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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.
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