Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

““οὔτε ἔστιν οὔτε ποτὲ ἔσται” neither is nor ever shall be” P. Phae. 241c, ““οὔτε Χειρίσοφος ἧκεν οὔτε πλοῖα ἱκανὰ ἦν οὔτε τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἦν λαμβάνειν ἔτι” neither had Chirisophus come nor were there enough boats nor was it possible any longer to secure provisions” X. A. 5.3.1.

After a negative clause: ““οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτα_ς” he could not persuade either the generals or the soldiers” T. 4.4.

a. οὔτε . . . μήτε is found when each negative is determined by a different construction, as ““ἀναιδὴς οὔτ᾽ εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην” neither am I nor may I become shameless” D. 8.68.

b. When οὔτε . . . οὔτε stands between οὐδὲ . . . οὐδέ the members thus correlated are subordinate to those expressed by οὐδὲ . . . οὐδέ. Cp. Aes. 1.19.