Editing Double negative (section)

===Ancient Greek===
Doubled negatives are perfectly correct in [[Ancient Greek]].  With few exceptions, a simple negative (οὐ or μή) following another negative (for example, {{lang|grc|οὐδείς}}, ''no one'') results in an affirmation: {{lang|grc|οὐδείς οὐκ ἔπασχέ τι}} ("No one was not suffering") means more simply "Everyone was suffering". Meanwhile, a compound negative following a negative strengthens the negation: {{lang|grc|μὴ θορυβήσῃ μηδείς}} ("Do not permit no one to raise an uproar") means "Let not a single one among them raise an uproar".

Those constructions apply only when the negatives all refer to the same word or expression. Otherwise, the negatives simply work independently of one another: {{lang|grc|οὐ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀκοντίζειν οὐκ ἔβαλον αὐτόν}} means "It was not on account of their not throwing that they did not hit him", and one should not blame them for not trying.