Home > Constructions > μή
| Filter by level: |
| φοβούμενος δὲ μὴ οἱ πεμπόμενοι ἢ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ λέγειν ἀδυνασίαν ἢ καὶ μνήμης ἐλλιπεῖς γιγνόμενοι ἢ τῷ ὄχλῳ πρὸς χάριν τι λέγοντες οὐ τὰ ὄντα ἀπαγγέλλωσιν, ἔγραψεν ἐπιστολήν, νομίζων οὕτως ἂν μάλιστα τὴν αὑτοῦ γνώμην μηδὲν ἐν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ ἀφανισθεῖσαν μαθόντας τοὺς Ἀθηναίους βουλεύσασθαι περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας. |
| He feared that the messengers would not report the truth, either because of an inability to speak, or a failure of memory or from a desire to please the crowd. So he wrote a letter to make sure that the Athenians could find out his opinion without it being lost in transmission, and then be able to come to a decision about the facts of the matter. |
| Thucydides 7 8.2 (49) |
| πρὸς τοῖσδε δ’ εἰς ἀδελφὸν οἷ’ ἐφύβρισας, σφάξαι κελεύσας θυγατέρ’ εὐηθέστατα |
| And furthermore, what terrible wrong you did to your brother, in telling him to kill his sweet daughter. |
| Euripides Andromache 624-5 (116) |
| οὕτως ἔδεισας μὴ οὐ κακὴν δάμαρτ’ ἔχῃς. |
| You were so afraid that you would lose your terrible wife. |
| Euripides Andromache 626 (117) |
| φράζεο μή τις ἔπειτα θεῶν ἐθέλῃσι καὶ ἄλλος πέμπειν ὃν φίλον υἱὸν ἀπὸ κρατερῆς ὑσμίνης· |
| Take care that no other god wants to take his dear son away from mortal combat. |
| Homer Iliad 16.446-7 (492) |
| μή μοι οἶνον ἄειρε μελίφρονα πότνια μῆτερ, μή μʼ ἀπογυιώσῃς μένεος, ἀλκῆς τε λάθωμαι· |
| 'My honoured mother, do not raise the kindly sweet wine to me, Lest you hobble my strength and make me forget my courage; |
| Homer Iliad 6.264-5 (522) |
| μή σε γέρον κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω ἢ νῦν δηθύνοντ’ ἢ ὕστερον αὖτις ἰόντα, μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ σκῆπτρον καὶ στέμμα θεοῖο· |
| Let me never find you again by our hollow ships, either dallying now, or else coming back again later. Otherwise your sceptre and garland of the god may not help you. |
| Homer Iliad 1.26-28 (538) |
Download these examples as a pdf