οὐδείς,
feminine οὐδεμίᾰ (never
nominative accusative -μίη, -μίην, since οὐδεμιῇ is probably in [
Refs], rarely οὐδ᾽ ἴα [
Refs 7th c.BC+],
not one, i.e.
no one, none, used by [
Refs 8th c.BC+], except in the phrase τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδείς is found in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: rare in
plural,
no set of persons or things, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδένων εἰσὶ βελτίους, i.e. οὔ τινων ἄλλων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —In _Ionic dialect_ the _plural_ is usually οὐδαμοί.
2) οὐ. ὅστις οὐ
every one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ
every, [
Refs]; this came to be regarded as one word, so that οὐδείς passed into the same case as ὅστις, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) later οὐδὲν ὅ τι without οὐ, =
nothing, οὐδὲν ὅ τι παρήσω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4) ὅστις οὐδείς
not one, ἐτεθνήκεσαν δὲ αὐτῶν μὲν ἀμφὶ τοὺς τετρακοσίους, Ρωμαίων δὲ ὅστις οὐδείς [
Refs]
II)
naught, good for naught, ὦ νῦν μὲν οὐ. αὔριον δ᾽ ὑπέρμεγας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν [γένος ἀνδρῶν] οὐδέν [
Refs 5th c.BC+] knowing
naught, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἄρ᾽ ᾔστην οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δάκνειν knew
nothing save how to, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν λέγειν to say
naught, see at {λέγω} (B) III.6; τὸ οὐδ᾽ οὐδέν the absolute
nothing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) in
neuter, of persons, οὐδέν εἰμι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) in
plural, οὐδένες ἐόντες ἐν οὐδαμοῖσι ἐοῦσι Ἕλλησι being
nobodies, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μηδὲν ὢν κἀξ οὐδένων κεκλήσομαι uncertain conjecture in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4) with Preps, παρ᾽ οὐδὲν εἶναι [
Refs]; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄγειν, θέσθαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5) τὸ οὐδέν
naught, zero, in Arith, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; used by Democritus as a name for Place, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III)
neuter οὐδέν as
adverb,
not at all, naught, ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν οὐ. ἔτισεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: in answers,
nothing, never mind, no matter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέν γε
not at all, [
Refs]; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον, οὐδὲν ἧσσον, οὐδὲν ὕστερος, see at {μάλα} [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2) οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἤ, see at {ἄλλος} III. 2.
B) REMARKS: the more emphatic and literal sense,
not even one, i.e.
none whatever, belongs to the full form, οὐδὲ εἷς, οὐδὲ μία, οὐδὲ ἕν, which is never elided, even in Comedy texts (see. [
Refs 5th c.BC+], but frequently has a Particle inserted between,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]