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(A), Ep. also ἠέ (in signf. A.11 (or ἠέ) folld. by (or ἦε), v. infr.), Conj. with two chief senses, Disj. (
A.or) and Comp. (than).
2. . . either . . or, “ νῦν δηθύνοντ᾽ ὕστερον αὖτις ἰόνταIl.1.27, cf. 151, 5.484, etc.; so “ . . ἤτοι . . Pi.N.6.4, Fr.138; “ἤτοι . . . . A.Ag.662, S. Ant.1182, Th.2.40, etc. (in Classical Gr. the alternative introduced by ἤτοι is emphasized, later no distn. is implied, Ep.Rom.6.16; “ἤτοι . . . . . . PTeb.5.59(ii B.C.)); repeated any number of times, “ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι τεὸν Αἴαντος ἰὼν γέρας ὈδυσῆοςIl.1.138, cf. Od.15.84, S.Ant.707; is prob. wrongly accented in codd. of Il.2.289, Od.3.348, 19.109, v. Adv.1.3: “ πόλις βροτός θ᾽ ὁμοίωςA.Eu.524(lyr.) is exceptional.
II. in Questions or Deliberations in Disj. form(the accentuation is ἠέ) folld. by ἦε), Hdn. Gr.2.24, al., A.D.Conj.224.28):
1. Direct questions,
2. Indirect questions, freq. epexegetic of a preceding question and identical in form with direct questions.
b. without introductory Particle, “οὐδέ τι οἶδα ζώει γ᾽ τέθνηκεOd.11.464, cf. Il.10.546, Od.24.238.
B. COMPARATIVE, than, as, after a Comp., Il.11.162, etc.: after positive Adjs. which imply comparison, ἄλλος, ἕτερος . . , S.OT595, Tr.835(lyr.); “ἐναντίος Pl.Grg.481c; ἴδιόν τι πάσχειν πάθος οἱ ἄλλοι ibid.: after Advbs. or adverbial phrases, πλήν, πρίν, πρόσθεν, χωρίς (qq. v.), ἀλλά (v. ἀλλ᾽ )“; τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ . . Id.Cri.44a(f.l. in Smp.173a); “ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ϝέτει ἀπὸ τῶ ποτεχεῖ ϝέτεος Ἀριστίων ἐφορεύειTab.Heracl.1.121; “παρὰ δόξαν ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεεHdt.1.79, cf. 8.4; “διαφερόντως . . Pl.Phd.85b; οὐδ᾽ ὅσον . . not so much as . . , not more than . . , Theoc.9.21: after Verbs implying comparison, βούλεσθαι . . to wish rather than . . , v. βούλομαι IV, “αἱρέωB. 11.1b; so φθάνειν . . to come sooner than . . , Il.23.445, Od.11.58; “ἐπιθυμεῖν . . X.Cyr.1.4.3; “δέχεσθαι . . Lys.10.21: less freq. after a word not implying comparison, δίκαιον ἡμέας ἔχειν . . (sc. μᾶλλον)“ περ ἈθηναίουςHdt.9.26; “ἐμοὶ πικρὸς . . κείνοις γλυκύςS.Aj.966(s.v.l.); “δεδικαιωμένος ἐκεῖνοςEv.Luc.18.14.
7. the Disj. and Comp. uses are found together in Il.15.511 βέλτερον, ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι, δηθὰ στρεύγεσθαι ἐν αἰνῆ δηϊοτῆτι better, either to die once for all or win life, than long to toil in battle. [ οὐ, οὐκ combine by Synizesis into one syll. in Trag. and Com., A.Pr.330, S.Aj.334, Ar.Lys.128; so usually in Ep., Od.1.298, al.; “ αὐτόςHes.Fr.194; “ εἰAlex.201.]
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