ἤ 4

ἤ 4.

Grammatical information: pcle.

Meaning: disjunctive and comparative particle `or', also `as', η .... ἤ `either .... or' (Il.), contracted from ἠέ, ἦε (ep.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [281 ] *h₁ē-ue

Etymology: For *ἠ-Ϝέ, *ἦ-Ϝε, from deictic ἦ (s. 1. ἦ) and a disjunctive particle = Lat. -ve, Skt. OIr. vā (with lengthening) `or' grown together. Details in Schwyzer-Debrunner 565f., W.-Hofmann s. 1. -ve. - Skt. iva `like, as if' (s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.) etc. has a different meaning.

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