οὔτε: negative particle, regularly correlative, οὔτε.. οὔτε, neither.. nor, (not) either.. or, dividing a negation already expressed or implied; but the correlation is often irregular as a different word (τέ, καί, δέ) replaces one or the other οὔτε, e. g. Il. 6.450, Od. 8.563, Il. 24.156, Il. 7.433.
οὔτε ... οὔτε Ζμδ10. 686 a13, 689 b33. 13. 697 a8 ac saepis-sime. οὔτε ... καὶ οὐ: ὡς οὐκ ὢν ὄρνις οὔτε πέταται μετεωρι-ζόμενος, καὶ τὰ πτερὰ οὐ χρήσιμα πρὸς πτῆσιν Ζμδ14. 697b16. -- post οὔτε alterum membrum per anacoluthiamquandam omittitur ac post aliquod intervallum mutata con-structione per οὐδέ adiicitur Αγ22. 84 a18-25 Wz. -- postοὔτε alterum membrum, quamquam negativam vim habet,forma affirmativa significatur, δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι οὕτ̓ οἰκοδόμοσἔσται ἐὰν μὴ οἰκοδομῇ· τὸ γὰρ οἰκοδόμῳ εἶναι τὸ δυνατῷεἶναί ἐστιν οἰκοδομεῖν· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν(i e οὔτ̓ ἄλλος τις τῶν τεχνιτῶν) Μθ3. 1046 b34 Bz. ψα5.410 b18, 21. Vahlen Zts f d ost Gym 1868 p 19. -- οὔτε ...τε: οὔτε γὰρ ἐξωτερικῆς ἀρχῆς κοινωνοῦσιν οἱ Κρῆτες, νεωστίτε πόλεμος ξενικὸς δι̣βέβηκεν εἰς τὴν νῆσον Πβ10. 1272b19. cf ἡγεμὼν γὰρ οὗτος ἐν αὐτῷ ὑπάρχει, ᾧ οὔτε πει-θαρχεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἡδονῇ ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ καταμαλακίζεται καὶἐξασθενεῖ πως ημβ6. 1203 b10. insolentius ad membrumnegativum a particula οὔτε exorsum refertur membrum af-firmativum, ubi universa enunciatio incipitur a negationeοὐ, ut duo membra negativa scriptor ponere voluisse vi-deatur, ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔστιν οὔτε ἑνός τινος γένους ἀφωρι-σμένου ἡ ῥητορική, ἀλλὰ καθάπερ ἡ διαλεκτική, καὶ ὅτι χρή-σιμος φανερόν Ρα1. 1355 b8. ἔστι δὲ γνώμη ἀπόφανσις, οὐμέντοι οὔτε (cod Ac, om Bk Spgl) περὶ τῶν καθ̓ ἕκαστον,οἷον ποῖός τις Ἰφικράτης, ἀλλὰ καθόλου, καὶ οὐ περὶ πάντων,οἷον ὅτι τὸ εὐθὺ τῷ καμπύλῳ ἐναντίον, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὅσων αἱπράξεις εἰσίν Ρβ21. 1394 a22, Vahlen l l. -- (ποιεῖ φαίνεσθαιἢ ὡς οὔτε πεποίηκεν, ὅταν ὁ τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχων αὔξη, ἢ ὡσπεποίηκεν Ρβ24. 1401 b6, οὐ pro οὔτε recte reposuisse vi-dentur Bk3 Spgl.)
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οὔτε, Adv., (οὐ, τε) joining neg. clauses, as τε joins posit., but rare in the simple sense
and not
, Il.22.265 (v.l.), Hdt.3.155 (v.l.); οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Lat.
neque enim
, Id.1.3 (prob. f.l. for οὐδὲ); and occasionally in later writers, Arist.Ph.208a8, Luc.Par.27,53, etc. II. mostly repeated, οὔτε .., οὔτε ..
neither .., nor
.., Lat.
neque .., neque
.., Hom., etc.— Hom. freq. joins another Particle with the first or second οὔτε, as οὔτ' ἂρ .., οὔτε ..; οὔτ' ἂρ .., οὔτ' ἂρ ..; οὔτ' ἄρ τε .., οὔτ' ἄρα ..Il.5.89; οὔτ' οὖν, v. οὖν 1; οὔτε ..οὖν .., οὔτ' ἄρα ..20.7; οὔτ' ἄρ .., οὔτε τι .., or οὔτε τι .., οὔτε .., 1.115, Od.1.202; so too οὔτε .., οὔτε μὴν ..X.Cyr.4.3.12; οὔτε .., οὔτ' αὖ .., v. infr. 3. 2. freq. used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ' ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ' ὁ διώκεινIl.22.200; thrice repeated, οὔ μοι Τρώων ..μέλει ἄλγος .., οὔτ' αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος οὔτε κασιγνήτων 6.450; οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτασTh.4.4: without a neg. preceding, Il.1.490, 2.202, etc. 3. within one of the two clauses distd. by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ' ὑάκινθος (οὐθ' codd.), οὐ δέ ποτ' ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριονThgn.537; οὔτε ..ἀπέφηνεν οὐδὲ παρέσχηται μάρτυρας, οὔτ' αὖ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ..ἐπανέφερενD.27.49: sts. after several clauses distd. by οὔτε the last is introduced emphat. by οὐδέ, οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεις οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ' αὖ ἐπῳδαί
nor yet
incantations, Pl.R.426b, cf. 499b (so μηδέ after clauses with μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμίαId.Prt.327d); so οὐδέ (μηδέ) may sts. follow a single οὔτε μήτε, οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ' ἀπολέσθαι
neither
to suffer misery,
nor yet
to die, v. l. in Od.8.563, cf. Pi.P.8.83, I.2.44, S.OC1139, 1141 (s.v.l.), 1297 (cj.), Pl.Ap.19d: in many of these places, however, the readings vary, and editors have altered οὐδέ into οὔτε; but this cannot be done in some cases, as οὔτ' ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς ..πάθοι, ἴσως δ' οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνωνId.La. 182b: so when οὔτε is folld. by οὐδὲ μέν, Od.13.207; by οὐδὲ μήν, X.Cyr.4.5.27; οὐδ' αὖ, v. supr.— But οὔτε (μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ (μηδέ), v. μηδέA. 2. 4.οὔτε may be folld. by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ' αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ' ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he
both
will
not
kill
and
will defend, Il.24.156, cf. A.Pr.246, 262, Hdt.5.49, X.An.7.7.48, etc.: sts. the neg. is added
after
the τε, οὔτ' ὦν ..καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ' οὐκ ἐθέλει ..φέρεινPi.N.11.40, cf. S.Ant.763, E.Hipp.302; κυάμους δὲ οὔτε τι μάλα σπείρουσι, τούς τε γενομένους οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονταιHdt.2.37: the combination οὔτε .., καί ..is dub. in E.IT591, but is found in later writers, as Luc.DMeretr.2.4, Chor.in Rev.Phil.1877.218. 5.οὔτε is freq., by anacoluthon, folld. not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, v. supr. 3; by δέ alone, Il.24.368, Hdt.1.108, Pl.R. 388e, X.An.6.3.16. b. in Poets, οὐ sts. follows without any conjunctive Particle, οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ' οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόνA.Pr.479; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους ..ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν ib.450, cf. Theoc.15.139 sq.; οὔτε βλάστας ..πατρός, οὐ μητρὸς εἶχονS.OC 972, cf. Ant.249, E.Or.41: so also in the Prose of Hdt., ἐς ποταμὸν οὔτε ἐνουρέουσι οὔτε ἐμπτύουσι, οὐ χεῖρας ἐναπονίζονται, οὐδέ ..1.138. c. in Poets also οὔτε is sts. replaced by οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ' ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ' ὄμβροσOd.4.566; οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείης ἀνδρὸς νόον οὔτε γυναικόσThgn.125 (dub. l.), cf. Il.1.115, Od.9.136, A.Pers.588 (lyr., s. v.l.), etc. d. the former οὔτε is sts. omitted, ναυσὶ δ' οὔτε πεζὸς ἰώνPi.P.10.29; νόσοι δ' οὔτε γῆρασ ib.41; Πάρις γὰρ οὔτε συντελὴς πόλισA.Ag.532, cf. Ch.294; and v. μήτε 2. 6. when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ' εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην