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εἴτε

eite

sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..

Appears 652 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

εἴτε, Dor. αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Lat. A. sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, S. El. 606 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε.. Id. OT 1049 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. A. Ag. 843 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτʼ οὖν.. Id. Ch. 683 ; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ ἄρʼ οὖν.. S. Ph. 345 ; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ αὖ.. Pl. Phlb. 34b ; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. Id. R. 471d : with Substantives, τὴν εἴθʼ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu. 2.1089d : the first εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτʼ ὦν ἀστός Pi. P. 4.78 ; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις A. Ag. 1403 ; μύραινά γʼ, εἴτʼ ἔχιδνʼ ἔφυ Id. Ch. 1002 ; λόγοισιν, εἴτʼ ἔργοισιν S. OT 517, cf. Tr. 236 ; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται Pl. Lg. 864a, cf. 907d, Sph. 224e : the first εἴτε is sts. replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat. utrum..an.., v.l. in Hdt. 3.35 ; εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. A. Ch. 768 ; εἰ..εἴτε μή Id. Eu. 468 ; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. X. Cyr. 2.1.7 ; sts. ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in Il. 2.349) stands for the second εἴτε, E. El. 896, Pl. Phdr. 277d, IG 1.40.5 ; or for the first, S. Aj. 178 (lyr.), E. Alc. 115 (lyr.) ; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf. εἰ), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob. 3.1.105. II. in indirect questions, Od. 3.90, etc. ; σκοπεῖτε εἴτʼ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτʼ εἴτε μή D. 15.11.
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