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2871. καί often has an adversative force; as where it joins a negative to an affirmative clause. Here καὶ οὐ (μή) is almost = but not, as in ἐμ᾽ ἐχειροτόνησαν καὶ οὐχ ὑ_μᾶς they elected me and (= but) not you D. 18.288. So also where καί is like καίτοι and yet; as ““χαίρων ἄπιθι: καί σ᾽ ἄ_κων ἐγὼ λείπωfare thee well; and yet I leave thee unwillinglyAr. Eq. 1250. To connect negative clauses οὐδέ is used.

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