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Headword: Τί μήν
Adler number: tau,609
Translated headword: what else?
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It indicates an affirmation. Meaning how [could it] not [be]? Why not?
Greek Original:
Τί μήν: κατάφασιν δηλοῖ. ἀντὶ τοῦ πῶς γὰρ οὔ; διατί γὰρ οὔ;
Note:
On τί μήν see generally J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles 333-4. The present gloss comes from the scholia to Plato, Sophist 247A, where the phrase appears.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 October 2004@01:29:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 22 October 2004@02:53:59.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 14 August 2011@07:30:34.
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