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μήποτε

mepote

never, on no account

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μήποτε · mēpote — LSJ

I never, on no account, never

as Adv. never, on no account, after ὡς, A. Pr. 205, Eu. 882; after εἰ, Id. Ch. 182, etc.: c. inf., Id. Eu. 977, Supp. 617; esp. in oaths, never, ὀμοῦμαι, μή ποτε τῆς εὐνῆς ἐπιβήμεναι Il. 9.133, 275; ἐπεκέκλετʼ Ἐρινῦς, μή ποτε . . ἐφέσσεσθαι ib. 455; in aposiopesis, ἢ μήπορʼ ἆρʼ . . Men. Sam. 97: in orat. obliq., Hes. Op. 86.

2

in prohibition or warning, with aor. subj., μή ποτε καὶ σὺ . . ὀλέσσῃς Od. 19.81, etc.: with inf. for imper., 11.441.

3 perhaps

in later Gr., perhaps, Arist. EN 1172a33, LXX Ge. 24.5, Aristeas 15, Ph. 1.13, Arr. Epict. 3.22.80, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.106d, A.D. Pron. 18.4.

II lest ever

as Conj., lest ever, αἰσχυνόμενοι φάτιν ἀνδρῶν . . , μή ποτέ τις εἴπῃσι Od. 21.324, al.; οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἄρα . . ἐλάσῃ Hdt. 1.77, cf. 8.53.

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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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