τε [1 verse](partic) Untranslated is te, which means "both...and" where the first clause may be negative, the second affirmative. It is also used in assurances, statements on oath, and threats, and in commands, warnings, and admonitions,  in passionate utterances, and other similar uses. However, it also introduces a temporal clause, "then" or "when", which is its likely its use here. --  The untranslated word means "both...and" where the first clause may be negative, the second affirmative. It is also used in assurances, statements on oath, and threats, and in commands, warnings, and admonitions,  in passionate utterances, and other similar uses. However, it also introduces a temporal clause, "then" or "when", which is its likely its use here. --