Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word οὐ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word οὐ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say οὐ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word οὐ you have here. The definition of the word οὐ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofοὐ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
οὐ is the indicative negator (i.e. of facts, statements), where μή(mḗ) is the subjunctive negator (i.e. of will, thought). It usually immediately precedes the word (most often a verb) which it negates. Negative concord (also known as double negatives) is frequent in Ancient Greek.
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “očʿ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 531
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN