μήπω
or μή πω,
__I as adverb not yet, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.431, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλὰ μήπω τοῦτο (i.e. σκοπεῖτε) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.90: in expostulation, μή τώ τι μεθίετε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.234, 17.422, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μήπω γε nay, not yet, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 631: followed by πρίν, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.134, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 961, 1409 (_anapaest meter_): with _optative_ precantis, μήπω μανείη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1278; μήπω νοῦ τοσόνδ᾽ εἴην κενή 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 403. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II as conjunction, lest yet, κελόμην ἐπιβαινέμεν.., μή πώ τις.. λάθηται [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.102 (variant). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]