οὐ μή,
in independent sentences, is used either in Denial or in Prohibition:
__I in Denial,
__I.1 with subjunctive,
__I.1.a chiefly of aorist, οὔ τι μὴ ληφθῶ δόλῳ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 38, compare 199, 282, “Ch.” 895; οὔ τοί σ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν.. μή τις ὑβρίσῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 560, compare “El.” 42, 1029, “Ph.” 103, 381, “OT” 329, 771, “OC” 450, 1023 (see. below); οὔ τι μὴ φύγητε λαιψηρῷ ποδί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1039, compare “HF” 718; οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἀπώσηται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, compare 7.53; οὐ μήποτε.. ἐσβάλωσιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.95, compare 5.69; οὐ μή ποθ᾽ ἁλῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 662, compare “V.” 394; οὐ μή ποτε δέξηται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 105d, compare “Phdr.” 260e, “R.” 609b; οὐ μὴ κρατηθῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.17, compare 3.2.8 (variant{δέξονται}), “An.” 4.8.13; so οὐδεὶς μή ποθ᾽ εὕρῃ κατ᾽ ἔμ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλλειφθέν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.246. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.1.b rarely of present, mostly with Verbs expressing possibility or ability, οὐ μὴ δύνηται (variant{δυνήσεται}) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.5, compare “An.” 2.2.12, “Hier.” 11.15; οὐ μὴ οἷός τ᾽ ᾖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 341b; οὐ γὰρ μὴ δυνατὸς ὦ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 48d: in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1023, for οὐ μή ποτε.. φυγόντες.. ἐπεύχωνται θεοῖς, two Mss. give ἐπεύξωνται] Refs 5th c.BC+], and this has been adopted by most editions; and in [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.24, for οὐ μὴ εἰσίῃς Bekk. restored οὐ μὴ εἴσει εἰς..:—Note: οὐ μή] Refs 4th c.BC+] with subjunctive probably arose from the ellipsis of a Verb or phrase expressing fear or apprehension; such words are sometimes expressed, οὐ γὰρ ἦν δεινὸν.. μὴ ἁλῷ κοτε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.84, compare 7.235, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 650, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28b, “Phd.” 84b, “Grg.” 520d, “R.” 465b.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—Sts. there is no idea of fear, as in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 103, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the construction is freely used after ὅτι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.69, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; after ὡς, since, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 461 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; after ὥστε, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]