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ἤτοι
1. = “ἦ τοι”, emphatic, introducing sentence.
a. “ἤτοι τό τε θεσπέσιον Φόρκοἰ ἀμαύρωσεν γένος” P. 12.13 “ἤτοι μεταίξαις σε καὶ νῦν τεὸς μάτρως ἀγάλλει” N. 5.43
b. “ἤτοι καί. ἤτοι” “καὶ ὁ καρτερὸς ὁρμαίνων ἕλε Βελλεροφόντας” O. 13.84 “ἤτοι καὶ ἐγὼ σκόπελον ναίων διαγινώσκομαι μὲν ἀρεταῖς ” Pae. 4.21 “ υἱὲ Φιλάνορος, ἤτοι καὶ τεά κεν — ἀκλεὴς τιμὰ κατεφυλλορόησεν ποδῶν” O. 12.13
c. “ἤτοι — μέν. ἤτοι Πίσα μὲν Διός” O. 2.3
d. “ἤτοι — γε. ἤτοι βροτῶν γε κέκριται πεῖρας οὔ τι θανάτου” O. 2.30
2. = “ἤ τοι”
a. in anacoluthon, alternative suppressed. “ἐκ δὲ τελευτάσει νιν ἤτοι σάμερον δαίμων, τὸ δὲ μόρσιμον οὐ παρφυκτόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔσται χρόνος οὗτος” (others expll. “ἦ τοι” emphasizing “σάμερον”) P. 12.29
b. “ἤ — ἤτοι. ἀλλά τι προσφέρομεν ἔμπαν ἢ μέγαν νόον ἤτοι φύσιν ἀθανάτοις” N. 6.5 cf. Bekker, Anec. Gr., s. v. “ἤτοι: οὐκ ἄρχον, ἀλλ᾽ ὑποτασσόμενον. Πίνδαρος Θρήνοις” fr. 138, quod ad N. 6.5 spectare censuit Boeckh, cll. Th. Mag., ecl., s. v. “ἤτοι” (“ἐν Πινδάρῳ ἅπαξ”.)
Lexicon to Pindar. William J. Slater. Berlin. De Gruyter. 1969.

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