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μήτις

metis

do I

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μήτις or μή τις, ὁ, ἡ, neut. μήτῐ, gen. μήτῐνος: (τὶς) old Gr. and Cret. for μηδείς, Il. 12.272, al., Schwyzer 175 (Gortyn), Leg.Gort. 5.13, al.; Cret. dat. sg. μηδιμί IG 22.1130.4:—hence 1. μήτι or μή τι, Adv., with imper., and inf. used imperatively, Il. 1.550,5.130, etc.: with opt. to express a wish, ὄλοιντο μή τι πάντες S. Tr. 383. 2. after Verbs of fear or doubt, Il. 11.470, Od. 2.67, etc. 3. in direct questions, μή τί σοι δοκῶ ταρβεῖν; do I . . ? (i.e. I do not), A. Pr. 959, cf. 249, LXX Ge. 20.9, Ev.Marc. 4.21. 4. μή τί γε let alone, much less, οὐδὲ στρατιώτης οὗτός γε οὐδενός ἐστιν ἄξιος, μή τί γε τῶν ἄλλων ἡγεμών D. 21.148, cf. 19.137; later, not to mention, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; μήτι γε βιωτικά 1 Ep.Cor. 6.3: with a word between, ὡς . . δώσοντι δίκην, μή τι ποιήσαντί γε D. 8.27; also μή τι δή Plb. 12.8.6; μή τί γε δή, οὐκ ἔνι οὐδὲ τοῖς φίλοις . . , μή τί γε δὴ τοῖς θεοῖς D. 2.23; also μητιγοῦν Ael. VH 12.9; μή τι δή γε Phld. Rh. 1.261 S., al.
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