The corpus record

μήπω

mepo

not yet, nay, lest yet

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Where it lives

Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
Lysis 3 · 4.32/10k
Clouds 4 · 4.16/10k
Against Boeotus 1 1 · 3.67/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
Concerning the Team of Horses 1 · 3.45/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 1 · 3.22/10k
Laches 2 · 2.61/10k
For Phormio 1 · 2.55/10k
Against Leochares 1 · 2.43/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k

Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μήπω · mēpō — LSJ

I not yet, nay, not yet

as Adv. not yet, Od. 22.431, etc.; ἀλλὰ μήπω τοῦτο (sc. σκοπεῖτε) D. 21.90: in expostulation, μή τώ τι μεθίετε Il. 4.234, 17.422, etc.; μήπω γε nay, not yet, A. Pr. 631: folld. by πρίν, Il. 18.134, S. Ph. 961, 1409 (anap.): c. opt. precantis, μήπω μανείη E. Hec. 1278; μήπω νοῦ τοσόνδʼ εἴην κενή S. El. 403.

II lest yet

as Conj., lest yet, κελόμην ἐπιβαινέμεν . . , μή πώ τις . . λάθηται Od. 9.102 (v. l.).

In the wild

μήπω · mēpō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 631
μήπω · mēpō Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 143)
μήπω · mēpō Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 289)
μήπω · mēpō Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 165)
μήπω · mēpō Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 165)
μήπω · mēpō Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 245)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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