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μήτι^ς or μή τις , ὁ, ἡ, neut. μήτι^, gen. μήτι^νος: (τὶς) old Gr. and Cret. for μηδείς, Il.12.272, al., Schwyzer 175 (Gortyn), Leg.Gort.5.13, al.; Cret. dat. sg.
A.“μηδιμί” IG22.1130.4:—hence
1. μήτι or μή τι, Adv., with imper., and inf. used imperatively, Il.1.550,5.130, etc.: with opt. to express a wish, “ὄλοιντο μή τι πάντες” S.Tr.383.
2. after Verbs of fear or doubt, Il.11.470, Od.2.67, etc.
3. in direct questions, μή τί σοι δοκῶ ταρβεῖν; do I . . ? (i.e. I do not), A.Pr.959, cf. 249, LXX Ge.20.9, Ev.Marc.4.21.
4. μή τί γε let alone, much less, “οὐδὲ στρατιώτης οὗτός γε οὐδενός ἐστιν ἄξιος, μή τί γε τῶν ἄλλων ἡγεμών” D.21.148, cf. 19.137; later, not to mention, “οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; μήτι γε βιωτικά” 1 Ep.Cor.6.3: with a word between, “ὡς . . δώσοντι δίκην, μή τι ποιήσαντί γε” D.8.27; also “μή τι δή” Plb.12.8.6; “μή τί γε δή, οὐκ ἔνι οὐδὲ τοῖς φίλοις . . , μή τί γε δὴ τοῖς θεοῖς” D.2.23; also “μητιγοῦν” Ael.VH12.9; “μή τι δή γε” Phld.Rh.1.261 S., al.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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