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εἴτε

εἴτε, εἴτε ... εἴτε, (indirect interrogatives) whether ... or, if ... or

εἴτε, Dor. αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε..,
  • Lat. sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent; thrice repeated, S. El. 606; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε.. Id. OT 1049; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. A. Ag. 843; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτʼ οὖν.. Id. Ch. 683; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ ἄρʼ οὖν.. S. Ph. 345; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ αὖ.. Pl. Phlb. 34b; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. Id. R. 471d: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθʼ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu. Suav. 2.1089d: the first εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτʼ ὦν ἀστός Pi. P. 4.78; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις A. Ag. 1403; μύραινά γʼ, εἴτʼ ἔχιδνʼ ἔφυ Id. Ch. 1002; λόγοισιν, εἴτʼ ἔργοισιν S. OT 517, cf. Tr. 236; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται Pl. Lg. 864a, cf. 907d, Sph. 224e: the first εἴτε is sts. replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat. utrum..an.., v.l. in Hdt. 3.35; εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. A. Ch. 768; εἰ..εἴτε μή Id. Eu. 468; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. X. Cyr. 2.1.7; sts. ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in Il. 2.349) stands for the second εἴτε, E. El. 896, Pl. Phdr. 277d, IG 1.40.5; or for the first, S. Aj. 178 (lyr.), E. Alc. 115 (lyr.); εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf. εἰ), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob. 3.1.105.
    • II in indirect questions, Od. 3.90, etc.; σκοπεῖτε εἴτʼ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτʼ εἴτε μή D. 15.11.

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