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κοὐκ ἀρκέσει, not “μηδ̓”, though εἰ precedes, for “οὐκ ἀρκέσει” is felt rather as a statement of that which is sure to happen, than as a hypothesis. Similarly “οὐ” often stands in the second of two clauses after “δεινὸν εἰ” or the like: Thuc. 1. 121§ 5 “δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ...οὐκ ἄρα δαπανήσομεν”: Lys. or. 10 § 13οὐκ οὖν δεινόν, εἰ...οὐκ ἀξιοῖς”.


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    • Lysias, Against Theomnestus 1, 13
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