μηδαμῶς

μηδαμῶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μηδαμός (mēdamós) +‎ -ως (-ōs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.da.mɔ̂ːs/ → /mi.ðaˈmos/ → /mi.ðaˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.da.mɔ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.daˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.ðaˈmos/

Adverb

μηδᾰμῶς • (mēdamôs)

1. by no means, in no way, not at all
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.83:

     Ἀρτάβανος ὁ Ὑστάσπεος, ἀδελφεὸς ἐὼν Δαρείου, ἐχρήιζε μηδαμῶς αὐτὸν στρατηίην ἐπὶ Σκύθας ποιέεσθαι, καταλέγων τῶν Σκυθέων τὴν ἀπορίην.

     Artábanos ho Hustáspeos, adelpheòs eṑn Dareíou, ekhrḗize mēdamôs autòn stratēíēn epì Skúthas poiéesthai, katalégōn tôn Skuthéōn tḕn aporíēn.

     Artabanus, son of Hystaspes and Darius' brother, by no means wanted him to make an expedition against the Scythians, telling him how hard that people were to deal with.

   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 10:14:

     ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπε, Μηδαμῶς, Κύριε· ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον.

     ho dè Pétros eîpe, Mēdamôs, Kúrie; hóti oudépote éphagon pân koinòn ḕ akátharton.

     But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Further reading

• μηδαμῶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μηδαμῶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3365 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible