), once in Hom. (who elsewh. uses μή τισ, v. μήτισ), ἀναίνετο μηδὲν ἑλέσθαιIl.18.500; μή πως ..μηδὲν ἀνύσσῃσHes.Op.395; μηδὲν ἄγανPi.Fr.216, etc.: rare in pl. (μηδαμοί being used in Ion.), μηδένες ἄλλοιX.HG5.4.20; μηδένασPl.Euthd.303c. 2.μηδὲ εἷσ (so written) is found in Att. Inscrr., as IG12.114.41, 22.487.9 (μηδ' hενί ib.12.73.6), but is used esp. in an emphatic sense,
not even one
, μηδὲ ἕνAr.Pl.37: freq. with an intervening Particle or Prep., μηδ' ἂν ἕναPl.Cra.414d; μηδ' ἐν ἑνὶ χρόνῳId.Prm.156c; μηδ' ἐξ ἑνόσId.Phdr.245d; μηδ' ἐφ' ἑνίId.R.553d; μηδὲ περὶ ἑνόσId.Tht.171c; μηδ' ὑφ' ἑνός, μηδ' ὑπὸ μιᾶσ, Id.Smp.222d, Alc.1.122a; μηδὲ ὑφ' ἑνόσIG12.32.8. II.
nobody, naught, good for naught
, κἄμ' ἴσον τῷ μ.S.OC918: pl., οὐ γὰρ ἠξίου τοὺς μηδένασId.Aj.1114; μηδέν or τὸ μηδέν as Subst.,
, τὸ μ. εἶναι, of a eunuch, Hdt.8.106; τοιγὰρ σὺ δέξαι μ' ἐς τὸ σὸν στέγος, τὴν μηδὲν ἐς τὸ μ.S.El.1166; κἂν τὸ μ. ὦId.Tr.1107; τὸ μ. ὄντασId.Aj.1275; ὁ μ. ὤν ib.767; ὅτ' οὐδὲν ὢν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀντέστης ὕπερ ib.1231, cf. 1094, E.Hec.843, etc.; ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μ., i.e. it is a mere impossibility, Pl.Tht.180a; also μ. εἶναι without the Art., Luc.Rh.Pr.2. III. neut. μηδέν as Adv.,
not at all, by no means
, μηδὲν ἐγκέλευ' ἄγανA.Pr.72, cf. 344; μ. διαφέρειν πλὴν ὀνόματιPl.Plt.280a, etc.: with an Adv., μ. αἰνικτηρίωσA.Pr. 949: freq. with Comp., μ. μᾶλλον, ἧσσον, etc., S.Aj.280, 1329, etc.— When other negatives, also derived from μή, are used with it, they do not destroy, but strengthen the negation, μηδέποτε μηδὲν αἰσχρὸν ποιήσας ἔλπιζε λήσειν