μὴ γάρ, an elliptic phrase, freq. in emphatic denial, or in assenting to a denial or prohibition, etc.,
A. certainly not, where Verb in imper. or opt. must be supplied from the context,μὴ λεγέτω τὸ ὄνομα. . Answ.μὴ γάρ [λεγέτω] Pl. Tht. 177e , cf. Sph. 255b : not in a reply,μὴ γὰρ δὴ δίναν γ' Εὐρώτα(sc.ἔλθοιμι) E. Tr. 210 (lyr.): in parenthesis, where it may be translatedmuch less(cf.μὴ ὅτι), Aeschin. 2.158 ; μὴ γὰρ τῆς πόλεώς γε μηδ' ἐμοῦ
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