sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..,
εἴτε, Dor.
αἴτε, generally doubled,εἴτε..εἴτε..,Lat.
A. sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..,so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, S. El. 606 ; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε..
Id. OT 1049
; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτε καί..
A. Ag. 843
; εἴτ' οὖν.., εἴτ' οὖν..
Id. Ch. 683
; εἴτε.., εἴτ' ἄρ' οὖν..
S. Ph. 345
; εἴτε.., εἴτ' αὖ..
Pl. Phlb. 34b
; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί..
Id. R. 471d
: with Substantives, τὴν εἴθ' ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν
Plu. 2.1089d
: the firstεἴτεis sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτ' ὦν ἀστός
Pi. P. 4.78
; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις
A. Ag. 1403
; μύραινά γ', εἴτ' ἔχιδν' ἔφυ
Id. Ch. 1002
; λόγοισιν, εἴτ' ἔργοισιν
S. OT 517
, cf. Tr. 236 ; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται
Pl. Lg. 864a
, cf. 907d , Sph. 224e : the firstεἴτεis sts. replaced byεἰ,asεἰ..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 secondεἴτε,
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 εἴτ' ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτ' εἴτε μή
D. 15.11
.
