οὔτε

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See also: ούτε

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From οὐ (ou, not) + τε (te, and).

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

οὔτε (oúte)

  1. (rare) and not
  2. (mostly repeated) neither...nor
    1. (often used to distinguish a general negation by dividing it into subordinate clauses)
      οὔτ’ ἐπὶ γῆς οὔθ’ ὑπὸ γῆς
      oút’ epì gês oúth’ hupò gês
      neither upon the earth nor under the earth.
    2. (alternating clauses with οὐδέ (oudé))
    3. (may be followed by a positive clause with τε (te))
    4. (often, by anacoluthon, followed by some other particle)
      1. (in poetry, οὐ (ou) sometimes follows without any conjunctive particle)
      2. (sometimes replaced by οὐ (ou) in poetry)
      3. (the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted)
    5. (corresponding with μήτε (mḗte))

References

οὔτε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press