[*] 216. Negative imperfect. The negative imperfect commonly denotes resistance to pressure or disappointment. Simple negation is aoristic. “οἱ μὲν οὐκ ἦλθον, οἱ δ᾽ ἐλθόντες οὐδὲν ἐποίουν”, DEM.18.151; Some did not come, and those who did come would not do anything. “οὐκ ἐπαύεθ᾽ ἡ ἄνθρωπος”, 25.57; The wench would not stop. DEM.18.151(see above). 18.250: “οὐ μετεδίδοτε” (as was expected by my enemies). 21.163: “οὐκ ἀνέβαιν᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν”, He would not go on board the ship (as was expected). 25.57 (see above). 32.17: “οὐκ ἐξήγετο” (see 214). 39.18: “οὐκ ἐποιεῖθ̓”. [44], 17: “ὁ μὲν Ἀρχιάδης οὐκ ἐγάμει, ὁ δὲ Μειδυλίδης . . . ἔγημεν”. PLATO, Theaet. 142C: “ἠπείγετο οἴκαδε: ἐπεὶ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐδεόμην καὶ συνεβούλευον” (sc. “αὐτοῦ καταλύειν”), “ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἤθελεν”. XEN. Cyr. 1.4.21: “οὐκ ἀνίεσαν, ἀλλ᾽ ᾕρουν τινὰς αὐτῶν”. 4.2.28: “ἐμάχετο οὐδείς, ἀλλ᾽ ἀμαχητὶ ἀπώλλυντο”. Hell. 2.2.11: “οὐ διελέγοντο περὶ διαλλαγῆς”. Ibid. 7.5.21: “τὴν μὲν συντομωτάτην πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους οὐκ ἦγε”. THUC.2.23.1: “οὐκ ἐπεξῇσαν αὐτοῖς οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐς μάχην”. 3.3.1: “οὐκ ἀπεδέχοντο . . . τὰς κατηγορίας” . 3. 64.3: “οὐκ ἐδέχεσθε” . 4.33.2: “οὐκ ἀντεπῇσαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζον” , They would not go out to meet them but kept quiet. 4.110.1: “ὡς δ᾽ οὐκ ἐσήκουον” . 7.3.3: “οὐκ ἐπῆγε . . . ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε” . HDT.1.76: “Ἴωνες . . . οὐκ ἐπείθοντο”. 3.50. “διαλεγομένῳ τε οὔ τι προσδιελέγετοHDT., i῾στορέοντί τε λόγον οὐδένα ἐδίδου”. 5.41: “ἡ δὲ Κλεομέυεα τεκοῦσα . . . γυνὴ . . . οὐκέτι ἔτικτε τὸ δεύτερον”. AR. Vesp. 116-7: “ἀνέπειθεν αὐτὸν μὴ φορεῖν τριβώνιον” | “μηδ᾽ ἐξιέναι θύραζ̓: ὁ δ: οὐκ ἐπείθετο” (213). COM. Pherecr. 2.289: “οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐδέχετ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀνέῳγέ μοι θύραν”. EUR. Phoen. 405: “τὸ γένος οὐκ ἔ βοσκέ με”. AESCHYL. Ag. 1212: “ἔπειθον οὐδέν᾽ οὐδέν, ὡς τάδ᾽ ἤμπλακον”.1 PIND. P. 4.86: “τὸν μὲν οὐ γίνωσκον”. HOM. Od. 4.12-3: “Ἑλένῃ δὲ θεοὶ γόνον οὐκέτ᾽ ἔφαινον”, | “ἐπεὶ δὴ τὸ πρῶτον ἐγείνατο παῖδ᾽ ἐρατεινήν”. Il. 2.779: “οὐδ᾽ ἐμάχοντο”. 6.161-2: “τὸν οὔ τι πεῖθ᾽ ἀγαθὰ φρονέοντα” . (““ὁ παρατατικὸς τὴν πολλάκις τοῦτο λέγουσαν ἐδήλωσε”.”—Schol. BL.) 16.102: “οὐκέτ᾽ ἔμιμνε”.
Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes. Basil L. Gildersleeve. New York. American Book Company. 1900.
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