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ἀλλʼ ἤ

all'e

except, but

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What it meant

1. ἀλλʼ ἤ · allʼ ē — LSJ

except, but, except, other than, except, except

= ἀλλά I.3, except, but, after negs., esp. οὐδείς or μηδείς, which are often joined with ἄλλος or ἕτερος, as οὐδεὶς ἀλλʼ ἢ ἐκείνη no one except her, Hdt. 9.109, cf. Th. 3.71, al.; μηδὲν ἄλλο δοκεῖν εἶναι ἀληθὲς ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ σωματοειδές Pl. Phd. 81b, cf. R. 429b, etc.; ἀργύριον μὲν οὐκ ἔχω ἀλλʼ ἢ μικρόν τι X. An. 7.7.53 :—after questions implying a neg., Pl. Phdr. 258e :—in Ar. Ach. 1111, 1112 ἀλλʼ ἦ (bis) is prob. l. for ἀλλʼ ἤ (bis). (This form seems to arise from a confusion of οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἤ othe

2. ἀλλʼ ἦ · allʼ ē — LSJ

in questions, v. ἀλλά III.5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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