οὐδέ (μηδέ) as a Conjunction
[*] 2932.
οὐδέ (
μηδέ) as a conjunction (
and not, nor) connects two or more whole clauses.
[*] 2933. In Attic prose
οὐδέ is used only to join a negative clause to another clause itself negative; as ““
οὐδεμία ἐλπὶς ἦν τι_μωρία_ς οὐδὲ ἄλλη σωτηρία_ ἐφαίνετο”
there was no hope of assistance nor did any chance of safety appear”
T. 3.20.
a. A negative clause is joined to an affirmative clause by
καὶ οὐ (
μή). Thus, ““
ἐμμενῶ τῇ ξυμμαχίᾳ . . . καὶ οὐ παραβήσομαι”
I will abide by the alliance and I will not violate it”
T. 5.47.
καὶ οὐ (
μή) may have an adversative force (
but not).
N.—But in poetry and Ionic prose
οὐδέ may continue an affirmative clause; as ““
δεινὸν γὰρ οὐδὲ ῥητόν”
dread indeed and not to be uttered”
S. Ph. 756.
[*] 2934.
οὐδέ is used by the poets for
but not, where Attic prose writers have
ἀλλ᾽ ου᾽ or
καὶ οὐ. Thus,
ἔνθ᾽ ἄλλοις μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθ᾽ Ἥρῃ οὐδὲ Ποσει- ““
δάωνι”
then it was pleasing to all the others, but not to Hera or to Poseidon”
Ω 25, ““
ἐμαῖσι οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις”
by my folly but not by thine”
S. Ant. 1269 (cp. the
negative form ““
οὐκ ἐμὸν τόδ᾽ ἀλλὰ σόν”
this is not my part, but thine”
S. El. 1470). Cp. ““
σοῦ τάδε κινδυ_νεύεις, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐμοῦ ἀκηκοέναι”
you probably heard this from yourself and not from me”
P. Alc. 113c.
[*] 2935.
οὐδέ may stand in an apodosis corresponding to apodotic
δέ (
2837). Cp.
S. O. C. 590.
[*] 2936.
οὐδέ may negative a preceding word also; as ““
αἱ Φοίνισσαι νῆες οὐδὲ ὁ Τισσαφέρνης . . . ἧκον”
the Phoenician ships had not arrived nor had Tissaphernes”
T. 8.99. Cp.
2943. In such cases we usually find another negative, which goes with the verb; as ““
ἁπλοῦν μὲν οὐδὲ δίκαιον οὐδὲν ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοι”
he could say nothing straightforward nor just”
D. 22.4.
