μηδέποτε

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μηδέποκα (mēdépoka) — Doric

Etymology

From μηδέ (mēdé) +‎ ποτε (pote)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.dé.po.te/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝ˈde.po.te/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈðe.po.te/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈðe.po.te/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈðe.po.te/

Adverb

μηδέποτε • (mēdépote)

never
- 50 CE – 100 CE, Second Epistle to Timothy 3:7:
  πάντοτε μανθάνοντα, καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα.
  pántote manthánonta, kaì mēdépote eis epígnōsin alētheías eltheîn dunámena.
  Translation by KJV
  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Synonyms

μήποτε (mḗpote)
οὐδέποτε (oudépote)
οὔποτε (oúpote)

Further reading

μηδέποτε in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μηδέποτε, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“μηδέποτε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
G3368 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- never idem, page 556.