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ἄλλος

allos1

another, one besides, one . . another

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What it meant

ἄλλος · allos — LSJ

another, one besides, one . . another, the one . . the other, two

another, i.e. one besides what has been mentioned, either Adj. or Pron.: when Adj., its Subst. is either in the same case, or in gen., Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοί Il. 6.476; θεῶν ἄ. 16.446:—ἄ. μέν . . ἄ. δέ . . one . . another . . , more rarely the one . . the other . . (of two persons, etc.), Il. 22.493, etc.; τὰ μέν . . ἄλλα δέ . . Il. 6.147, and Att.; ἕτερον μέν . . ἄλλον δέ . . Il. 9.313; ἄλλο μέν . . ἑτέρου δέ . . Hdt. 1.32; θάτερον . . τὸ δʼ ἄλλο E. IT 962.

II any other, other

with τις, any other, οὐδέ τις ἄ. ἔγνω ἀλλʼ ἄρα Κασσάνδρη Il. 24.697; ἄ. τις Hdt. 3.85; οὐδεὶς ἄ. no other, ibid.; ἄλλα πολλά Il. 9.639; πολλὰ καὶ ἄλλα Th. 3.56; for εἴ τις ἄλλος Id. 6.32, etc., and εἴ τις καὶ ἄ. X. An. 1.4.15, etc., v. εἰ.

2 one man, one thing, one another

freq. with another of its own cases or derived Adverbs, ἄ. ἄλλα λέγει one man says one thing, one another, X. An. 2.1.15; ἄ. ἄλλωʼ ἔλεγεν Pl. Smp. 220c; ἄ. ἄλλῃ ἐτράπετο X. An. 4.8.19; v. ἄλλοθεν, ἄλλοσε, ἄλλοτε; also with Verb in pl., παραλαμβάνων ἄ. ἄλλον ἐπʼ ἄλλου, τὸν δʼ ἐπʼ ἄλλου χρείᾳ . . ἐθέμεθα πόλιν ὄνομα Pl. R. 369c, cf. X. Cyr. 2.1.4, etc.: pl., ἄλλοι when the several parties are pl., λείπουσι τὸν λόφον . . ἄλλοι ἄλλοθεν X. An. 1.10.13.

3 one and then another, one or two, one thing after another, different

ἄ. καὶ ἄ., one and then another, one or two, X. An. 1.5.12; ἄλλο καὶ ἄλλο one thing after another, Id. Cyr. 4.1.15; πρὸς ἄλλῳ καὶ ἄλλῳ σημείῳ to different points, Euc. 1.7.

4 quite another

repeated for emphasis, ἄ. ἄ. τρόπος quite another sort, E. Ph. 132.

5

οὐδʼ ἄ. for οὐδέτερος, Theoc. 6.45.

6 the rest, all besides, all the others, the rest, all else, for the rest, next, next, all others

with Art., ὁ ἄλλος, the rest, all besides; in pl., οἱ ἄλλοι (Ion. contr. ὧλλοι) all the others, the rest, freq. from Hom. downwards (ἄλλοι in same signf., Il. 2.1); τὰ ἄλλα, contr. τἆλλα, all else, τἆλλα πλὴν ὁ χρυσός Scol. 1 (Pytherm.); in Att. freq. as Adv., for the rest, esp. in amendments to decrees, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καθάπερ ὁ δεῖνα κτλ. IG 1.27a70, etc.: of Time, = τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον, X. HG 3.2.2; ὁ ἄ. χρόνος, = ὁ λοιπὸς χρόνος, of the future, Lys. 14.4 (but also of the past, D. 20.16); τῇ ἄλλῃ ἡμ

7 yet, still, further, yet

with Numerals, yet, still, further, τρίτον ἄ. γένος Hes. Op. 143; πέμπτος ποταμὸς ἄ. yet a fifth river, Hdt. 4.54, cf. A. Th. 486, S. Ant. 1295, etc.

8 as well, besides, also, at all, besides

in enumerations, as well, besides, ἅμα τῇγε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι κίον ἄλλαι with her their mistress came attendants also, Od. 6.84; μήτηρ ἠδὲ πατὴρ ἠδʼ ἄλλοι πάντες ἑταῖροι 9.367; οὐ γὰρ ἦν χόρτος οὐδὲ ἄ. δένδρον οὐδέν there was no grass nor any tree at all, X. An. 1.5.5; πολιτῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ξένων Pl. Grg. 473d; προσοφλὼν οὐ τὴν ἐπωβελίαν μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλην ὕβριν besides, Aeschin. 1.163:—pleonastic, παρʼ ἀγγέλων ἄλλων ἀκούειν S. OT 7, cf. X. Cyr. 1.6.2; ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον Il. 4.81; γυναικῶν τῶν

III of other sort, different

less freq., = ἀλλοῖος, of other sort, different, Il. 13.64, 21.22; ἄ. γέγονεν Pl. Phdr. 241a.

2 other than, else, only

in this sense, c. gen., ἄλλα τῶν δικαίων other than just, X. Mem. 4.4.25:—followed by ἤ . . , with preceding neg., οὐδὲ ἄλλο . . , οὐδὲν ἄλλο (or ἄλλο οὐδέν) . ., ἤ . . nothing else than . . , Hdt. 1.49, 7.168, Th. 4.14; οὐδὲν ἄλλο γʼ ἤπτήξας A. Pers. 209; ἃ μηδὲν ἄλλο ἢ διανεῖταί τις which one only thinks, Pl. Tht. 195e:—more freq. in questions, τίς ἄλλος ἢ ʼγώ . . ; A. Pr. 440; τί δʼ ἄλλογʼ ἢ πόνοι . . ; Id. Th. 852: ellipt., τί ἄλλο (sc. πάσχω) ἢ ἱπποκένταυρος γίγνομαι; X. Cyr. 4.3.20; τί ἄλλ

3 other than what is, untrue, unreal

other than what is, untrue, unreal, Od. 4.348.

4 other than right, wrong, bad, unworthy

other than right, wrong, bad, ἄλλου τινος ἡττῆσθαι yield to some unworthy motive, D. 21.218, cf. Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.187d, etc.; cf. ἄλλως.

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