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οὐδέ , neg. Particle, related to μηδέ as οὐ to μή, partly Conj., partly Adv.:
A. CONJUNCTION, but not, mostly answering to μέν (sts. written divisim), Il.5.138, 24.418; without μέν, 5.21, etc.: sts. the first οὐδέ, but not, is folld. by οὐδέ, nor, “ἄλλοις μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθ᾽ Ἥρῃ, οὐδὲ Ποσειδάων᾽, οὐδὲ γλαυκώπιδι κούρῃ24.25.
2. with a neg. preceding, nor, “βρώμης δ᾽ οὐχ ἅπτεαι οὐ. ποτῆτοςOd.10.379; “οὐκέτισοὶ . . μένος ἔμπεδον οὐ. τις ἀλκή22.226; “οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν οὐ. τιν᾽ ἐγχώρωνS.Ph.692 (lyr.), cf. 681 (lyr.), 905,955, X.Oec.20.2, etc.: sts. the preceding neg. is itself οὐδέ, = and not, as in Od.22.222; οὐδέ, = nor may be repeated any number of times, e.g. three times in S.OT1378.—Sts. the neg. follows the whole word-group instead of preceding it, σιδήρῳ δὲ οὐδ᾽ ἀργύρῳ χρέωνται οὐδέν but iron or silver use they not at all, Hdt. 1.215; “Θεσσαλοῦ μὲν οὐδ᾽ Ἱππάρχου οὐδεὶς παῖςTh.6.55; “ἁπλοῦν μὲν οὐ. δίκαιον οὐδὲν ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοιD.22.4: but οὐδὲ . . οὐδέ never means neither . . nor (like οὔτε . . οὔτε); where this combination occurs, the first οὐδέ is used without reference to the second, e.g. καὶ μὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐπιτείχισις οὐδὲ τὸ ναυτικὸν ἄξιον φοβηθῆναι and moreover we have no reason to fear their fortifications, nor yet their navy, Th.1.142.
III. οὐδέ may also follow οὔτε, by an anacoluth., as in τε . . , δέ . . (v. “οὔτε11.3); but οὔτε cannot follow οὐδέ.—Cf. “μηδέA. 2.
B. ADVERB, not even, in Hom. mostly with Advbs., οὐδ᾽ ῃβαιόν not even a little, no not a bit, not at all, Il.2.386; “οὐ. τυτθόν1.354; “οὐ. μίνυνθα20.27; so also ἐπεὶ οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιαί he has no sense, no not even a little, 14.141, cf. Od.21.288; “τότε μὲν εὖ ζῶντες, νῦν δὲ οὐ. ζῶντεςPl.R.329a: freq. in Att., τούτῳ μὲν οὐ. διελέγετο he did not even exchange words with him, Lys.3.31, cf. Ar.Nu.425; “οὐδ᾽, εἰ γέγονεν, οἶδαD.18.70, etc.: in the same sense, “οὐ. γ᾽Pl.Phd. 97a, 97b, 106b; “οὐ. γ᾽ αὖId.R.499a; “οὐ. μήνX.Cyr.3.3.50, etc.; Ep. “οὐ. μένIl.9.374, etc.: in Att. freq. with εἷς (whence οὐδείς)“, οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς θύσειενAr.Pl.137: sts. without elision, οὐδὲ εἷς ib.1182, Herod.1.45; “οὐκ ἄλλ᾽ οὐ. ἕνAr.Pl.138, cf. Ra.927; also “οὐ. καθ᾽ ἕνTh.2.87; “οὐ. παρ᾽ ἑνόςX.Cyr.2.3.10, etc.—This οὐδέ freq. follows καί, and not even, καὶ οὐδ᾽ αὐτοὶ αὖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ . . Th.7.56, cf. X.An.3.2.4, etc.; also ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ, most freq. in phrase ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὧς . . Il.7.263,9.351, etc.
C. Repetition of οὐδέ and combination with οὐ:
I. in Relat. as well as antec. clause, “ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ηὔχετο, οὐδ᾽ ᾤετοPl.Alc.2.141a, cf. X.Cyr.1.6.18.
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