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de, but: adversative and copulative Particle,

I. answering to men (q. v.), tên nun men Boiôtian, proteron de Kadmêida gên kaloumenên Thuc. 1.12, etc.

II. without preceding men,

1. adversative, expressing dist. opposition, aiei toi ta kak' esti phila . . manteuesthai, esthlon d' oute ti pô eipas ll.au=Thuc. 1.108; orthôs elexas, ou philôs de moi legeis Eur. Orest. 100, cf. Soph. Ant. 85, etc.; tethnêken andros oudenos, theou d' hupo IDEM=Soph. Phil. 334; so in Prose, ouk epi kakôi, eleutherôsei de . . Thuc. 4.86; hoi aichmalôtoi . . ôichonto eis Dekeleian, hoi d' eis Megara Xen. Hell. 1.2.14, cf. ti=Xen. Cyrop. 4.5.46; hê d' hetera IG2.652A45.

2. copulative,


a. in explanatory clauses, xunebêsan . . ta makra teichê helein (ên de stadiôn malista oktô) Thuc. 4.66, cf. Hom. Il. 7.48: when a Subst. is folld. by words in apposition, Aristagorêi tôi Milêsiôi, doulôi de hêmeterôi Hdt. 7.8.b'; mêtêr basileôs basileia d' emê Aesch. Pers. 152; so in answers, dipla legein. --Answ. diplad' horan IDEM=Aesch. Seven 974.

b. in enumerations or transitions, Hom. Il. 1.43-au=Hom. Il. 1.49=lr,au=Hom. Il. 1.345=lr-au=Hom. Il. 1.351=lr, Xen. Cyrop. 1.2.1, etc.; with repetition of a word in different relations, hôs Achileus thambêsen . ., thambêsan de kai alloi Hom. Il. 24.483; sakos heile . ., heileto d' enchos au=Hom. Il. 14.9 sq.; Zeus estin aithêr, Zeus de gê, Zeus d' ouranos A.Fr.70; kineikradian, kineide cholon Eur. Med. 99; ozei iôn, ozei de rhodôn, ozei d' huakinthou Hermipp.82.8; in rhetorical outbursts, ouk an eutheôs eipoien: ton de baskanon, ton de olethron, touton de hubrizein,--anapnein de. Dem. 21.209; in a climax, pan gunaion kai paidion kai thêrion de nay even beast, Plat. Theaet. 171e, cf.Xen. Hell. 5.2.37; in the combination kai de Hom. Il. 23.80, al., kai . . de Aesch. PB 973, Eur. El. 1117, etc., each particle retains its force.

c. answering to te (q. v.), ha tôn te apobainontôn heneka axia kektêsthai, polu de mallon auta hautôn Plat. Rep. 367c.


3. implying causal connexion, less direct than gar, Hom. Il. 6.160, Hom. Od. 1.433.

4. in questions, with implied opposition, heorakas d', ephê, tên gunaika; Xen. Cyrop. 5.1.4; kai ho Sôkratês, eipe moi, ephê, kunas de trepheis; IDEM=Xen. Mem. 2.9.2, cf. au=Xen. Mem. 2.1.26, Soph. Ant. 1172: in Trag. (not in Com. or Oratt.), when the speaker turns from one person to another, the voc. stands first, then the pers. Pron. folld. by de, as Menelae, soi de tade legô . . Eur. Orest. 622, etc.; also in Hdt., ô despota, egô de tauta epoiêsa au=Hdt. =lr.


b. ti de; what then? to mark a transition in dialogue; v. tis.

1. after hypothetical clauses, ei de ke mê dôôsin, egô de ken autos helômai if they will not give it, then I . ., Hom. Il. 1.137, cf. Hom. Od. 12.54; ei mêde touto boulei apokrinasthai, su de tounteuthen lege Xen. Cyrop. 5.5.21, cf. Pind. O. 3.43 (v.l.), Aesch. Ag. 1060, Hdt. 5.1, etc.


b. after temporal or relative clauses, with epei, heôs, etc., Hom. Il. 24.255, Hdt. 9.70, etc.; mechri . . eichon ta belê, hoi de anteichon Thuc. 3.98; with demonstr. Pronouns or Advbs. answering to a preceding relative, hoiêper phullôn geneê, toiê de kai andrôn Hom. Il. 6.146, etc.; athla hois keitai aretês megista, tois de kai andres aristoi politeuousin Thuc. 2.46; tous d' elabe turannous . . toutous de . . exedidou Hdt. 5.37, cf. Isoc. 4.98, Plat. Lach. 194d; hoia men hekasta emoi phainetai toiauta men estin emoi, hoia de soi, toiauta de au soi IDEM=Plat. Theaet. 152a: sts. after a participle, oiomenoi . . timês teuxesthai, anti de toutôn oud' homoioi . . esometha Xen. Anab. 6.6.16, cf. Isoc. 15.71 (v.l.).


2. to resume after an interruption or parenthesis, chronou de epiginomenou kai katestrammenôn schedon pantôn . .,--katestrammenôn de toutôn . . Hdt. 1.28,au=Hdt. 1.29=lr; nun d' au palin hupo te ploutou diathruptomenos . . kai hup' anthrôpôn . . hupo toioutôn de . . Xen. Cyrop. 7.2.23; with an anacoluthon, hê de psuchê ara,--hoi an theos thelêi . . têi emêi psuchêi iteon, hautê de dê . . Plat. Phaedo 80d: for d' oun, v. oun.

3. to begin a story, êmos d' êelios . . well, when the sun . ., Hom. Od. 4.400.

4. to introduce a proof, tekmêrion de, sêmeion de, v. sub vocc.