οὐ γὰρ ἀλλά

οὐ γὰρ ἀλλά, an ellipt. phrase, used in Att. to express an indignant or impassioned affirmative, οὐ γὰρ ἀλλʼ ὑπερβάλλει τάδε this is

• indeed too much! E. Ba. 785; μὴ σκῶπτέ μʼ, ὦδέλφʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἀλλʼ ἔχω κακῶς I really am unwell! Ar. Ra. 58, cf. Ec. 386: also to negate by substituting a still stronger affirmative, ἆρʼ οὐ παρεῖναι τὰς γυναῖκας δῆτʼ ἐχρῆν; Answ. οὐ γάρ, μὰ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι more than that, they ought to have come flying long ago, Id. Lys. 55: = καὶ γάρ, Id. Nu. 232, Ra. 192, 498, Eq. 1205, E. IT 1005, Supp. 570, Call. Iamb. 1.92; οὐ γάρ μοὐστὶν ἀλλʼ ἀκουστέα Ar. Ra. 1180.

οὐ γὰρ ἀλλά

• an ellipt. phrase, used in Attic to express a negation and give a reason for it, Lat. enimvero, μὴ σκῶπτέ μʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἀλλʼ ἔχω κακῶς (i. e. μὴ σκῶπτέ με: οὐ γὰρ σκωπτικῶς, ἀλλὰ κακῶς ἔχω) Ar.