Contrast

§1190THE PERSONAL PRONOUNSThe nominative of the personal pronoun is usually omitted except when emphatic, e.g. in contrasts, whether expressed or implied: ἐπεὶ ῡ̔μεῖς ἐμοὶ οὐ θέλετε πείθεσθαι, ἐγω σὺν ῡ̔μῖν…

§1194THE PERSONAL PRONOUNSThe nominative of the pronoun of the third person is replaced by ἐκεῖνος (of absent persons), ὅδε, οὗτος (of present persons), ὁ μέν . . . ὁ δέ (at the beginning of a sentence), an…

§1668REPETITION AND OMISSION OF PREPOSITIONS, ETC.In contrasts or alternatives expressed by ἤ, ἢ . . . ἤ, καὶ . . . καί, etc., the preposition may be repeated or omitted with the second noun: καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν both by…

§2775ἀλλάἀλλά, a strongly adversative conjunction (stronger than δέ) connects sentences and clauses, and corresponds pretty closely to but; at times ἀλλά need not or cannot be translated (2…

§2801ἀτάρἀτάρ (prepositive; Hom. also αὐτάρ from αὖτε + ἄρ) usually poetical, but found in Xenophon and Plato, is an adversative conjunction commonly used to introduce a strong or surprisin…

§2834δέδέ (postpositive) was originally an adverb with a force not unlike that of on the other hand, on the contrary; later it became a conjunction commonly represented by but or and, whi…

§2885Adverbial καίΚαί of Balanced Contrast.—In order to mark the connection of thought between antecedent and consequent, καί also, too, is often placed in the subordinate clause or in the main clau…

§2886Adverbial καίΚαί of balanced contrast occurs frequently when the subordinate clause sets forth something corresponding to, or deducible from, the main clause; and when an antithesis is to be em…

§2888Adverbial καίΚαί of balanced contrast appears also in coördinate clauses; as ἤδη γὰρ ἔγωγε καὶ Φιλολᾱ́ου ἤκουσα . . . ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν for I have ere now heard Philolaus . . . and ere now…

§§2903–2916μένAntithetical (concessive) μέν distinguishes the word or clause in which it stands from a following word or clause marked usually by δέ or by other particles denoting contrast, such…

§2919μέντοιAdversative μέντοι however, yet often marks a contrast or a transition; as ἀφῑ́εμέν σε, ἐπὶ τούτῳ μέντοι we let you go, on this condition however P. A. 29c. μέντοι γε is stronger. …

§2924νῦν, νῡνῑ́, νῡ́ν, νύν, νύνῦν now, at present often has a causal sense, as νῦν δέ but as the case stands, as it is; often to mark reality in contrast to an assumed case.

§2981τέτὲ . . . δέ is used when a writer begins as if he were going simply to add the second member (both . . . and), but instead contrasts it with the first. This combination of copulati…