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ἀλλό-κοτος

allokotos

of unusual nature

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀλλό-κοτος · allo-kotos — LSJ

of unusual nature, form, strange, portentous, unwelcome, against the grain, strange, uncouth, utterly different from, temper

of unusual nature or form, strange, portentous, Hp. Fract. 1, Ar. V. 71, Crates Com. 43, etc.; ἀ. πρᾶγμα unwelcome, against the grain, Th. 3.49; ἀ. ὄνομα strange, uncouth word, Pl. Tht. 182a: c. gen., ἀλλοκότῳ γνώμᾳ τῶν πάρος with purpose utterly different from . . , S. Ph. 1191; of persons, Pl. Euthd. 306e, etc.: Comp. and Sup. -ώτερος, -ώτατος Pl.Com. 28. Adv. -τως Pherecr. 201, Pl. Ly. 216a (v. l.). (κότος = ὀργή, i.e. temper, Phryn. PS p.23 B.)

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Where it came from

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