μηδείς, μηδεμίᾰ, μηδέν
(i.e. μηδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ μία, μηδὲ ἕν):
feminine μηδὲ ἴα or μηδεΐα (or -έϊα) [
Refs]:—
not one, not even one, nobody (in
neuter nothing), once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2 μηδὲ εἷς (so written) is found in
Attic dialect Inscrr., as [
Refs]
not even one, μηδὲ ἕν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with an intervening Particle or
preposition, μηδ᾽ ἂν ἕνα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνός, μηδ᾽ ὑπὸ μιᾶς, [
Refs]
II nobody, naught, good for naught, κἄμ᾽ ἴσον τῷ μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδέν or τὸ μηδέν as
substantive,
naught, nothing, κεἰ τὸ μ. ἐξερῶ [
Refs]; μ. λέγειν to say
what is naught, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, τὸ μ.
a good-for-nothing, τὸ μ. εἶναι, of a eunuch, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧττον αὐτοῖς ἔνι ἢ τὸ μ., i.e. it is a mere impossibility, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also μ. εἶναι without the
Article, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III neuter μηδέν as
adverb,
not at all, by no means, μηδὲν ἐγκέλευ᾽ ἄγαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an
adverb, μ. αἰνικτηρίως [
Refs 5th c.BC+] — When other negatives, also derived from μή, are used with it, they do not destroy, but strengthen the negation, μηδέποτε μηδὲν αἰσχρὸν ποιήσας ἔλπιζε λήσειν
never hope to escape, when you have done
anything base. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare μηθείς.
Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0
