Strong G3378μὴ οὐκ
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- Transliteration
- mē ouk
- Pronunciation
- may ook
- Morphology
- Greek Negative WITH Greek Negative
Definition
Detailed definition
μὴ οὐκ, see: μή, III.
μή,
subjective negative particle,
used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic, μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין,אַיִן,אַל ]
I. As a neg. adv., not;
1. with ref. to thought or opinion: Jhn.3:18, Tit.1:11, 2Pe.1:9.
2. In delib. questions, with subjc. (M, Pr., 185): Mrk.12:14, Rom.3:8.
3. In conditional and final sentences, after εἰ, ἐάν, ἄν, ἵνα, ὅπως: Mat.10:14, Mrk.6:11 12:19, Luk.9:5, Jhn.6:50, Rom.11:25, al.
4. C. inf. (see M, Pr., 234f., 239, 255),
__(a) after verbs of saying, etc.: Mat.2:12 5:34, Mrk.12:18, Act.15:38, Rom.2:21, al.;
__(b) with artic. inf.: after a prep., Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Act.7:19, 1Co.10:6, al.; without a prep., Rom.14:13, 2Co.2:1, 13 1Th 4:6;
__(with) in sentences expressing consequence, after ὥστε: Mat.8:28, Mrk.3:20, 1Co.1:7, 2Co.3:7, al.
5. C. ptcp. (see M, Pr., 231f., 239), in hypothetical references to persons of a certain character or description: Mat.10:28 12:30, Luk.6:49, Jhn.3:18, Rom.4:5, 1Co.7:38, 1Jn.3:10, al.; where the person or thing being definite, the denial is a matter of opinion: Jhn.6:64, 1Co.1:28 4:7, 18, 2Co.5:21, al.; where the ptcp. has a concessive, causal or conditional force, if, though, because not: Mat.18:25, Luk.2:45, Jhn.7:49, Act.9:26, Rom.2:14 5:13, 2Co.3:14, Gal.6:9, Ju 5; where the ptcp. has a descriptive force (being such as), not: Act.9:9, Rom.1:28, 1Co.10:33, Gal.4:8, Heb.12:27, al.
6. μή prohibitive, in indep. sentences,
__(a) with subjc. praes., 1 of person(s) pl.: Gal.5:26 6:9, 1Th.5:6, 1Jn.3:18;
__(b) with imperat. praes., usually where one is bidden to desist from what has already begun (cf. M, Pr., 122ff.): Mat.7:1, Mrk.5:36, Luk.6:30, Jhn.2:16 5:45, Act.10:15, Rom.11:18, Jas.2:1, Rev.5:5, al.;
__(with) forbidding that which is still future: with imperat. aor., 3 of person(s), Mat.24:18, Mrk.13:15, Luk.17:31, al.; with subjc. aor., 2 of person(s), Mat.3:9 10:26, Mrk.5:7, Luk.6:29, Jhn.3:7, Rom.10:6, al.;
__(d) with optative, in wishes: 2Ti.4:16 (LXX); μὴ γένοιτο (see M, Pr., 194; Bl., §66, 1), Luk.20:16, Rom.3:3, al.; μή τις, Mrk.13:5, al.
II. As a conj.,
1. after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., that, lest, perhaps (M, Pr., 192f.): with subjc. praes., Heb.12:15; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:4, Mrk.13:5, Luk.21:8, Act.13:40, Gal.5:15, al.; ὅρα μή (see M, Pr., 124, 178), elliptically, Rev.19:10 22:9; with indic, fut. (M, Pr., l.with), Col.2:8.
2. in order that not: with subjc. aor., Mrk.13:36, 2Co.8:20 12:6.
III. Interrogative, in hesitant questions (M, Pr., 170), or where a negative answer is expected: Mat.7:9, 10, Mrk.2:19, Jhn.3:4, Rom.3:3 10:18, 19, 1Co.1:13, al.; μή τις, Luk.22:35, al.; before οὐ (Rom.10:17, al. in Pl.), expecting an affirm, ans.; οὐ μή, Luk.18:7, Jhn.18:11.
IV. οὐ μή as emphatic negation (cf. M, Pr., 188, 190ff.; Bl. §64, 5), not at all, by no means: with indic, fut., Mat.16:22, Jhn.6:35, Heb.10:17, al.; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:2, Mrk.13:2, Luk.6:37, Jhn.13:8, 1Co.8:13, al.
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μή,
subjective negative particle,
used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic, μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין,אַיִן,אַל ]
I. As a neg. adv., not;
1. with ref. to thought or opinion: Jhn.3:18, Tit.1:11, 2Pe.1:9.
2. In delib. questions, with subjc. (M, Pr., 185): Mrk.12:14, Rom.3:8.
3. In conditional and final sentences, after εἰ, ἐάν, ἄν, ἵνα, ὅπως: Mat.10:14, Mrk.6:11 12:19, Luk.9:5, Jhn.6:50, Rom.11:25, al.
4. C. inf. (see M, Pr., 234f., 239, 255),
__(a) after verbs of saying, etc.: Mat.2:12 5:34, Mrk.12:18, Act.15:38, Rom.2:21, al.;
__(b) with artic. inf.: after a prep., Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:5, Act.7:19, 1Co.10:6, al.; without a prep., Rom.14:13, 2Co.2:1, 13 1Th 4:6;
__(with) in sentences expressing consequence, after ὥστε: Mat.8:28, Mrk.3:20, 1Co.1:7, 2Co.3:7, al.
5. C. ptcp. (see M, Pr., 231f., 239), in hypothetical references to persons of a certain character or description: Mat.10:28 12:30, Luk.6:49, Jhn.3:18, Rom.4:5, 1Co.7:38, 1Jn.3:10, al.; where the person or thing being definite, the denial is a matter of opinion: Jhn.6:64, 1Co.1:28 4:7, 18, 2Co.5:21, al.; where the ptcp. has a concessive, causal or conditional force, if, though, because not: Mat.18:25, Luk.2:45, Jhn.7:49, Act.9:26, Rom.2:14 5:13, 2Co.3:14, Gal.6:9, Ju 5; where the ptcp. has a descriptive force (being such as), not: Act.9:9, Rom.1:28, 1Co.10:33, Gal.4:8, Heb.12:27, al.
6. μή prohibitive, in indep. sentences,
__(a) with subjc. praes., 1 of person(s) pl.: Gal.5:26 6:9, 1Th.5:6, 1Jn.3:18;
__(b) with imperat. praes., usually where one is bidden to desist from what has already begun (cf. M, Pr., 122ff.): Mat.7:1, Mrk.5:36, Luk.6:30, Jhn.2:16 5:45, Act.10:15, Rom.11:18, Jas.2:1, Rev.5:5, al.;
__(with) forbidding that which is still future: with imperat. aor., 3 of person(s), Mat.24:18, Mrk.13:15, Luk.17:31, al.; with subjc. aor., 2 of person(s), Mat.3:9 10:26, Mrk.5:7, Luk.6:29, Jhn.3:7, Rom.10:6, al.;
__(d) with optative, in wishes: 2Ti.4:16 (LXX); μὴ γένοιτο (see M, Pr., 194; Bl., §66, 1), Luk.20:16, Rom.3:3, al.; μή τις, Mrk.13:5, al.
II. As a conj.,
1. after verbs of fearing, caution, etc., that, lest, perhaps (M, Pr., 192f.): with subjc. praes., Heb.12:15; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:4, Mrk.13:5, Luk.21:8, Act.13:40, Gal.5:15, al.; ὅρα μή (see M, Pr., 124, 178), elliptically, Rev.19:10 22:9; with indic, fut. (M, Pr., l.with), Col.2:8.
2. in order that not: with subjc. aor., Mrk.13:36, 2Co.8:20 12:6.
III. Interrogative, in hesitant questions (M, Pr., 170), or where a negative answer is expected: Mat.7:9, 10, Mrk.2:19, Jhn.3:4, Rom.3:3 10:18, 19, 1Co.1:13, al.; μή τις, Luk.22:35, al.; before οὐ (Rom.10:17, al. in Pl.), expecting an affirm, ans.; οὐ μή, Luk.18:7, Jhn.18:11.
IV. οὐ μή as emphatic negation (cf. M, Pr., 188, 190ff.; Bl. §64, 5), not at all, by no means: with indic, fut., Mat.16:22, Jhn.6:35, Heb.10:17, al.; with subjc. aor., Mat.24:2, Mrk.13:2, Luk.6:37, Jhn.13:8, 1Co.8:13, al.
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Included with: μὴ οὐ is used of an apprehended negative:
I with finite forms of the Verb, after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8):)]
I.a mostly with subjunctive, δείδω μὴ οὔ τίς τοι ὑπόσχηται τόδε ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.39, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53, 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d, etc.: after historical tenses, with _optative_, ἠθύμησάν τινες ἐννοούμενοι μὴ οὐκ ἔχοιεν ὁπόθεν λαμβάνοιεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.3, etc.)]: with future optative representing future indicative in indirect speech, μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς αὐτὸ ποιήσοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15d.)]
I.b with indicative, ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐκ ἐμοὶ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν προσήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.103, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196c, Alcaeus2.139d.)]
I.2 without introductory Verb, with subjunctive, μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.28, compare 566, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 982)]; also to suggest hesitation, perhaps [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9), μὴ οὐ τοῦτο ᾖ τὸ χρηστήριον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.79, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67b, “Smp.” 194c, 214c, etc.: also with _indicative_, μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσαμεν [prev. author] “Men.” 89c.)]
I.3 μή is sometimes doubled, irregularly, for μὴ οὐ, ἐθαύμαζε δ᾽ εἴτις.. φοβοῖτο, μὴ ὁ γενόμενος καλὸς κἀγαθὸς.. μὴ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν ἔχοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.7, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13.)]
II after a negative expressed or implied:
II.1 with infinitive,
II.1.a after Verbs of hindering, denying, avoiding, needing, when these Verbs are themselves negatived or questioned, οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ οὐ τὸ πᾶν μηχανήσασθαι they no longer hesitated to try every expedient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.88, compare 8.100, 119)]; τί δῆτα μέλλεις μὴ οὐ γεγωνίσκει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 627, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 540, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 320, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.2, 4.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.24; οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐ καλῶς λέγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d, compare “Phd.” 87a; πολλοῦ δέω μὴ οὐ δύο γε φεύγειν [prev. author] “Euthd.” 297b)]; τίνος ἐνδέομεν μὴ οὐ πανσυδίᾳ χωρεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 797 (_anapaest meter_))]; after ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.57)]: with the Article, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 787, compare 918, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 283, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1176; αὐτὴν οὐ μισοῦντ᾽ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 37)]; τοῖς θεοῖς οὐδὲν ἂν ἔχοιμεν μέμψασθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχί.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 13a, etc.; compare μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5b.)]
II.1.b after Verbs and phrases signifying impossibility, impropriety, reluctance, when not negatived, ἄνδρα δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι μὴ οὐ κακὸν ἔμμεναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.10; δεινὸν ἐδόκεε εἶναι μὴ οὐ λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187; ἔστι οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐκ ἀπολωλέναι [prev. author] 2.181, compare 3.51, 7.5; οὐδεὶς ἂν τολμήσειεν μὴ οὐ χρῆσθαι τῷ νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.87, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.60; αἰσχύνη ἦν μὴ οὐ συσπουδάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.11; αἰσχρόν ἐστι μὴ οὐκ ἄλλας πληγὰς ἐμβάλλειν τῷ υἱεῖ [prev. author] “Lac.” 6.2)]; οὐδεὶς οἷός τ᾽ ἐστὶν ἄλλως λέγων μὴ οὐ (nemo potest non) καταγέλαστος εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509a)]: after an implied negative, μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ἐλέγχειν μαλθακοῦ εἶναι ἀνδρός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 85c; μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 15)]; after ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1068, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.8)]; μή and μὴ οὐκ in consecutive clauses, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 34)]: with the Article, οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ.. τιμᾶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 914)]; οὐδείς γέ μ᾽ ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ οὐ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 68, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.36.)]
II.2 less frequently with participle after a negative expressed or implied, οὔκων δίκαιον [ἀνδριάντα] ἱστάναι.. μὴ οὐκ ὑπερβαλλόμενον τοῖσι ἔργοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.110, compare 6.9, 106; δυσάλγητος γὰρ ἂν εἴην τοιάνδε μὴ οὐ κατοικτείρων ἕδραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 13, compare 221, “OC” 360, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.47 (uncertain reading), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 212d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5: hence)]
II.3 = {εἰ μή}, except, πόλεις.. χαλεπαὶ λαβεῖν, μὴ οὐ χρόνῳ καὶ πολιορκίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.123.)]
III in questions expecting an affirmative answer, [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Judg.14.3, NT.1Cor.9.4, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 404.)]
I with finite forms of the Verb, after Verbs expressing fear or apprehension [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8):)]
I.a mostly with subjunctive, δείδω μὴ οὔ τίς τοι ὑπόσχηται τόδε ἔργον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.39, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53, 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d, etc.: after historical tenses, with _optative_, ἠθύμησάν τινες ἐννοούμενοι μὴ οὐκ ἔχοιεν ὁπόθεν λαμβάνοιεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.3, etc.)]: with future optative representing future indicative in indirect speech, μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς αὐτὸ ποιήσοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15d.)]
I.b with indicative, ὁρᾶτε μὴ οὐκ ἐμοὶ μάλιστα τῶν πολιτῶν προσήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.103, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196c, Alcaeus2.139d.)]
I.2 without introductory Verb, with subjunctive, μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.28, compare 566, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 982)]; also to suggest hesitation, perhaps [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9), μὴ οὐ τοῦτο ᾖ τὸ χρηστήριον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.79, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67b, “Smp.” 194c, 214c, etc.: also with _indicative_, μὴ τοῦτο οὐ καλῶς ὡμολογήσαμεν [prev. author] “Men.” 89c.)]
I.3 μή is sometimes doubled, irregularly, for μὴ οὐ, ἐθαύμαζε δ᾽ εἴτις.. φοβοῖτο, μὴ ὁ γενόμενος καλὸς κἀγαθὸς.. μὴ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν ἔχοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.7, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13.)]
II after a negative expressed or implied:
II.1 with infinitive,
II.1.a after Verbs of hindering, denying, avoiding, needing, when these Verbs are themselves negatived or questioned, οὐκέτι ἀνεβάλλοντο μὴ οὐ τὸ πᾶν μηχανήσασθαι they no longer hesitated to try every expedient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.88, compare 8.100, 119)]; τί δῆτα μέλλεις μὴ οὐ γεγωνίσκει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 627, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 540, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 320, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.2, 4.3.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.24; οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐ καλῶς λέγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d, compare “Phd.” 87a; πολλοῦ δέω μὴ οὐ δύο γε φεύγειν [prev. author] “Euthd.” 297b)]; τίνος ἐνδέομεν μὴ οὐ πανσυδίᾳ χωρεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 797 (_anapaest meter_))]; after ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.57)]: with the Article, οὐκ ἐναντιώσομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ γεγωνεῖν πᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 787, compare 918, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 283, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1176; αὐτὴν οὐ μισοῦντ᾽ ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγάλην εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 37)]; τοῖς θεοῖς οὐδὲν ἂν ἔχοιμεν μέμψασθαι τὸ μὴ οὐχί.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 13a, etc.; compare μή 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5b.)]
II.1.b after Verbs and phrases signifying impossibility, impropriety, reluctance, when not negatived, ἄνδρα δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι μὴ οὐ κακὸν ἔμμεναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.10; δεινὸν ἐδόκεε εἶναι μὴ οὐ λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.187; ἔστι οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐκ ἀπολωλέναι [prev. author] 2.181, compare 3.51, 7.5; οὐδεὶς ἂν τολμήσειεν μὴ οὐ χρῆσθαι τῷ νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.87, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.60; αἰσχύνη ἦν μὴ οὐ συσπουδάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.11; αἰσχρόν ἐστι μὴ οὐκ ἄλλας πληγὰς ἐμβάλλειν τῷ υἱεῖ [prev. author] “Lac.” 6.2)]; οὐδεὶς οἷός τ᾽ ἐστὶν ἄλλως λέγων μὴ οὐ (nemo potest non) καταγέλαστος εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509a)]: after an implied negative, μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ἐλέγχειν μαλθακοῦ εἶναι ἀνδρός [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 85c; μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 15)]; after ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1068, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.8)]; μή and μὴ οὐκ in consecutive clauses, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 34)]: with the Article, οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ.. τιμᾶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 914)]; οὐδείς γέ μ᾽ ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ οὐ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 68, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.36.)]
II.2 less frequently with participle after a negative expressed or implied, οὔκων δίκαιον [ἀνδριάντα] ἱστάναι.. μὴ οὐκ ὑπερβαλλόμενον τοῖσι ἔργοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.110, compare 6.9, 106; δυσάλγητος γὰρ ἂν εἴην τοιάνδε μὴ οὐ κατοικτείρων ἕδραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 13, compare 221, “OC” 360, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.47 (uncertain reading), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 212d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5: hence)]
II.3 = {εἰ μή}, except, πόλεις.. χαλεπαὶ λαβεῖν, μὴ οὐ χρόνῳ καὶ πολιορκίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.123.)]
III in questions expecting an affirmative answer, [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Judg.14.3, NT.1Cor.9.4, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 404.)]