A.yea, verily, in Hom. mostly folld. by “δή, ν. δὴ ταῦτά γε πάντα . . κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες” Il.1.286, al.; “ν. μήν” Emp.76.2; “ν. μάν” Theoc.27.27; “ν. μέν” A.R. 2.151; “ν. μέντοι” Luc.Astr.14: used alone, σὲ κρίνω, ν. σέ yea thee, S.El.1445; “ἀποκρίνασθαι ν. ἢ οὔ” Arist.Top.158a16, etc.; “τὸ ε_ οὐκ ἔστι χαρακτηριστικὸν . . , τὸ δὲ α_ ναί” Choerob.in Theod.2.85.
2. freq. in oaths, ν. μά yea by . . , v. μά; ν. alone, “ν. τὰν Κόραν” Ar.V.1438, cf. E. Ba.534 (lyr.); “ν. τὸν Ποτιδᾶν” Epich.81; “ν. τὼ σιώ” X.HG4.4.10; ν. πρὸς θεῶν ἀρήξατ' E.Med.1277.
II. in answers, yes, τοῦτ᾽ ἐτήτυμον; Answ. “ν.” A.Pers.738 (troch.), cf. S.El.845 (lyr.), Pl.Tht.193a, Grg. 448b, etc.; doubled, Ar.Nu.1468, Call.Fr.1.56 P., Ev.Matt.5.37.
