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ἀλλότριος

allotrios

of, belonging to another, another manʼs

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What it meant

ἀλλότριος · allotrios — LSJ

of, belonging to another, another manʼs, of what is anotherʼs, unlike their own, forced, unnatural, anotherʼs, inflicted by other hands, of a stranger, where one has not sown, as if it belonged to another, what belongs to others, not oneʼs own

of or belonging to another, βίοτος, νηῦς, ἄχεα, Od. 1.160, 9.535, Il. 20.298; γυνή another manʼs wife, A. Ag. 448 (lyr.); ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι to be bountiful of what is anotherʼs, Od. 17.452; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν with faces unlike their own, of a forced, unnatural laugh, ib. 20.347; ἀ. ὄμμασιν εἷρπον by the help of anotherʼs eyes, S. OC 146 (lyr.); οὐκ ἀ. ἄτην not inflicted by other hands, Id. Ant. 1259; but ἀ. φόνος murder of a stranger (cf. ΙΙ.1), Pl. Euthphr. 4b: prov., ἀ. ἀμᾶν θέ

II foreign, strange

opp. οἰκεῖος, foreign, strange,

1 stranger, enemy, stranger, less near

of persons, ἀ. φώς stranger, Od. 18.219, cf. Ar. Ra. 481; almost = enemy, Il. 5.214, Od. 16.102; οὐδέ τις ἀλλοτρίων no stranger, Hdt. 3.155; εἴτε ἀ. εἴτε οἰκεῖος ὁ τεθνεώς Pl. Euthphr. 4b; ἀ. τῆς πόλεως Lys. 28.6; οὐδείς ἐστί μοι ἀ., ἂν ᾖ χρηστός Men. 602; ἀλλοτριώτερος τῶν παίδων less near than thy children, Hdt. 3.119; ἀλλοτριώτερος, opp. οἰκειότερος, Arist. EN 1162a3: c. dat., ἀλλότριοι ὑμῖν ὄντες Isoc. 14.51.

b hostile, unfavourably disposed

hostile, unfavourably disposed, c. gen., ἀ. Ῥωμαίων Plb. 28.4.4; -ώτατος μοναρχίας D.S. 16.65; ἀλλότρια φρονῶν τοῦ βασιλέως Plb. 36.15.7, cf. OGI 90.19 (Rosetta).

c disinclined

disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείας Plb. 36.15.2.

2 alien, strange, estrangement, alien country, enemyʼs country, alien from

of things, alien, strange, τροφή Pl. R. 491d (Comp.), etc.; εἴ τι πρότερον γέγονεν ἀ. estrangement, Decr. ap. D. 18.185; ἡ ἀ. alien country, enemyʼs country, Lys. 2.6, Isoc. 10.50, cf. Hdt. 8.73: c. gen., alien from, ἐπιτηδεύματα δημοκρατίας ἀ. Lys. 31.34; οὐδὲν ἀ. ποιῶν τοῦ τρόπου Decr. ap. D. 18.182.

b abnormal, superfluous

Medic., abnormal, Sor. 2.5, Gal. 14.780; ἀ. σάρκες superfluous fat, Pl. R. 556d.

c foreign to the purpose

foreign to the purpose, λόγοι Arist. EE 1218b23: Comp., Id. EN 1159b24: Sup., Id. Cat. 15b29, cf. Polystr. p.17 W.

d

Astrol., = ἀπόστροφος, POxy. 464.16.

III unfavourably, less favourably

Adv. ἀλλοτρίως, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας to be unfavourably disposed towards . . , Lys. 33.1, cf. Isoc. 12.159; ἄ. ἔχειν πρός . . Id. 5.80: Comp. -ιώτερον less favourably, D. 18.9.

2 strangely, marvellously

strangely, marvellously, Epigr.Gr. 989.2.

3 in a manner foreign to

in a manner foreign to, c. gen., Pers.Stoic. 1.100. [-ο̄τρ- only in Men. 557 s. v. l.]

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