Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, NEGATIVE SENTENCES, μή AND μὴ οὐ WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND INDICATIVE

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μή AND μὴ οὐ WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND INDICATIVE

[*] 2751. The use of μή and μὴ οὐ with the subjunctive is different from that with the infinitive.

a. In doubtful assertions (1801-1802) expressing anxiety, suspicion, surmise, μή is used of that which may be true, μὴ οὐ of that which may not be true.

b. After verbs of fear and caution, where μή means lest, μὴ οὐ means lest not, that not (2221, 2225).

[*] 2752. μή and μὴ οὐ are used with the indicative in doubtful assertions (1772). In questions with μὴ οὐ the οὐ belongs to a single word (2651 d).

On ὅπως μή, ὅπως μὴ οὐ with the future, see 1920, 1921, 2203.

American Book Company, 1920.

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