μη | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A negation particle meaning “not,” used to negate non-indicative moods (subjunctive, optative, infinitive) and to express prohibitions.

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Grammatical Analysis

"μη"

Function: negation; primarily used for prohibitions, negative wishes, or negative subjunctives/optatives, as opposed to 'οὐ' which is used for indicative negation

Related Forms of μή

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

μὴ particle μή particle mh particle μή particle

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