Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, Part IV: Syntax, NEGATIVE SENTENCES, GENERAL RULE FOR μή

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Table of Contents:

Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent

Part II: Inflection

Part III: Formation of Words

Part IV: Syntax

SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

KINDS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

EXPANSION OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

AGREEMENT: THE CONCORDS

OMISSION OF THE SUBJECT

CASE OF THE SUBJECT: THE NOMINATIVE

CONCORD OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF NUMBER

PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF GENDER

PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF PERSON

THE ARTICLE — ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

THE VERB: VOICES

VERBAL ADJECTIVES IN -τέος

SUMMARY OF THE FORMS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES: COÖRDINATION AND SUBORDINATION

SYNTAX OF THE COMPOUND SENTENCE

SYNTAX OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE

CLASSES OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES ( 2193 - 2487 ）

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES ( RELATIVE CLAUSES: 2488- 2573 ）

DEPENDENT SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES ( 2574 - 2635 ）

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES (QUESTIONS)

INDIRECT (DEPENDENT) QUESTIONS

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

POSITION OF οὐ AND μή

GENERAL RULE FOR μή

οὐ AND μή WITH THE INDICATIVE AND OPTATIVE

μή WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND IMPERATIVE

NEGATIVES OF INDIRECT DISCOURSE

οὐ AND μή WITH THE INFINITIVE

οὐ AND μή WITH THE PARTICIPLE

οὐ AND μή WITH SUBSTANTIVES AND ADJECTIVES USED SUBSTANTIVELY

οὐδείς, μηδείς

APPARENT EXCHANGE OF οὐ AND μή

μή AND μὴ οὐ WITH THE INFINITIVE

μὴ οὐ WITH THE PARTICIPLE DEPENDING ON NEGATIVED VERBS

μή AND μὴ οὐ WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE AND INDICATIVE

REDUNDANT οὐ WITH πλήν , ETC.

NEGATIVES WITH ὥστε AND THE INFINITIVE

ACCUMULATION OF NEGATIVES

SOME NEGATIVE PHRASES

SOME GRAMMATICAL AND RHETORICAL FIGURES

Appendix: List of Verbs

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GENERAL RULE FOR μή

[*] 2702. μή stands

1. With the imperative.

2. In clauses with εἰ, ἐά_ν (exceptions, 2698).

3. With the subjunctive, except after μή lest, when οὐ is used.

4. With the optative, except after μή lest, or when the optative has ἄν or is in indirect discourse.

5. With the infinitive, except in indirect discourse.

6. With participles when they have a conditional or general force.

American Book Company, 1920.

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