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μηδέτερον (medeteron)

μηδέτερον is an Ancient Greek form of μηδέτερος, meaning “neither of two”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective.

Found 53 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.17.137: … ενέδημον. καί ποτέ φασιν Ἀρχιπόλιδος τρισχιλίας αὐτοῖς διαγράψαντος στηριζομένους περὶ τοῦ τίς δεύτερος ἀρεῖ, μηδέτερον λαβεῖν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ γυναῖκας ἀγαγέσθαι αὐτούς· ὧν τὴν μὲν θυγατέρα Ἀσκληπιάδην, τὴν δὲ μητέρα Μενέδημον. κ …

Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos 39·2: … ται μεγέθει φάναι καὶ ἀριθμὸν ἀριθμῷμήτʼ ἴσον εἶναι μήτʼ ἄνισον καὶ ταῦτʼ ἴσου καὶ ἀνίσου καὶ ἀνίσου μέσον, ὃ μηδέτερόν ἐστιν, οὐκ ἔχοντας εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ νοῆσαι δυναμένους. ἔτι δʼ οὐσῶν ἐπιφανειῶν μήτʼ ἴσων μήτʼ ἀνίσων, τί κωλύει κα …

All forms of μηδέτερος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.