. 1836; E. Priifer, De μή et οὐ particulis epitome. Vratisl. 1836; [ Gildersleeve in Am. Jour. of Philol. vol. i. no. i. p. 45 sqq.; Jebb in Vincent and Dickson’s Hdbk. to Mod. Grk. ed. 2, App. §§ 82 sqq.]I. As a negative ADVERB; 1. univ.: ᾧ μὴ πάρεστι ταῦτα, where μή is used because reference is made merely to the thought that there are those who lack these things, 2 Pet. i. 9; & μὴ ἑώρακεν, which (in my opinion) he hath not seen (because they are not visible), Col. ii. 18 [but here GT Tr WH om.Lbr. μή; cf. Bp. Lghtft. ad loc.; W.480sq. (448) ]; ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν, because he hath not believed, represented by the writer as the thought τοῦ κρίναντος, Jn. iii. 18 (differently in 1 Jn. v. 10, where the faith denied is considered as something positive and actual); ἃ μὴ δεῖ, in the judgment of the writer, Tit. re 1ΠῈ 2. in deliberative questions with the subjunctive: δῶμεν ἢ μὴ δῶμεν, Mk. xii. 14 (πότερον βίαν φῶμεν ἢ μὴ φῶμεν εἶναι, Xen. mem. 1, 2, 45); μὴ ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακά (for so it would have run had there been no anacoluthon; but Paul by the statement which he interposes is drawn away from the construction with which he began, and proceeds ὅτι ποιήσωμεν κτλ., 80 that these words depend on λέγειν in the intervening statement [W. 628 (583); B.§ 141, 3]), Ro. iii. 8. 3. in conditional and final sentences (ef. W. § 55, 2; [B. 344 (296) sqq-]): ἐὰν μή, unless, if not, see exx. in ἐάν, I. 3c. ἐὰν etc. καὶ μή, Mk. xii. 19; ἐὰν ete. δὲ μή, Jas. ii. 14; ἐάν τις ἴδῃ - «- μὴ πρὸς θάνατον, 1 Jn. v. 16; εἰ μή, εἰ δὲ μή, εἰ δὲ μήγε, οἴο., see εἰ, III. p. 171 sq. To this head belong the formulae that have ἄν or ἐάν as a modifier (W. § 55, 8 6.; [B. § 148, 4]), ὅς, ὅστις, ὅσοι ἄν or ἐὰν μή : Mt χ. 14; xi.6; ΜΙ. νὶ. 11; x.15; Lk. vii. 28 ; ix.5; xviii. 17; Rev. xiii. 15; ὃς ἂν οἴο. καὶ μή, Mk. xi. 23 ; Lk. x. 10; és dv... μὴ ἐπὶ πορνείᾳ, Mt. xix. 9 GT Tr WH txt.; of the same sort is πᾶν πνεῦμα, ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ, 1 Jn. iv.3. twa μή, Mt. vii.1; xvii. 27; Mk. iii. 9; Ro. xi. 25; Gal. v.17; vi. 12, ete.; tva... καὶ μή, Mt. v. 29 sq.; Mk. ἵν. 12; Jn. vi. 50; xi. 50; 2Co. iv. 7, ete.; iva... μή, 2 Co. xiii. 10; ἵνα ὁ - -. μή, In. xii. 46; ἵνα (weakened ; see ἵνα, IT. 2) un: after διαστέλλομαι [here L WH txt. émitisdw), Mt xvi. 20; τὸ θέλημά ἐστιν, va py, In. vi. 39; οὕτως etc. ἵνα 6... μή, Jn. ili. 16; παρακαλῶ, iva... καὶ py, | Co. i. 10; ὅπως μή. Mt. vi. 18; Actsxx.16; 1Co.i.29; érwsoi... pn, Lk. xvi. 26. 4. joined with the Infinitive (W. §55,4f.; [B.§§ 140,16; 148,6; cf. Prof. Gildersleeve τι. 8. Ρ. 48 54.}; 58. after verbsof saying, declaring, denying, commanding, ete.: ἀποκριθῆναι, Lk. xx. 7; ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον μὴ ἰδεῖν, that he should not see, Lk. il. 26; χρηματισθέντες μὴ ἀνακάμψαι, Mt. ii. 12; ὦμοσε (avτοῖς) μὴ εἰσελεύσεσθαι, Heb. iii. 18; after λέγω, Mt. v. 34, 39; xxii. 23; Mk xii.18; Acts xxi.4; xxiii. 8; Ro. ii. 22; xii. 35 κηρύσσω, Ro. ii. 21; γράφω, 1 Co. ν. 9,11; mapayγέλλω, Actsi.4; iv.18; v. 28,40; 1 Co. vii. 10sq.; 1 Tim. 1.35 vi. 17; παρακαλῶ, Actsix. 38 RG; xix.31; 2Co. vi. 1; αἰτοῦμαι, Eph. iii. 13; διαμαρτύρομαι, 2 Tim. ii. 14; εὔχοpat, 2 Co. xiii. 7; παραιτοῦμαι, Heb. xii. 19[here WH txt. om. py; cf. W.and B.as below]; ἀξιῶ, Acts xv. 38; ἐπιBoo[L T Tr WH βοῶ], Acts xxv. 24; ἀντιλέγω (cf. W. 865, 2 β.; [Β. 8 148, 13]), Lk. xx. 27 [Tr WH Limrg. λέγω]; ἀπαρνοῦμαι (η. ν.), Lk. xxii. 34; also after verbs of deciding: Lk. xxi. 14; κρίνω, Acts xv. 19; κρίνω τοῦτο, τὸ μή, Ro. xiv. 13; 2 Co. ii. 1; θέλω, Ro. xiii. 3; after verbs of hindering, avoiding, etc.: ἐγκόπτω (Ree. ἀνακόπτω) τινὰ μή, Gal. v. 7 (ef. W. [and B. u.s.; also § 140, 16]) ; τοῦ μή, thal... nol, (Lat. ne), after κατέχω, Lk. iv. 42; κρατοῦμαι, Lk. xxiv. 16; κωλύω, Acts x. 47; καταπαύω, Acts xiv.18; παύω, 1 Pet. iii. 10; ὑποστέλλομαι, Acts xx. 20, 27; προσέχω μή, Mt. vi. 1; but τοῦ μή is added also to other expressions in the sense of Lat. ut ne, that... not: Ro. vii. 3; ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν, ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Ro. xi. 8, 10. After clauses denoting necessity, advantage, power, fitness, μή is used with an inf. specifying the thing [B. § 148, 6], καλόν ἐστι μή, 1 Co. vii. 1; Gal.iv.18; foll. by τὸ μή, Ro. xiv. 21; ἄλογον μή. Acts XXV. 275 κρεῖττον ἦν, 2 Pet. ii. 21; ἐξουσία τοῦ [LT Tr WH om. τοῦ] μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι, a right to forbear working, 1 Co. ix. 6; δεῖ, Acts xxvii. 21; οὐ δύναμαι μή, 1 cannot but, Acts iv. 20; ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστι τοῦ μή, Lk. xvii. 1 [ef. avevdextos |. b. μή with an inf. which has the article follows a preposition, to indicate the purpose or end: as, πρὸς τὸ py, that... not, 2 Co. iii. 13; 1 Th.ii.9; 2 Th. iii. 8; εἰς τὸ μή (Lat. in id . . ne), to the end (or intent) that ...not, Acts vii. 19; 1 Co. x.6; 2 Co. iv. 4; foll. by an ace. and inf., 2 Th. ii. 2; 1 Pet. iii. 7; διὰ τὸ μή, because .. not, Mt. xiii. 5 sq.; Mk. iv. 5 sq.; Lk. viii. 6; Jas. iv. 2 [οὔ W. 482 (449)], (2 Mace. iv. 19). c. in other expressions where an infin. with the art. is used substantively: τῷ μή (dat. of the cause or reason [cf. W. § 44, 5; B. 264 (227)]), 2 Co. ii. 13 (12); in the accus., τὸ μή: Ro. xiv. 13; 1 Co.iv.6[RG]; 2Co.ii.1; x.2; 1 Th.iv. 6, cf. 3. d. in sentences expressing consequence or result: ὥστε py, so that... nol, Mt. viii. 28; Mk. iii. ον» 1 Conn ee Comey 1 ΠῚ 8: 5. μή is joined with a Participle ΟΥ̓. 8 δῦ, ὅ σ.; [B. 8.148,7; see C. J. Vaughan’s Com. on Ro. ii. 147), a. in sentences expressing a command, exhortation, purpose, ete. : LK. iii. 11; Jn. ix. 39; Acts xv. 38; xx. 29; Ro. viii. 4; xiv. 3; 2Co. xii.21; Eph. v.27; Phil. i. 28; ii. 4 [here Rec. impv.]; 1 Th.iv.5; 2Th.i. 8; 1 Pet. ii.16; Heb. vi. 1; xiii. 17, ete. b. in general sentences, in which no definite person is meant but it is merely assumed that there is some one of the character denoted by the participle: as ὁ μὴ dv per ἐμοῦ, he that is not on my side, whoever he is, or if there is any such person, Mt. xii. 30; Lk. xi. 23; ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων, whoever believeth not, Jn. iii. 18; of μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες ᾿Ιησοῦν Xp. if any do not confess, or belong to the class that do not confess, 2 Jn. 7; add, Mt. x. 28; Lk. vi. 49; xii. 21, 47sq.; xxii. 36; Jn. v.23; x.1; xii. 48; xiv.24; Ro.iv.5; v.14; x.20; 1Co. vii.38; xi. 22; 2 Th. i. 8; Jas. ii.13; 1 Jn. ii. 4, ete.; πᾶς ὁ μή. Mt. vii. 26; (πᾶν δένδρον μή, Mt. iii. 10; vii.19); 1 Jn. iii. 10; 2 Jn. 9; 2 Th. ii. 12 [here Lmrg. T Tr WH mre. ἅπαντες οἱ μή ete.]; μακάριος ὁ pn, Jn. xx. 29; Ro. xiv. 22. Ὁ: where, indeed, a definite person or thing is referred to, but in such a way that his (its) quality or action (indicated by the participle) isdenied in the thought or judgment either of the writer or of some other person [ef. esp. W. 484 (451) ]: τὰ μὴ ὄντα, that are deemed as nothing, 1 Co. i. 28; ὡς μὴ λαβών, as if thou hadst not received, 1 Co. iv. 7; ὡς μὴ ἐρχομένου μου, as though I were not coming, 1 Co. iv. 18; ὡς μὴ ἐφικνούμενοι εἰς ὑμᾶς, 2 Co. x. 14; add, 1 Co. vii. 29. ἤδει... opinion of ὁ εἰδώς), Jn. vi. 64; the same holds true of Acts xx. 29; τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα (in the opinion of οἱ μὴ σκοποῦντες), 2 Co. iv. 18 (on the other hand, in Heb. xi. 1, ov βλεπόμ. actually invisible) ; τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν . τίνες εἰσὶν οἱ μὴ πιστεύοντες (ace. to the

μή mē 1x

a negative particle, can function as a conj, not, for the particulars of its usage, especially as distinguished from that of οὐ, consult a grammar; as a conj., lest, that not, Mt. 5:29, 30; 18:10; 24:6; Mk. 13:36; μή, or μήτι, or μήποτε, when prefixed to an interrogative clause, it expresses an intimation either of the reality of the matters respecting which the question is asked, Mt. 12:23; or the contrary, Jn. 4:12

μή, subjective negative particle, used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic., μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין, אַיִן, אַל.] As a neg. adv., not; with ref. to thought or opinion: Jo 3:18, Tit 1:11, II Pe 1:9.

In delib. questions, c. subjc. (M, Pr., 185): Mk 12:14, Ro 3:8.

In conditional and final sentences, after εἰ, ἐάν, ἄν, ἵνα, ὅπως: Mt 10:14, Mk 6:11 12:19, Lk 9:5, Jo 6:50, Ro 11:25, al.

C. inf. (v. M, Pr., 234 f., 239, 255), after verbs of saying, etc.: Mt 2:12 5:34, Mk 12:18, Ac 15:38, Ro 2:21, al.;

c. artic. inf.: after a prep., Mt 13:5, Mk 4:5, Ac 7:19, I Co 10:6, al.; without a prep., Ro 14:13, II Co 2:1, 13, 1 Th 4:6;

in sentences expressing consequence, after ὥστε: Mt 8:28, Mk 3:20, I Co 1:7, II Co 3:7, al.

C. ptcp. (v. M, Pr., 231 f., 239), in hypothetical references to persons of a certain character or description: Mt 10:28 12:30, Lk 6:49, Jo 3:18, Ro 4:5, I Co 7:38, I Jo 3:10, al.; where the person or thing being definite, the denial is a matter of opinion: Jo 6:64, I Co 1:28 4:7, 18, II Co 5:21, al.; where the ptcp. has a concessive, causal or conditional force, if, though, because not: Mt 18:25, Lk 2:45, Jo 7:49, Ac 9:26, Ro 2:14 5:13, II Co 3:14, Ga 6:9, Ju 5; where the ptcp. has a descriptive force (being such as), not: Ac 9:9, Ro 1:28, I Co 10:33, Ga 4:8, He 12:27, al.

μή prohibitive, in indep. sentences, c. subjc. praes., 1 pers. pl.: Ga 5:26 6:9, I Th 5:6, I Jo 3:18;

c. imperat. praes., usually where one is bidden to desist from what has already begun (cf. M, Pr., 122 ff.): Mt 7:1, Mk 5:36, Lk 6:30, Jo 2:16 5:45, Ac 10:15, Ro 11:18, Ja 2:1, Re 5:5, al.;

forbidding that which is still future: c. imperat. aor., 3 pers., Mt 24:18, Mk 13:15, Lk 17:31, al.; c. subjc. aor., 2 pers., Mt 3:9 10:26, Mk 5:7, Lk 6:29, Jo 3:7, Ro 10:6, al.;

c. optat., in wishes: II Ti 4:16(LXX); μὴ γένοιτο (v. M, Pr., 194; Bl., § 66, 1), Lk 20:16, Ro 3:3, al.; μή τις, Mk 13:5, al.

As a conj., after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., that, lest, perhaps (M, Pr., 192 f.): c. subjc. praes., He 12:15; c. subjc. aor., Mt 24:4, Mk 13:5, Lk 21:8, Ac 13:40, Ga 5:15, al.; ὅρα μή (v. M, Pr., 124, 178), elliptically, Re 19:10 22:9; c. indic, fut. (M, Pr., 124, 178), Col 2:8.

in order that not: c. subjc. aor., Mk 13:36, II Co 8:20 12:6.

Interrogative, in hesitant questions (M, Pr., 170), or where a negative answer is expected: Mt 7:9, 10, Mk 2:19, Jo 3:4, Ro 3:3 10:18, 19, I Co 1:13, al.; μή τις, Lk 22:35, al.; seq. οὐ (Ro 10:17, al. in Pl.), expecting an affirm, ans.; οὐ μή, Lk 18:7, Jo 18:11.

οὐ μή as emphatic negation (cf. M, Pr., 188, 190 ff.; Bl., § 64, 5), not at all, by no means: c. indic, fut., Mt 16:22, Jo 6:35, He 10:17, al.; c. subjc. aor., Mt 24:2, Mk 13:2, Lk 6:37, Jo 13:8, I Co 8:13, al.

μή Grenf II. 384 (mid. 1.8.6.) καλῶς οὖ]ν ποιήσις μὴ ἀμελήσ[α]ς α[. . ἀγο]ράσαι. .. , P Oxy I. 3815 (a.p. 49--50) (= Selections, p. 53) τοῦ δὲ Σύρου μὴ βουλομένου ἐνμεῖναι τοῖς κεκριμένοις, “45 Syrus does not wish to abide by what has been decided,” 2d. II. 2755 (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 58) ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἰδότος γράμματα, “1 wrote for him seeing that he was unlettered,” BGU I. 22° (a.p. 114) (= Selections, p. 74) TappovOios . . . τὸ παρὸν μὴ ἔχουσα κύριον, ‘ Tarmuthis at present without a guardian,’ and P Grenf II. 779 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Sedections, p. 120) θαυμάζω πάνυ [ὅτι] ἀλόγως ἀπέστητε μὴ ἄραντες [τὸ σ]ῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὑμῶν, “1 wonder exceedingly that you went off so unreasonably, without taking the body of your brother”; cf. P Tor 1. 1¥8-4 (νον 116) εἰ δὲ kal τις θείηι τὸ μὴ ὄν (cf. 1 Cor 1°8)—acc. and inf. follow, P Ryl II. 144°? (Α.Ὁ. 38) ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, ‘‘ to bring baseless charges,” and see Hort’s note ad 1 Pet 18 for the change from οὐ (οὐκ ἰδόντες) to μή (μὴ δρῶντες) in that verse ; (5) the zzdzcatzve (a) in relative clauses as CPR I. τοῦ (iv/A.D.) évrdgas . . . ἃ μὴ συνεφώνησα, BGU I. 114% % (ii/A.D.) mpoot[k]a (7. προῖκα) [ἣ]ν ἀπ[ο]δέδωκεν αὐτῷ μήτε δ[ὑ]να[τ]αι λαβεῖν, (b) in cautious assertions (as in Lk 11°, Gal 4", Co] 28)—P Tebt 11. 3331! (A.D. 216) ὑφορῶμαι οὖν μὴ ἔπαθάν τι ἀνθρώπινον ““1 therefore suspect that they have met with some accident ” (Edd.), P Gen I. 17}® (iii/a.p.) ὑφωροῦμε.... μὴ dpla ἐϊνθρώσκων [. . ἔλ]αθεν ὕϊδατ]ι, “1 suspect he may have jumped into the water unnoticed”: cf. Moulton Prolegomena p. 193, where it is pointed out that in such cases ‘‘the prohibitive force of μή is more or less latent, producing a strong deprecatory tone”; (c) in the volitive future—BGU I. 197 (a.p. 17-18) μὴ ἐξέσται [τοῖς pepio]θωμένοις προλιπεῖν τὴν μίσθωσιν é[y]tos τοῦ χρόνου, 2d. III. 698% (11.4..».} μὴ αὐτοὶ ὄψονται περὶ πάντων. . [ἐν τ]άχει τὴν ἀντιφώνησιν, and 76. 81.437 (iii/A.D.) ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν, μήτηρ, μὴ ἀφήσις (/. ἀφήσεις) por οὕτος (1. οὕτως) : see again Moulton Pro/egomena, p. 177. II. For pq, as a conjunction ‘that,’ ‘‘lest,” ‘‘perchance,” as in Mt 24%, Ac 134°, Gal 515, after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., cf. P Par 457 (B.c. 153) (= Witkowski*®, p. 85) προσέχων, μὴ εὕρη τι κατὰ σοῦ ἰπεῖν

μή (mē) — not. μή, Elean μά [ᾱ] [Refs 6th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit mā´, Armenian mi [from I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] mē´], negative used in prohibitions):—not, the negative of the will and thought, as οὐ of fact and statement; μή rejects, οὐ denies; μή is relative, οὐ absolute; μή subjective, οὐ objective. (A few examples of μηδέ and μηδείς have been included.) __A in INDEPENDENT sentences, used in expressions of will or wish, command, entreaty, warning, __A.1 with present imperative, 2 person, μή μ᾽ ἐρέθιζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely with aorist imperative, μὴ.. ἔνθεο τιμῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect, μὴ ψεῦσον, ὦ Ζεῦ, τῆς.. ἐλπίδος [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect imperative [Refs 8th c.BC+] person when perfect = present, μὴ κεκράγετε [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.2 with subjunctive (usually [Refs], in prohibitions, μὴ δή με.. ἐάσῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μή τοί με κρύψῃς τοῦτο[Refs 5th c.BC+]: coupled with present imperative, μὴ βοηθήσητε τῷ πεπονθότι δεινά, μὴ εὐορκεῖτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] person present subjunctive, μὴ κάμνῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with the hortative subjunctive used to supply the [Refs] person of the imperative, present μὴ ἴομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist μὴ πάθωμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with 1st pers. singular, μή σε.. κιχείω [Refs 8th c.BC+] (anapaest meter). __A.2.b with present or aorist subjunctive in a warning or statement of fear, μὴ.. γένησθε take care you do not become, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μὴ.. ὑφαίνῃσιν I fear.. may prove to be weaving, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect Prose, to make a polite suggestion of apprehension or hesitation, perhaps, μὴ ἀγροικότερον ᾖ τὸ ἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in later Greek the indicative is found, μὴ ἡ ἔννοια ἡμῶν.. ἀντιλαμβάνεται [Refs 5th c.AD+] __A.3 with future indicative, a uncertain usage (νεμεσήσετ᾽ is subjunctive in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μὴ βουλήσεσθε (Papyrus βούλη[σθ]ε) [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.4 with past tenses of indicative to express an unfulfilled wish, μὴ ὄφελες λίσσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.5 with optative to express a negative wish, with present, ἃ μὴ κραίνοι τύχη [Refs 4th c.BC+]: more frequently with aorist, μὴ σέ γ᾽ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ βασιλῆα Κρονίων ποιήσειεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.6 in oaths and asseverations, ἴστω Ζεὺς.., μὴ μὲν τοῖς ἵπποισιν ἀνὴρ ἐποχήσεται ἄλλος [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.7 with infinitive, when used as imperative, μὴ δή μοι ἀπόπροθεν ἰσχέμεν ἵππους [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.8 frequently without a Verb, εἰ χρή, θανοῦμαι. Answ. μὴ σύ γε (i.e. θάνῃς) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄπελθε νῦν. Answ. μὴ (i.e. γενέσθω) ἀλλά nay but, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in curt expressions, μὴ τριβὰς ἔτι (i.e. ποιεῖσθε) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μή μοι σύ none of that to me! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μή μοι πρόφασιν no excuses! [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B in DEPENDENT clauses: __B.1 with Final Conjs., ἵνα μή [Refs 8th c.BC+], that so, ὅπως ἂν.. μηδέ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but __B.1.b μή alone, ={ἵνα μή}, lest, ἀπόστιχε μή τινοήσῃ Ἥρη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future indicative and aorist subjunctive in consecutive clauses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 in the protasis of conditional sentences, see at {εἰ} (for the exceptions see at {οὐ}), and with temporal conjunctions used conditionally, see at {ἐπειδάν, ὅταν, ὅτε}, etc. __B.2.b ὅτι μή except, ὅτι μὴ Χῖοι μοῦνοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα μὴ ἀποβαίνοντες provided only that they did not disembark, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 in later Gr., with causal Conjs., ὁ μὴ πιστεύων ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν [NT+2nd c.AD+] that, ὅτι μὴ ἐστὶν ἐπίπεδος οὕτως ἂν καταμάθοιμεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.4 in relative clauses, which imply a condition or generality, ὃς δὲ μὴ εἶδέ κω τὴν κανναβίδα whoever.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃ μὴ κελεύσει (perhaps κελεύσαι) Ζεύς such a thing as.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λέγονθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ such things as one ought not, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with subjunctive, ᾧ μὴ ἄλλοι ἀοσσητῆρες ἔωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.5 with infinitive, __B.5.a regularlyfrom Homer on, except after Verbs of saying and thinking (but see below c): after ὥστε or ὡς, ὥστε μὴ φρονεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: always when the infinitive takes the Article, τὸ μὴ προμαθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.5.b by an apparent pleonasm after Verbs of negative result signifying to forbid, deny, and the like, ὁ δ᾽ ἀναίνετο μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] (μηδέν); ἀντιλέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (μηδέ); ἀπαγορεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (μηδέ); ἀποτρέπεσθαι [Refs] (μηδέν); ἀρνεῖσθαι, ἔξαρνος εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύειν (where the participle is more frequently) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in these cases the Article frequently precedes μή, τὸ δὲ μὴ λεηλατῆσαι.. ἔσχε τόδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδένα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴργειν τὸ μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμποδὼν γίγνεσθαι τοῦ μή.. [Refs] __B.5.c after Verbs of saying and thinking which involve an action of will, as in those signifying to swear, aver, believe, and the like; so after ὄμνυμι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: occasionally with other Verbs, φημί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγω, προλέγω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντες ἐροῦσι μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νομίζω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: very frequently in later Gr., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.6 with the participle, when it can be resolved into a conditional clause, μὴ ἐνείκας, = {εἰ μὴ ἤνεικε}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ θέλων, ={εἰ μὴ θέλεις}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ δολώσαντος θεοῦ, ={εἰ μὴ ἐδόλωσε}, [Refs]; μὴ δρῶν, ={εἰ μὴ δρῴην}, [Refs 5th c.BC+], = ut qui nihil sciam, [Refs]; τίς πρὸς ἀνδρὸς μὴ βλέποντος ἄρκεσι; one who sees not, [Refs]: in this signification frequently with the Article, ὁ μὴ λεύσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with causal significance, μὴ παρὼν θαυμάζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: very frequently in later Greek, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: occasionally after Verbs of knowing and showing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.7 with Substantives, adjectives, and adverbs used generically, with or without Article, τὰ μὴ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μὴ 'μπειρία, ={τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἐμπειρίαν}, want of experience, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆμον καὶ μὴ δῆμον[Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.8 after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension (compare μὴ οὐ): __B.8.a when the thing feared is future, mostly with subjunctive: with present subjunctive, δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ shall proveto be.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: more frequently with aorist, δείδοικα.. μή σε παρείπῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with perfect, shall prove to have been, δέδοικα μὴ περαιτέρω πεπραγμέν᾽ ᾖ μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with future indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with optative according to the sequence of moods and tenses: present optative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with future optative in oratio obliqua, [Refs 5th c.BC+]vect.4.41. __B.8.b when the action is present or past, the indicative is used, εἰσόρα μὴ σκῆψιν οὐκ οὖσαν τίθης [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.8.c with indicative and subjunctive in consecutive clauses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C in QUESTIONS: __C.I direct questions, __C.I.1 with indicative, where aneg. answer is anticipated (but more generally in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μή σοι δοκοῦμεν..; [Refs 5th c.BC+] (μηδέ) follows οὐ, see at {οὐ μή}. __C.I.1.b in other questions, τί μὴ ποιήσ; what am I not to do? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί μ; why not? [Refs]; compare μήν __C.I.2 with subjunctive, when the speaker deliberates about a negative action, μὴ οὕτω φῶμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τοιοῦτος μὴ δῷ δίκη; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πῶς μὴ φῶμε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; how can a man help being excited when he speaks? [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II indirect questions, frequently with Verbs implying fear and apprehension [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also σκοπεῖσθαι πῶς ἂν μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later in simple indirect questions, ἐπυνθάνετο μὴ ἔγνω [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __C.II.2 in questions introduced by εἰ, ἤρετό με.. εἰ μὴ μέμνημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴτε.. εἴτε μή.., εἰ.. ἢ οὔ, εἰ.. ἢ μή without difference of meaning between μή and οὐ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __D POSITION of μή. When the negative extends its power over the whole clause, μή properly precedes the Verb. When its force is limited to single words, it precedes those words. But Poets sometimes put μή after the Verb, ὄλοιο μή πω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φράσῃς.. μὴ πέρα[Refs] __D.2 μή is sometimes repeated, μή, μή καλέσῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+] __E PROSODY: in Trag. μή may be joined by synizesis with a following ει or ου, μὴ οὐ, μὴ εἰδέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: initial ε after μή is cut off by aphaeresis, μὴ 'πὁθουν [Refs] followed by α is sometimes written μἀ.. (see. μὴ ἀλλά, etc.); sometimes separately, μὴ ἀδικεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+] __F μή in COMPOSITION (joined with other words), as μὴ ἀλλά, μὴ γάρ, μὴ οὐ, μὴ ὅπως or ὅτι, μή ποτε, etc., will be found in alphabetical order.