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Headword: Ναί
Adler number: nu,92
Translated headword: yes
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Adverb of affirmation.[1]
It is also used in oaths with a lowered accent, as in ναὶ τὼ θεώ ["by the two goddesses"], that is "by the goddesses."[2]
Greek Original:
Ναί: συγκαταθέσεως ἐπίρρημα. ἔστι καὶ ὁρκωμοτικὸν μετὰ κοιμωμένης ὀξείας, οἷον ναὶ τὼ θεώ, τουτέστι μὰ τὰς θεάς.
Notes:
[1] Cf. nu 102. The rest of the entry is marginal in manuscript M, omitted from AFV.
[2] These two versions differ not only between dual and plural but between ναί and μά ; see generally mu 1, mu 292, nu 96, nu 97, nu 98, nu 100.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 January 2004@00:49:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied missing note; cosmetics) on 7 January 2004@04:11:16.
Catharine Roth (cosmetic) on 7 January 2004@22:25:04.

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