οὔτις, neut.οὔτι, declinedlike τις, (οὐ, τις)
A. no oneornobody, neut.nothing, common in all Poets ( Hom. uses it almost exclus. forοὐδείςin masc. and fem., butοὐδείςoccurs in B. Fr. 28 (masc.), and is preferred by Trag. (οὔτιςonly twice in E.,Fr. 45 , 325 )), whereasοὐδείςonly is used in Prose, exc. in neut. (v. infr.), οὔτις . . Δαναῶν
Il. 1.88
; οὔ. θεῶν
A. Ag. 396
(lyr.), etc.: freq. agreeing with itsSubst., οὔ. ἀνήρ
S. El. 188
(lyr.), cf. A. Pr. 445 , Pers. 414 , etc.: in Hom. and Hes. other words may come between,οὐ γάρ τις, οὐ μὲν γάρ τις, Il. 6.487 , Od. 8.552 ;οὔτε τινά . . , οὔτε τις. . Il. 13.224 : rare in pl., ἐπεὶ οὔτινες ἐγγύθεν εἰσίν
Od. 6.279
; προφήτας οὔτινας
A. Ag. 1099
(lyr.).
2. neut.οὔτιis freq. used asAdv.,by no means, not at all, Il. 1.153 , 2.338 , etc.: so not only in Trag., but in Hdt.,1.148 , 3.36 , al., and in Pl.,R. 331a , 351a , al.: strengthd.οὔτι γε, Id. Phd. 81d ; οὔτι μὲν δή