Lexical Definition
οὔτε oúte (oo'-teh) neither G:PRT-N+G:CONJ
from οὐ and τέ
neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.
- not too, i.e. neither or nor
- by analogy, not even
Abbott-Smith
οὔτε, negative particle, related to μήτε as οὐ to μή,
and not, neither, nor: οὐδεὶς . . . οὔτε, Re 5:4; οὐδὲ . . . οὔτε, Ga 1:12; οὔτε . . . καί, Jo 4:11; after a question with μή interrog., Ja 3:12; οὔτε . . . οὔτε, neither . . . nor, Mt 6:20, Mk 12:25, Jo 4:21, Ac 15:10, Ro 8:38, 39, Ga 5:6, al.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 6:20 |
| Mark | 12:25 |
| John | 4:11 · 4:21 |
| Acts | 15:10 |
| Romans | 8:38 · 8:39 |
| Galatians | 1:12 · 5:6 |
| James | 3:12 |
| Revelation | 5:4 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
οὔτε,
adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, [Refs]; and occasionally in later writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., [οὔτε">Refs 8th c.BC+], as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. [οὔτε.. οὖν.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. 20.7 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. [οὔτε.., οὔτ᾽ αὖ.., see below 3. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν [οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος οὔτε κασιγνήτων 6.450; οὐκ ἔπειθεν οὔτε τοὺς στρατηγοὺς οὔτε τοὺς στρατιώτας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a negative preceding, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 within one of the two clauses distinguished by οὔτε a subordinate part may be introduced by οὐδέ, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκ σκίλλης ῥόδα φύεται οὐδ᾽ ὑάκινθος (οὐθ᾽ codices), οὐ δέ ποτ᾽ ἐκ δούλης τέκνον ἐλευθέριον [οὔτε.. ἀπέφηνεν οὐδὲ παρέσχηται μάρτυρας, οὔτ᾽ αὖ τὸν ἀριθμὸν.. ἐπανέφερεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.49: sometimes after several clauses distinguished by οὔτε the last is introduced emphatic by οὐδέ, οὔτε φάρμακα οὔτε καύσεις οὔτε τομαὶ οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἐπῳδαί">Refs 6th c.BC+] nor yet incantations, [Refs 5th c.BC+] after clauses with μήτε, μήτε παιδεία μήτε δικαστήρια μήτε νόμοι μηδὲ ἀνάγκη μηδεμία [Refs]; so οὐδέ (μηδέ) may sometimes follow a single οὔτε (μήτε), οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν οὔτε τι πημανθῆναι ἔπι δέος, οὐδ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι neither to suffer misery, nor yet to die, see reading in [οὔτε">Refs 8th c.BC+]; but this cannot be done in some cases, as οὔτ᾽ ἂν ὑπό γε ἑνὸς.. πάθοι, ἴσως δ᾽ οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πλεόνων [οὔτε is followed by οὐδὲ μέν, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.207 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; by οὐδὲ μήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ αὖ, see above—But οὔτε (μήτε) cannot be used simply answering to οὐδέ (μηδέ), see at {μηδέ} [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 οὔτε may be followed by a Posit. clause with τε, οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he both will not kill and will defend, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes the negative is added after the τε, οὔτ᾽ ὦν.. καρπὸν ἔδωκαν ἄρουραι, δένδρεά τ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλει.. φέρειν [οὔτε τι μάλα σπείρουσι, τούς τε γενομένους οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37: the combination οὔτε.., καί">Refs 5th c.BC+].. is uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+], but is found in later writers, as [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 οὔτε is frequently, by anacoluthon, followed not by a second οὔτε, but by some other Particle, as by οὐδέ, see above 3; by δέ alone, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.5.b in Poets, οὐ sometimes follows without any conjunctive Particle, οὐκ ἦν ἀλέξημ᾽ οὐδὲν οὔτε βρώσιμον, οὐ χριστόν, οὔτε πιστόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὔτε πλινθυφεῖς δόμους.. ᾖσαν, οὐ ξυλουργίαν[οὔτε βλάστας.. πατρός, οὐ μητρὸς εἶχον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 972, compare “Ant.” 249, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 41 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also in the Prose of [οὔτε ἐνουρέουσι οὔτε ἐμπτύουσι, οὐ χεῖρας ἐναπονίζονται, οὐδέ.. 1.138. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5.c in Poets also οὔτε is sometimes replaced by οὐ, οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος [οὔτε γυναικός 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 125 (uncertain reading), compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.115, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.136, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 588 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant), etc. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.5.d the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζὸς ἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόσοι δ᾽ οὔτε γῆρας[οὔτε συντελὴς πόλις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 532, compare “Ch.” 294; and see at {μήτε} 2. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.6 when οὔτε and μήτε correspond, each retains its proper sense, ἀναιδὴς οὔτ᾽ εἰμὶ μήτε γενοίμην neither am I shameless, nor may I become so, [Refs 4th c.BC+]