Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, chapter 2895

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Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent Part II: Inflection Part III: Formation of Words Part IV: Syntax Appendix: List of Verbs

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DEFINITIONS SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE KINDS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES EXPANSION OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDS THE SUBJECT OMISSION OF THE SUBJECT CASE OF THE SUBJECT: THE NOMINATIVE THE PREDICATE CONCORD OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATE PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBER PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF GENDER PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF PERSON ADJECTIVES ADVERBS THE ARTICLE — ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT PRONOUNS THE CASES PREPOSITIONS THE VERB: VOICES VERBAL NOUNS THE PARTICIPLE VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέος SUMMARY OF THE FORMS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES: COÖRDINATION AND SUBORDINATION SYNTAX OF THE COMPOUND SENTENCE SYNTAX OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE CLASSES OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES ( 2193 - 2487 ） ADJECTIVE CLAUSES ( RELATIVE CLAUSES: 2488- 2573 ） DEPENDENT SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES ( 2574 - 2635 ） INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES (QUESTIONS) INDIRECT (DEPENDENT) QUESTIONS EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES NEGATIVE SENTENCES PARTICLES SOME GRAMMATICAL AND RHETORICAL FIGURES

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ἀλλά ἄρα ἆρα ἀτάρ αὖ γάρ γέ γοῦν δέ δή δαί , δῆθεν , δήπου , δῆτα εἴτε ἤ ἦ ἠδέ (AND ἰδε ） καί καίπερ καίτοι<*> μά μέν μέντοι μήν ναί , νή νῦν , νυ_νί_ , νύ_ν , νύν , νύ ὅπως οὐδέ, οὔτε （ μηδέ, μήτε ） οὔτε ( μήτε ） οὐκοῦν , οὔκουν οὖν πέρ πλήν τέ τοί ὥς , ὡς

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[*] 2895. μέν was originally an asseverative, emphatic particle (surely, certainly, indeed) and a weaker form of μήν. Cp. Epic ἦ μέν, καὶ μέν, οὐ μέν in asseverations and protestations. Asseverative μέν survived as μέν solitarium and in combination with other particles. Antithetical (concessive) μέν owes its origin to the fact that, as emphasis. may indicate a contrast, the clause in which μέν stood was felt as preliminary to an adversative member of the sentence. Through association with this adversative member μέν gradually lost its primitive asseverative force.

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- Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.6.1

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