οὔτε

οὔτε, Adv., ([etym.] οὐ, τε) joining neg. clauses, as τε joins posit., but rare in the simple sense

A and not, Il.22.265 (v.l.), Hdt.3.155 (v.l.); οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Lat. neque enim, Id.1.3 (prob. f.l. for οὐδὲ); and occasionally in later writers, Arist.Ph.208a8, Luc.Par.27,53, etc.

II mostly repeated, οὔτε . . , οὔτε . . neither . . , nor . . , Lat. neque . . , neque . . , Hom., etc.—Hom. freq. joins another Particle with the first or second οὔτε, as οὔτ' ἂρ . . , οὔτε . . ; οὔτ' ἂρ . . , οὔτ' ἂρ . . ; οὔτ' ἄρ τε . . , οὔτ' ἄρα . . Il.5.89; οὔτ' οὖν, v. οὖν 1; οὔτε . . οὖν . . , οὔτ' ἄρα . . 20.7; οὔτ' ἄρ . . , οὔτε τι . . , or οὔτε τι . . , οὔτε . . , 1.115, Od.1.202; so too οὔτε . . , οὔτε μὴν . . X.Cyr.4.3.12; οὔτε . . , οὔτ' αὖ . . , v. infr. 3.

2 freq. used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts,

ὡς δ' ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ' ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ' ὁ διώκειν Il.22.200

; thrice repeated,

οὔ μοι Τρώων . . μέλει ἄλγος . . , οὔτ' αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος οὔτε κασιγνήτων 6.450

;

οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας Th.4.4

: without a neg. preceding, Il.1.490, 2.202, etc.

3 within one of the two clauses distd. by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ' ὑάκινθος (οὐθ' codd.),

οὐ δέ ποτ' ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριον Thgn.537

;

οὔτε . . ἀπέφηνεν οὐδὲ παρέσχηται μάρτυρας, οὔτ' αὖ τὸν ἀριθμὸν . . ἐπανέφερεν D.27.49

: sts. after several clauses distd. by οὔτε the last is introduced emphat. by οὐδέ, οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεις οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ' αὖ ἐπῳδαί nor yet incantations, Pl. R.426b, cf. 499b (so μηδέ after clauses with

μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία Id.Prt.327d

); so οὐδέ ([etym.] μηδέ) may sts. follow a single οὔτε (μήτε) , οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ' ἀπολέσθαι neither to suffer misery, nor yet to die, v. l. in Od.8.563, cf. Pi.P.8.83, I.2.44, S.OC1139, 1141 (s.v.l.), 1297 (cj.), Pl. Ap.19d: in many of these places, however, the readings vary, and editors have altered οὐδέ into οὔτε; but this cannot be done in some cases, as

οὔτ' ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς . . πάθοι, ἴσως δ' οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνων Id.La. 182b

: so when οὔτε is folld. by οὐδὲ μέν, Od.13.207; by οὐδὲ μήν, X. Cyr.4.5.27; οὐδ' αὖ, v. supr.—But οὔτε ([etym.] μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ ([etym.] μηδέ), v. μηδέ A. 2.

4 οὔτε may be folld. by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ' αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ' ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he both will not kill and will defend, Il.24.156, cf. A.Pr.246, 262, Hdt.5.49, X.An.7.7.48, etc.: sts. the neg. is added after the τε

, οὔτ' ὦν . . καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ' οὐκ ἐθέλει . . φέρειν Pi.N.11.40

, cf. S. Ant.763, E.Hipp.302;

κυάμους δὲ οὔτε τι μάλα σπείρουσι, τούς τε γενομένους οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται Hdt.2.37

: the combination οὔτε . . , καί . . is dub. in E.IT591, but is found in later writers, as Luc.DMeretr.2.4, Chor.in Rev.Phil.1877.218.

5 οὔτε is freq., by anacoluthon, folld. not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, v. supr. 3; by δέ alone, Il.24.368, Hdt.1.108, Pl.R. 388e, X.An.6.3.16.

b in Poets, οὐ sts. follows without any conjunctive Particle,

οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ' οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν A.Pr.479

; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους . . ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν ib.450, cf. Theoc.15.139 sq.;

οὔτε βλάστας . . πατρός, οὐ μητρὸς εἶχον S.OC 972

, cf. Ant.249, E.Or.41: so also in the Prose of Hdt., ἐς ποταμὸν οὔτε ἐνουρέουσι οὔτε ἐμπτύουσι, οὐ χεῖρας ἐναπονίζονται, οὐδέ . . 1.138.

c in Poets also οὔτε is sts. replaced by

οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ' ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ' ὄμβρος Od.4.566

;

οὐ γὰρ ἂν εἰδείης ἀνδρὸς νόον οὔτε γυναικός Thgn.125

(dub. l.), cf. Il.1.115, Od.9.136, A.Pers.588 (lyr., s. v.l.), etc.

d the former οὔτε is sts. omitted,

ναυσὶ δ' οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών Pi.P.10.29

; νόσοι δ' οὔτε γῆρας ib.41;

Πάρις γὰρ οὔτε συντελὴς πόλις A.Ag.532

, cf. Ch.294; and v. μήτε 2.

6 when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ' εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην neither am I shameless, nor may I become so, D.8.68, cf. Aeschin.3.128.