Strong G3756οὐ
no
- Transliteration
- ou
- Pronunciation
- oo
- Morphology
- Greek Particle - Negative
Definition
Detailed definition
οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244),
[in LXX for אֵין,אַיִן,לֹא;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf. μή);
1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mat.13:29 Jhn.1:21 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Mat.5:37 Jas.5:12.
2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Mat.1:25 10:26, 38, Mrk.3:25 9:37, Jhn.8:29, Act.7:5, Rom.1:16, Php.3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Act.17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Act.21:39; πᾶς... οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל... לֹא), no, none, Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:37, Eph.5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ... ἀλλά, Luk.8:52 Jhn.1:33 Rom.8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mat.4:7, Luk.4:12, Rom.7:7, al.
3. With another negative,
__(a) strengthening the negation: Mrk.5:37, Jhn.8:15 12:19, Act.8:39, al.;
__(b) making an affirmative: Act.4:20, 1Co.12:15.
4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mat.21:19; with μή interrog., Rom.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5 11:22.
5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:21, Luk.11:40, Jhn.4:35, Rom.9:21, al.
(AS)
[in LXX for אֵין,אַיִן,לֹא;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf. μή);
1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mat.13:29 Jhn.1:21 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Mat.5:37 Jas.5:12.
2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Mat.1:25 10:26, 38, Mrk.3:25 9:37, Jhn.8:29, Act.7:5, Rom.1:16, Php.3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Act.17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Act.21:39; πᾶς... οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל... לֹא), no, none, Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:37, Eph.5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ... ἀλλά, Luk.8:52 Jhn.1:33 Rom.8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mat.4:7, Luk.4:12, Rom.7:7, al.
3. With another negative,
__(a) strengthening the negation: Mrk.5:37, Jhn.8:15 12:19, Act.8:39, al.;
__(b) making an affirmative: Act.4:20, 1Co.12:15.
4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mat.21:19; with μή interrog., Rom.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5 11:22.
5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:21, Luk.11:40, Jhn.4:35, Rom.9:21, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3756 appears in 1,415 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- not1,111
- no153
- cannot40
- neither27
- none18
- nothing15
- never13
- nay9
- wise4
- in3
- nor3
- any2
First verses
- Matthew 1:25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matthew 5:26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- Matthew 5:27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 5:37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
οὐ,
the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)]
I as the negative of single words,
II as the negative of the sentence.
I οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.296)]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs (2.132, 4.55, +others)]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs (1.112, 3.289, +others)]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7.393, 23.668, +others (In most of these uses μή can replace οὐ when the _construction_ requires it, e.g. εἰ μή φησι ταῦτα ἀληθῆ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 34)]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.289; εἰ δέ κ᾽.. ου᾽κ εἰῶσι 20.139; ἐὰν οὐ φάσκῃ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.76)]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 25b):—with Participles: οὐκ ἐθέλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.224, 300, 6.165, etc.:— with Adjectives: οὐκ ἀέκοντε 5.366, 768, +others; οὐ πολλήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.7, etc.:— with Adverbs: οὐχ ἥκιστα [prev. author] 1.68, etc.: rarely with Verbal Nouns (see. below 11.10).)] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II as negativing the whole sentence,
II.1 οὐ is frequently used alone, sometimes with the ellipsis of a definite Verb, οὔκ (i.e. ἀποκερῇ), ἄν γε ἐμοὶ πείθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: sometimes as negativing the preceding sentence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.19: as a Particle of solemn denial frequently with μά (which see))] and the accusative; sometimes without μά, οὐ τὸν πάντων θεῶν θεὸν πρόμον Ἅλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 660 (Lyric poetry), compare 1088 (Lyric poetry), “El.” 1063 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 758.)]
II.2 with indicative of statement, τὴν δ᾽ ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29, compare 114, 495)]; οὐ φθίνει Κροίσου φιλόφρων ἀρετά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.94; ἔνθα κεν οὔ τιν᾽ ἀδάκρυτόν γ᾽ ἐνόησας Ἀργείων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.61; οὔ κεν.. ἔπαξε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.25; οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.369.)]
II.3 with subjunctive in future sense, only in Epic dialect, οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑκὼν ἀέκοντα δίηται [Refs (7.197; οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίς μῃ κίθαρις 3.54, compare 11.387.)]
II.4 with optative in potential sense (without ἄν or κεν), also Epic dialect, ὃ οὐ δύο γ᾽ ἄνδρε φέροιεν [Refs (5.303, 20.286.)]
II.5 with optative and ἄν, κείνοισι δ᾽ ἂν οὔ τις.. μαχέοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.271, compare 301, 2.250, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 979, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 155 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 310, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 403, etc.)]
II.6 in dependent clauses οὐ is used,
II.6.a with ὅτι or ὡς, after Verbs of saying, knowing, and showing, ἐκ μέν τοι ἐρέω.. ὡς ἐγὼ οὔ τι ἑκὼν κατερύκομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.377, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 561, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.8, etc.)]: so with indicative or optative and ἄν, ἀπελογοῦντο ὡς οὐκ ἄν ποτε οὕτω μωροὶ ἦσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a; ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἂν δικαίως αὐτοὺς δέχοισθε μαθεῖν χρή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3, etc.: with _optative_ representing _indicative_ in indirect speech, ἔλεξε παιδὶ σῷ.. ὡς.. Ἕλληνες οὐ μενοῖεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 358, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 346, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b, etc.: for μή)] in such sentences, see at {μή} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.)]
II.6.b in all causal sentences, and in temporal and Relat. sentences unless there is conditional or final meaning, χωσαμένη, ὅ οἱ οὔ τι θαλύσια.. ῥέξε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.534; ἄχθεται ὅτι οὐ κάρτα θεραπεύεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; διότι οὐκ ἦσαν δίκαι, οὐ δυνατοὶ ἦμεν παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἃ ὤφειλον πράξασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.3; μή με κτεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ οὐχ ὁμογάστριος Ἕκτορός εἰμι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.95, etc.; νῦν δὲ ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐθέλεις.., εἶμι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335c; ἐπειδὴ τὸ χωρίον οὐχ ἡλίσκετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102; νηπιάχοις οἷς οὔ τι μέλει πολεμήϊα ἔργα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.338, etc.)]: in causal relative sentences, οἵτινές σε οὐχὶ ἐσώσαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46a)]; especially in the combinations, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις οὐ.., as οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1051, compare “Hec.” 298; οὔτις ἔσθ᾽ ὃς οὔ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 725)]; οὐδείς ἐστιν ὅστις οὐ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.180.)]
II.6.c after ὥστε with indicative or optative with ἄν, ὥστ᾽ οὐ δυνατόν σ᾽ εἵργειν ἔσται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 384, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 98, “OT” 411; οὕτως αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶμεν.. ὥστε.. οὐκ ἂν ἐθελήσαιμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.45; οὐκ ἂν ὡρκίζομεν αὐτὸν ὥστε τῆς εἰρήνης ἂν διημαρτήκει καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἀμφότερ᾽ εἶχε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30: ὥστε οὐ with)]infinitive is almost invariably due to indirect speech, ὥστ᾽ οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθαι (for οὐκ αἰσχύνονται) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 19.308, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.40, 8.76, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.6, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.27 (conjecture Reiske).)]—Rarely not in indirect speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 780, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1358, “Hel.” 108, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.2, 9.48.)]
II.7 in a conditional clause μή is necessary, except,
II.7.a in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, when the εἰ)] clause precedes the apodosis and the verb is indicative, εἰ δέ μοι οὐκ ἐπέεσσ᾽ ἐπιπείσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.162, compare 178, 20.129, 24.296, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.274, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.160, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.382, 13.144 (9.410 is an exception).)]
II.7.b when the εἰ clause is really causal, as after Verbs expressing surprise or emotion, μὴ θαυμάσῃς, εἰ πολλὰ τῶν εἰρημένων οὐ πρέπει σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.44; κατοικτῖραι.., εἰ.. οὐδεὶς ἐς ἑκατοστὸν ἔτος περιέσται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1242; so also δεινὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη πρῆγμα, εἰ Σάκας μὲν καταστρεψάμενοι δούλους ἔχομεν, Ἕλληνας δὲ οὐ τιμωρησόμεθα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.102, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.8 (probably), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.55; οὐκ αἰσχρόν, εἰ τὸ μὲν Ἀργείων πλῆθος οὐκ ἐφοβήθη τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀρχήν, ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ὄντες Ἀθηναῖοι βάρβαρον ἄνθρωπον.. φοβήσεσθ; [prev. author] 15.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.13.)]
II.7.c when οὐ belongs closely to the next word (see. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus I))], or is quoted unchanged, εἰ, ὡς νῦν φήσει, οὐ παρεσκευάσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.29 codices)]; εἰ δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἐστί (i.e. ὥσπερ λέγεις), τίνι τρόπῳ διεφθάρη ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 347.)]
II.8 οὐ is used with infinitive in indirect speech, when it represents the indicative of orat. recta, φαμὲν δέ οἱ οὐ τελέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.664, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.174, 21.316, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1389, etc.; λέγοντες οὐκ εἶναι αὐτόνομοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.67, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; οἶμαι.. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔργον αὐτὸ εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1051, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, etc.; ἡγήσαντο ἡμᾶς οὐ περιόψεσθαι [prev. work] 39. (For the occasional use of μή, see at {μή} 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5c)]; sometimes we have οὐ and μή in consecutive clauses, οἶμαι σοῦ κάκιον οὐδὲν ἂν τούτων κρατύνειν μηδ᾽ ἐπιθύνειν χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1058s q.; αὐτὸ ἡγοῦμαι οὐ διδακτὸν εἶναι μηδὲ.. παρασκευαστόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b.))]
II.9 οὐ is used with the participle, when it can be resolved into a finite sentence with οὐ, as after Verbs of knowing and showing, τὸν κατθανόνθ᾽ ὁρῶντες οὐ τιμώμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 316; κατενόησαν οὐ πολλοὺς τοὺς Θηβαίους ὄντας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2. 3; ἔργῳ δηλώσω οὐ παραγενόμενος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8, etc.)]; or into a causal sentence, τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ πολλοὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ διεφθάρησαν νέειν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.89; τὴν Μένδην πόλιν ἅτε οὐκ ἀπὸ ξυμβάσεως ἀνοιχθεῖσαν διήρπασαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130)]; or into a concessive sentence, δόξω γυναῖκα καίπερ οὐκ ἔχων ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 352, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 377, etc.: regularly with ὡς)] and participle, ὡς οὐχὶ συνδράσουσα νουθετεῖς τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 1025, etc.; ἐθορυβεῖτε ὡς οὐ ποιήσοντες ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.73, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 884, “Aj.” 682, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 5, 28, 68, 90; ὥσπερ οὐ πάντας τούτῳ τῷ τεκμηρίῳ χρωμένους 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 90, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.11)]:—for exceptions, see at {μή} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.)]
II.9.b when the participle is used with the Article, μή is generally used, unless there is a distinct reference to a fact, when οὐ is occasionally found, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς οὐκ οὔσης ἔτι [πόλεως] ὁρμώμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74; τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδὲν εἰδότας [prev. author] 4.111; οἱ οὐκ ἐθέλοντες 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.26; τῶν οὐ βουλομένων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.9; τοὺς οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντας ἀκρίτους ἀπέκτειναν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.82, compare τὸν οὐδὲ συμπενθῆσαι τὰς τῆς πατρίδος συμφορὰς τολμήσαντα (preceded by τὸν.. μήτε ὅπλα θέμενον ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος μήτε τὸ σῶμα παρασχόντα κτλ.) 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 43; τὸ οὐχ εὑρημένον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427e.)]
II.10 Adjectives and abstract Substantives with the article commonly take μή (see. μή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 7) but οὐ)] is occasionally used, τὰς οὐκ ἀναγκαίας πόσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.4; τοὺς οὐδένας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 371; τὸν οὐδέν [prev. author] “Ph.” 598 (whereas ὁ μηδείς, τὸ μηδέν is the rule))]; τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν the non- dissolution of the bridges, the fact of their notbeing broken up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; ἡ οὐ περιτείχισις [prev. author] 3.95; ἡ τῶν χωρίων οὐκ ἀπόδοσις [prev. author] 5.35, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 196 (_anapaest meter_))]; so without the article, ἐν οὐ καιπῷ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1287; οὐ πάλης ὕπο [prev. work] 455.)]
II.11 for οὐ μή, see entry
II.12 in questions οὐ ordinarily expects a positive answer, οὔ νυ καὶ ἄλλοι ἔασι..; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.165)]; οὐχ ὁράᾳς..; dost thou not see? [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.545; οὐκ.. ᾐσθόμη; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 956: so as a strong form of _imperative_,;_ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 273, “fragment” 310; πῶς δ᾽ οὐχ; [prev. author] “Supp.” 918, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1027; ἐμὸς μὲν οὐχί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 859: also in Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, +others, NT.1Cor.5.12, etc.)]: the diphthong is genuine and always written ου (ουκ, ουδε, etc.) in early Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.10.22, etc.; in 4th c.BC rarely written οκ, [prev. work] 22.1635.112,116,121)]; οὐ abbreviated ο, Suid. see at {Φιλοξένου γραμμάτιον}.
H ACCENTUATION. οὐ is oxytone accusative to Hdn.Gr.1.494 (text doubtfulin 504): [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b6, referring to 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.328 τὸ μὲν ου (i.e. οὐ ={οὒ}) καταπύθεται ὄμβρῳ, says λύουσι.. τῇ προσῳδίᾳ λέγοντες τὸ ου ὀξύτερον (i.e. οὗ), compare 178b3. In codices the word is written oxytone when followed by a pause (see. supr. B), and is usually written without any accent in other cases.)]
H.I οὐ in connexion with other Particles will be found in alphabetical order, οὐ γάρ, οὐ μή, etc.—The corresponding forms of μή should be compared.
the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)]
I as the negative of single words,
II as the negative of the sentence.
I οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.296)]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs (2.132, 4.55, +others)]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs (1.112, 3.289, +others)]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7.393, 23.668, +others (In most of these uses μή can replace οὐ when the _construction_ requires it, e.g. εἰ μή φησι ταῦτα ἀληθῆ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 34)]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.289; εἰ δέ κ᾽.. ου᾽κ εἰῶσι 20.139; ἐὰν οὐ φάσκῃ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.76)]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 25b):—with Participles: οὐκ ἐθέλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.224, 300, 6.165, etc.:— with Adjectives: οὐκ ἀέκοντε 5.366, 768, +others; οὐ πολλήν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.7, etc.:— with Adverbs: οὐχ ἥκιστα [prev. author] 1.68, etc.: rarely with Verbal Nouns (see. below 11.10).)] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II as negativing the whole sentence,
II.1 οὐ is frequently used alone, sometimes with the ellipsis of a definite Verb, οὔκ (i.e. ἀποκερῇ), ἄν γε ἐμοὶ πείθῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: sometimes as negativing the preceding sentence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.19: as a Particle of solemn denial frequently with μά (which see))] and the accusative; sometimes without μά, οὐ τὸν πάντων θεῶν θεὸν πρόμον Ἅλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 660 (Lyric poetry), compare 1088 (Lyric poetry), “El.” 1063 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 758.)]
II.2 with indicative of statement, τὴν δ᾽ ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.29, compare 114, 495)]; οὐ φθίνει Κροίσου φιλόφρων ἀρετά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.94; ἔνθα κεν οὔ τιν᾽ ἀδάκρυτόν γ᾽ ἐνόησας Ἀργείων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.61; οὔ κεν.. ἔπαξε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.25; οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.369.)]
II.3 with subjunctive in future sense, only in Epic dialect, οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑκὼν ἀέκοντα δίηται [Refs (7.197; οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίς μῃ κίθαρις 3.54, compare 11.387.)]
II.4 with optative in potential sense (without ἄν or κεν), also Epic dialect, ὃ οὐ δύο γ᾽ ἄνδρε φέροιεν [Refs (5.303, 20.286.)]
II.5 with optative and ἄν, κείνοισι δ᾽ ἂν οὔ τις.. μαχέοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.271, compare 301, 2.250, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 979, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 155 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 310, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 403, etc.)]
II.6 in dependent clauses οὐ is used,
II.6.a with ὅτι or ὡς, after Verbs of saying, knowing, and showing, ἐκ μέν τοι ἐρέω.. ὡς ἐγὼ οὔ τι ἑκὼν κατερύκομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.377, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 561, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.8, etc.)]: so with indicative or optative and ἄν, ἀπελογοῦντο ὡς οὐκ ἄν ποτε οὕτω μωροὶ ἦσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a; ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἂν δικαίως αὐτοὺς δέχοισθε μαθεῖν χρή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3, etc.: with _optative_ representing _indicative_ in indirect speech, ἔλεξε παιδὶ σῷ.. ὡς.. Ἕλληνες οὐ μενοῖεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 358, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 346, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22b, etc.: for μή)] in such sentences, see at {μή} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.)]
II.6.b in all causal sentences, and in temporal and Relat. sentences unless there is conditional or final meaning, χωσαμένη, ὅ οἱ οὔ τι θαλύσια.. ῥέξε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.534; ἄχθεται ὅτι οὐ κάρτα θεραπεύεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; διότι οὐκ ἦσαν δίκαι, οὐ δυνατοὶ ἦμεν παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἃ ὤφειλον πράξασθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.3; μή με κτεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ οὐχ ὁμογάστριος Ἕκτορός εἰμι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.95, etc.; νῦν δὲ ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐθέλεις.., εἶμι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335c; ἐπειδὴ τὸ χωρίον οὐχ ἡλίσκετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.102; νηπιάχοις οἷς οὔ τι μέλει πολεμήϊα ἔργα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.338, etc.)]: in causal relative sentences, οἵτινές σε οὐχὶ ἐσώσαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46a)]; especially in the combinations, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις οὐ.., as οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1051, compare “Hec.” 298; οὔτις ἔσθ᾽ ὃς οὔ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 725)]; οὐδείς ἐστιν ὅστις οὐ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.180.)]
II.6.c after ὥστε with indicative or optative with ἄν, ὥστ᾽ οὐ δυνατόν σ᾽ εἵργειν ἔσται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 384, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 98, “OT” 411; οὕτως αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶμεν.. ὥστε.. οὐκ ἂν ἐθελήσαιμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.45; οὐκ ἂν ὡρκίζομεν αὐτὸν ὥστε τῆς εἰρήνης ἂν διημαρτήκει καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἀμφότερ᾽ εἶχε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30: ὥστε οὐ with)]infinitive is almost invariably due to indirect speech, ὥστ᾽ οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθαι (for οὐκ αἰσχύνονται) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 19.308, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.40, 8.76, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.6, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.27 (conjecture Reiske).)]—Rarely not in indirect speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 780, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1358, “Hel.” 108, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.2, 9.48.)]
II.7 in a conditional clause μή is necessary, except,
II.7.a in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, when the εἰ)] clause precedes the apodosis and the verb is indicative, εἰ δέ μοι οὐκ ἐπέεσσ᾽ ἐπιπείσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.162, compare 178, 20.129, 24.296, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.274, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.160, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.382, 13.144 (9.410 is an exception).)]
II.7.b when the εἰ clause is really causal, as after Verbs expressing surprise or emotion, μὴ θαυμάσῃς, εἰ πολλὰ τῶν εἰρημένων οὐ πρέπει σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.44; κατοικτῖραι.., εἰ.. οὐδεὶς ἐς ἑκατοστὸν ἔτος περιέσται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1242; so also δεινὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη πρῆγμα, εἰ Σάκας μὲν καταστρεψάμενοι δούλους ἔχομεν, Ἕλληνας δὲ οὐ τιμωρησόμεθα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.102, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.8 (probably), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.55; οὐκ αἰσχρόν, εἰ τὸ μὲν Ἀργείων πλῆθος οὐκ ἐφοβήθη τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀρχήν, ὑμεῖς δ᾽ ὄντες Ἀθηναῖοι βάρβαρον ἄνθρωπον.. φοβήσεσθ; [prev. author] 15.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.13.)]
II.7.c when οὐ belongs closely to the next word (see. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus I))], or is quoted unchanged, εἰ, ὡς νῦν φήσει, οὐ παρεσκευάσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.29 codices)]; εἰ δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἐστί (i.e. ὥσπερ λέγεις), τίνι τρόπῳ διεφθάρη ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 347.)]
II.8 οὐ is used with infinitive in indirect speech, when it represents the indicative of orat. recta, φαμὲν δέ οἱ οὐ τελέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.664, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.174, 21.316, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1389, etc.; λέγοντες οὐκ εἶναι αὐτόνομοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.67, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; οἶμαι.. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔργον αὐτὸ εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1051, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, etc.; ἡγήσαντο ἡμᾶς οὐ περιόψεσθαι [prev. work] 39. (For the occasional use of μή, see at {μή} 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5c)]; sometimes we have οὐ and μή in consecutive clauses, οἶμαι σοῦ κάκιον οὐδὲν ἂν τούτων κρατύνειν μηδ᾽ ἐπιθύνειν χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1058s q.; αὐτὸ ἡγοῦμαι οὐ διδακτὸν εἶναι μηδὲ.. παρασκευαστόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b.))]
II.9 οὐ is used with the participle, when it can be resolved into a finite sentence with οὐ, as after Verbs of knowing and showing, τὸν κατθανόνθ᾽ ὁρῶντες οὐ τιμώμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 316; κατενόησαν οὐ πολλοὺς τοὺς Θηβαίους ὄντας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2. 3; ἔργῳ δηλώσω οὐ παραγενόμενος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8, etc.)]; or into a causal sentence, τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ πολλοὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ διεφθάρησαν νέειν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.89; τὴν Μένδην πόλιν ἅτε οὐκ ἀπὸ ξυμβάσεως ἀνοιχθεῖσαν διήρπασαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.130)]; or into a concessive sentence, δόξω γυναῖκα καίπερ οὐκ ἔχων ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 352, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 377, etc.: regularly with ὡς)] and participle, ὡς οὐχὶ συνδράσουσα νουθετεῖς τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “El.” 1025, etc.; ἐθορυβεῖτε ὡς οὐ ποιήσοντες ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.73, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 884, “Aj.” 682, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2, 5, 28, 68, 90; ὥσπερ οὐ πάντας τούτῳ τῷ τεκμηρίῳ χρωμένους 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 90, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.11)]:—for exceptions, see at {μή} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.)]
II.9.b when the participle is used with the Article, μή is generally used, unless there is a distinct reference to a fact, when οὐ is occasionally found, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς οὐκ οὔσης ἔτι [πόλεως] ὁρμώμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.74; τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδὲν εἰδότας [prev. author] 4.111; οἱ οὐκ ἐθέλοντες 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.26; τῶν οὐ βουλομένων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.9; τοὺς οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντας ἀκρίτους ἀπέκτειναν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.82, compare τὸν οὐδὲ συμπενθῆσαι τὰς τῆς πατρίδος συμφορὰς τολμήσαντα (preceded by τὸν.. μήτε ὅπλα θέμενον ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος μήτε τὸ σῶμα παρασχόντα κτλ.) 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 43; τὸ οὐχ εὑρημένον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427e.)]
II.10 Adjectives and abstract Substantives with the article commonly take μή (see. μή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 7) but οὐ)] is occasionally used, τὰς οὐκ ἀναγκαίας πόσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.4; τοὺς οὐδένας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 371; τὸν οὐδέν [prev. author] “Ph.” 598 (whereas ὁ μηδείς, τὸ μηδέν is the rule))]; τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν the non- dissolution of the bridges, the fact of their notbeing broken up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; ἡ οὐ περιτείχισις [prev. author] 3.95; ἡ τῶν χωρίων οὐκ ἀπόδοσις [prev. author] 5.35, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 196 (_anapaest meter_))]; so without the article, ἐν οὐ καιπῷ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1287; οὐ πάλης ὕπο [prev. work] 455.)]
II.11 for οὐ μή, see entry
II.12 in questions οὐ ordinarily expects a positive answer, οὔ νυ καὶ ἄλλοι ἔασι..; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.165)]; οὐχ ὁράᾳς..; dost thou not see? [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.545; οὐκ.. ᾐσθόμη; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 956: so as a strong form of _imperative_,;_ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 273, “fragment” 310; πῶς δ᾽ οὐχ; [prev. author] “Supp.” 918, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1027; ἐμὸς μὲν οὐχί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 859: also in Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, +others, NT.1Cor.5.12, etc.)]: the diphthong is genuine and always written ου (ουκ, ουδε, etc.) in early Inscrr., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.10.22, etc.; in 4th c.BC rarely written οκ, [prev. work] 22.1635.112,116,121)]; οὐ abbreviated ο, Suid. see at {Φιλοξένου γραμμάτιον}.
H ACCENTUATION. οὐ is oxytone accusative to Hdn.Gr.1.494 (text doubtfulin 504): [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 166b6, referring to 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.328 τὸ μὲν ου (i.e. οὐ ={οὒ}) καταπύθεται ὄμβρῳ, says λύουσι.. τῇ προσῳδίᾳ λέγοντες τὸ ου ὀξύτερον (i.e. οὗ), compare 178b3. In codices the word is written oxytone when followed by a pause (see. supr. B), and is usually written without any accent in other cases.)]
H.I οὐ in connexion with other Particles will be found in alphabetical order, οὐ γάρ, οὐ μή, etc.—The corresponding forms of μή should be compared.