εἴτε, Dor. αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Lat.
sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..,
so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent; thrice repeated, S.El.606; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε..Id.OT1049; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε καί..A.Ag.843; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτ' οὖν..Id.Ch.683; εἴτε.., εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν..S.Ph.345; εἴτε.., εἴτ' αὖ..Pl.Phlb.34b; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί..Id.R.471d: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ' ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειανPlu.2.1089d: the first εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ' ὦν ἀστόσPi.P.4.78; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεισA.Ag.1403; μύραινά γ', εἴτ' ἔχιδν' ἔφυId.Ch.1002; λόγοισιν, εἴτ' ἔργοισινS.OT517, cf. Tr.236; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶταιPl.Lg.864a, cf. 907d, Sph.224e: the first εἴτε is sts. replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat.
utrum..an..,
v.l. in Hdt.3.35; εἰ.. εἴτε καί..A.Ch.768; εἰ..εἴτε μήId.Eu.468; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή..X.Cyr.2.1.7; sts. ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in Il.2.349) stands for the second εἴτε,E.El.896, Pl.Phdr.277d, IG1.40.5; or for the first, S.Aj.178 (lyr.), E.Alc.115 (lyr.); εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf. εἰ), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob.3.1.105. II. in indirect questions, Od.3.90, etc.; σκοπεῖτε εἴτ' ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ' εἴτε μήD.15.11.