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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].

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Instead of μὴ οὐ we find also μή, τὸ μή, τοῦ μή, τὸ μὴ οὐ (but not τοῦ μὴ οὐ).

a. μή (rarely; cp. ^cross2744. 1): ἔλεγον ὅτι . . . οὐ δυνήσοιντο μὴ πείθεσθαι τοῖς Οηβαίοις they said that they could not help submitting to the Thebans X. H. 6.1.1, αἰσχρὸν . . . γίγνεται ἐμέ γε μὴ ἐθέλειν it is disgraceful for me at least not to be willing P. G. 458d.

b. τὸ μή (cp. ^cross2744. 3): ἔφη . . . οὐχ οἷόν τ' εἶναι τὸ μὴ ἀποκτεῖναί με he said it was not possible not to condemn me to death P. A. 29c.

c. τοῦ μή (cp. ^cross2744. 5): ἡ ἀπορία_ τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν the inability to rest T. 2.49.

d. τὸ μὴ οὐ (cp. ^cross2744. ^cross10): οὐ μέντοι ἔπειθέ γε τὸ μὴ οὐ μεγαλοπά_γμων . . . εἶναι he could not, however, persuade them that he was not a man who entertained grand designs X. H. 5.2.36, ἄλογον τὸ μὴ οὐ τέμνειν διχῇ it is irrational not to make a two-fold division P. Soph. 219e.

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Herbert Weir Smyth [n.d.], A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [info] [word count] [Smyth].