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2856. Disjunctive (Epic ἠέ) or (uel, aut); and repeated: . . . either . . . or (uel . . . uel, aut . . . aut) to connect the two members more closely.

““ἀγαθὸν κακόνgood or badX. A. 1.9.11, ““ τι οὐδένlittle or nothingP. A. 17b. with the subjunctive is often used when a speaker corrects himself; as νῦν δ᾽ αὖ τρίτος ἦλθέ ποθεν σωτήρ, μόρον εἴπω; and now, again, the third has come, the deliverer—or shall I call it a deed of death? A. Ch. 1074. On in questions, see 2657, 2675.

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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.1.3
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