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[*] 2761. If in the same clause one or more compound negatives follow a negative with the same verb, the compound negative simply confirms the first negative. ““οὐδεὶς οὐδὲν πενίᾳ δρά_σει” no one will do anything because of want” Ar. Eccl. 605, ““μὴ θορυβήσῃ μηδείς” let no one raise an uproar” D. 5.15, ““καὶ οὔτε ἐπέθετο οὐδεὶς οὐδαμόθεν οὔτε πρὸς τὴν γέφυ_ραν οὐδεὶς ἦλθε” and neither did any one make an attack from any quarter nor did any one come to the bridge” X. A. 2.4.23, τούτους φοβούμενοι μήποτε ἀσεβὲς μηδὲν μηδὲ ἀνόσιον μήτε ποιήσητε μήτε βουλεύσητε holding them (the gods) in fear never do or intend anything either impious or unholy X. C. 8.7.22. So οὐ . . . οὐδέ non . . . ne . . quidem, οὐ μὴν οὐδέ (2768). οὐδὲ πολλοῦ δεῖ, after a negative, means far from it. Cp. “no sonne, were he never so old of years, might not marry” (Ascham's Scholemaster), “We may not, nor will we not suffer this” (Marlowe). a. In οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδέ the first negative belongs to the whole sentence, while the second limits a particular part. Thus, ““οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἐψεύσατο” for he did not deceive me even in this” X. C. 7.2.20 (cp. neque enim . . . ne . . quidem). Cp. E 22, θ 32. So οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδέ B 703, κ 551.
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