A.sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, S.El.606 ; “εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτε..” Id.OT1049 ; “εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτε καί..” A.Ag.843 ; “εἴτ᾽ οὖν.., εἴτ᾽ οὖν..” Id.Ch.683 ; “εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὖν..” S.Ph.345 ; “εἴτε.., εἴτ᾽ αὖ..” Pl. Phlb.34b ; “εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί..” Id.R.471d : with Substantives, “τὴν εἴθ᾽ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν” Plu.2.1089d : the first εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets, “ξεῖνος, αἴτ᾽ ὦν ἀστός” Pi.P.4.78 ; “αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις” A.Ag.1403 ; “μύραινά γ᾽, εἴτ᾽ ἔχιδν᾽ ἔφυ” Id.Ch.1002 ; “λόγοισιν, εἴτ᾽ ἔργοισιν” S.OT517, cf. Tr.236 ; and even in Prose, “πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται” Pl.Lg.864a, cf. 907d, Sph.224e : the first εἴτε is sts. replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat. utrum..an.., v.l. in Hdt.3.35 ; “εἰ.. εἴτε καί..” A.Ch.768 ; “εἰ..εἴτε μή” Id.Eu.468 ; “εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή..” X.Cyr.2.1.7 ; sts. ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in Il.2.349) stands for the second εἴτε, E.El.896, Pl.Phdr.277d, IG1.40.5 ; or for the first, S.Aj.178 (lyr.), E.Alc.115 (lyr.) ; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf. εἰ), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob.3.1.105.
εἴτε , Dor. αἴτε , generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Lat.