4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of αἴθ':
αἴθε,αἴθε: epic (indeclform conj)
αἴθε,εἴθε: epic doric (indeclform exclam)
αἴτε,εἴτε (sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..): doric (indeclform adverb)
LSJ entries
αἴθε
αἴθε
,
A.
Ep.
for
εἴθε,
as
αἰ
for
εἰ,
in
Hom.
αἴθʼ
ὄφελες
Il. 1.415
,al.
εἴθε
εἴθε
,
Ep.
αἴθε
,
A.
v.
εἰ
A.
εἰθεῖν·
μαθεῖν
,
Hsch.
εἴτε
εἴτε
,
Dor.
αἴτε
,
generally
doubled,
εἴτε..εἴτε..,
Lat.
A.
sive..sive..,
either..or..,
whether..or..,
so
that
two
cases
are
put
as
equally
possible
or
equivalent
;
thrice
repeated,
S. El. 606
;
εἴτʼ
οὖν..,
εἴτε..
Id. OT 1049
;
εἴτʼ
οὖν..,
εἴτε
καί..
A. Ag. 843
;
εἴτʼ
οὖν..,
εἴτʼ
οὖν..
Id. Ch. 683
;
εἴτε..,
εἴτʼ
ἄρʼ
οὖν..
S. Ph. 345
;
εἴτε..,
εἴτʼ
αὖ..
Pl. Phlb. 34b
;
εἴτε
καί..,
εἴτε
καί..
Id. R. 471d
:
with
Substantives,
τὴν
εἴθʼ
ἡδονὴν
εἴτε
ἀπονίαν
ἢ
εὐστάθειαν
Plu.
2.1089d
:
the
first
εἴτε
is
sts.
omitted
in
Poets,
ξεῖνος,
αἴτʼ
ὦν
ἀστός
Pi. P. 4.78
;
αἰνεῖν,
εἴτε
με
ψέγειν
θέλεις
A. Ag. 1403
;
μύραινά
γʼ,
εἴτʼ
ἔχιδνʼ
ἔφυ
Id. Ch. 1002
;
λόγοισιν,
εἴτʼ
ἔργοισιν
S. OT 517
,
cf.
Tr. 236
;
and
even
in
Prose,
πόλις,
εἴτε
ἰδιῶται
Pl. Lg. 864a
,
cf.
907d
,
Sph. 224e
:
the
first
εἴτε
is
sts.
replaced
by
εἰ,
as
εἰ..εἴτε..,
Lat.
utrum..an..,
v.l.
in
Hdt. 3.35
;
εἰ..
εἴτε
καί..
A. Ch. 768
;
εἰ..εἴτε
μή
Id. Eu. 468
;
εἰ
μὲν..,
εἴτε
καὶ
μή..
X. Cyr. 2.1.7
;
sts.
ἤ
(
ἠὲ
καί..
v.l.
in
Il. 2.349
)
stands
for
the
second
εἴτε,
E. El. 896
,
Pl. Phdr. 277d
,
IG
1.40.5 ;
or
for
the
first,
S. Aj. 178
(lyr.),
E. Alc. 115
(lyr.)
;
εἴτε..
εἴτε..,
c.
subj.
(cf.
εἰ
),
v.l.
in
Archyt.
ap
Stob.
3.1.105.
II.
in
indirect
questions,
Od. 3.90
,
etc.
;
σκοπεῖτε
εἴτʼ
ὀρθῶς
λογίζομαι
ταῦτʼ
εἴτε
μή
D. 15.11
.