οὐ γὰρ ἀλλά,an ellipt. phrase, used in Att. to express an indignant or impassioned affirmative,οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ' ὑπερβάλλει τάδεthis is
A. indeedtoo much! E. Ba. 785 ;μὴ σκῶπτέ μ', ὦδέλφ', οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ' ἔχω κακῶςIreally amunwell! Ar. Ra. 58 , cf. Ec. 386 : also to negate by substituting a still stronger affirmative,ἆρ' οὐ παρεῖναι τὰς γυναῖκας δῆτ' ἐχρῆν ;Answ.οὐ γάρ, μὰ Δί', ἀλλὰ πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι more than that, they ought to have come flying long ago, Id. Lys. 55 : = καὶ γάρ , Id. Nu. 232 , Ra. 192 , 498 , Eq. 1205 , E. IT 1005 , Supp. 570 , Call. Iamb. 1.92 ; οὐ γάρ μοὐστὶν ἀλλ' ἀκουστέα
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