I. in Denial,
1. with subj.,
a. chiefly of aor., “οὔ τι μὴ ληφθῶ δόλῳ” A.Th.38, cf. 199, 282, Ch.895; “οὔ τοί σ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν . . μή τις ὑβρίσῃ” S.Aj.560, cf. El.42, 1029, Ph.103,381, OT329,771, OC 450, 1023 (v. infr.); “οὔ τι μὴ φύγητε λαιψηρῷ ποδί” E.Hec.1039, cf. HF 718; “οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἀπώσηται” Hdt.1.199, cf. 7.53; “οὐ μήποτε . . ἐσβάλωσιν” Th.4.95, cf. 5.69; “οὐ μή ποθ᾽ ἁλῶ” Ar.Ach.662, cf. V.394; “οὐ μή ποτε δέξηται” Pl.Phd.105d, cf. Phdr.260e, R.609b; “οὐ μὴ κρατηθῶ” X.Cyr. 5.1.17, cf. 3.2.8 (v.l. δέξονται), An.4.8.13; so “οὐδεὶς μή ποθ᾽ εὕρῃ κατ᾽ ἔμ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλλειφθέν” D.18.246.
b. rarely of pres., mostly with Verbs expressing possibility or ability, οὐ μὴ δύνηται (v.l. δυνήσεται) X.Cyr. 8.1.5, cf. An.2.2.12, Hier.11.15; “οὐ μὴ οἷός τ᾽ ᾖς” Pl.R.341b; “οὐ γὰρ μὴ δυνατὸς ὦ” Id.Phlb.48d: in S.OC1023, for οὐ μή ποτε . . φυγόντες . . ἐπεύχωνται θεοῖς, two Mss. give ἐπεύξωνται, and this has been adopted by most edd.; and in Is.8.24, for οὐ μὴ εἰσίῃς Bekk. restd. οὐ μὴ εἴσει εἰς . . :—Note: οὐ μή with subj. prob. arose from the ellipsis of a Verb or phrase expressing fear or apprehension; such words are sts. expressed, “οὐ γὰρ ἦν δεινὸν . . μὴ ἁλῷ κοτε” Hdt.1.84, cf. 7.235, Ar.Ec. 650, X.Mem.2.1.25, Pl.Ap.28b, Phd.84b, Grg.520d, R.465b.—Sts. there is no idea of fear, as in S.Ph.103, E.IT18; the constr. is freely used after ὅτι, Th.5.69, X.HG4.2.3, Pl.R.499b; after ὡς, since, Ar. Av.461; after ὥστε, Pl.Phdr.227d.
2. with fut. ind., “οὔ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαί ποτε” S.El.1052, cf. OC176(lyr.); “οὐ μή σ᾽ ἐγὼ περιόψομαι” Ar. Ra.508; οὐ μὴ δέξονται (v.l. δέξωνται) X.Cyr.3.2.8: the reading in Id.HG1.6.32 is doubtful: in orat. obliq. the opt. is used, “ἐθέσπισεν ὡς οὐ μή ποτε πέρσοιεν” S.Ph.611: or inf., “εἶπεν . . οὐ μή ποτε . . εὖ πράξειν πόλιν” E.Ph.1590.
II. in Prohibition, οὐ μή is used interrogatively with fut. ind. (chiefly of the 2 pers.) so as to express a strong prohibition, οὐ μὴ 'ξεγερεῖς τὸν ὕπνῳ κάτοχον; = μὴ ἐξέγειρε, S.Tr.978 (anap.); “οὐ μὴ μῦθον ἐς πολλοὺς ἐρεῖς” ; E.Supp.1066, cf.Andr.757, El.982, Hipp. 213 (anap.); “οὐ μὴ πρόσει τούτοισιν ἐσκοροδισμένοις” ; Ar.Ach.166, cf. Nu.367, V.397: when the Mss. give an aor. subj. in such phrases (as “οὐ μὴ σκώψῃς μηδὲ ποιήσῃς” Id.Nu.296) it has generally been changed by edd. into fut. ind.—The prohibition is continued by καί or by “μηδέ, οὐ μὴ᾽ ξεγερεῖς . . κἀκκινήσεις” ; S.Tr.978 (anap.); “οὐ μὴ προσοίσεις χεῖρα μηδ᾽ ἅψῃ πέπλων” ; E.Hipp.606, cf. Ar.Nu.296, Ra.298.—The prohibition is changed into a direct command by ἀλλά or “δέ, οὐ μὴ λαλήσεις ἀλλ᾽ ἀκολουθήσεις ἐμοί” ; Id.Nu.505, cf. Ra.202, 462, 524, E.Ba.792; οὐ μὴ προσοίσεις χεῖρα βακχεύσεις δ᾽ ἰών; ib.343, cf. Med.1151, El.383.
2. later οὐ μὴ ἐμπέσω let me not fall, LXX 2 Ki.24.14.
3. in questions, οὐ μή, = Lat. nonne, “ὁ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ” ; Ev.Luc.18.7.
III. in A. Th.250, οὐ σῖγα μηδὲν τῶνδ᾽ ἐρεῖς κατὰ πτόλιν; seems to mean keep silent and say nothing . . , σῖγα being short for σιγήσει and καὶ being omitted: similarly, οὐ σῖγ᾽ ἀνέξει, μηδὲ δειλίαν ἀρῇ; submit silently and do not play the coward, S.Aj.75, cf. Tr. 1183, OT637, E.Hipp.498, Hel.437, Pl.Smp.175a.