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ἄλλος

ἄλλος

See also: άλλος

Ancient Greek

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ἄλλος (állos) m (feminine ἄλλη, neuter ἄλλο); first/second declension

  1. other, another, different, else
    1. (with article) all others, all besides, the rest
    2. (with numerals) yet, still
    3. (in lists) as well, besides, too
    4. equivalent to ἀλλοῖος (alloîos) of another sort than (with genitive)
  2. (in phrases)
    1. in combination with τις (tis) any other; anyone else, anything else
    2. in the phrase ἄλλος τε καὶ (állos te kaì) especially, most of all
    3. in the phrase εἴ τις καὶ ἄλλος (eí tis kaì állos) or εἴ τι καὶ ἄλλο (eí ti kaì állo) if anyone, whoever else; if anything, whatever else
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.1
        ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τόπῳ ἦν μὲν ἡ γῆ πεδίον ἅπαν ὁμαλὲς ὥσπερ θάλαττα, ἀψινθίου δὲ πλῆρες· εἰ δέ τι καὶ ἄλλο ἐνῆν ὕλης ἢ καλάμου, ἅπαντα ἦσαν εὐώδη ὥσπερ ἀρώματα.
        In this region the ground was all a plain, flat like the sea, and full of wormwood. And whatever other brush or reed was there, everything was fragrant like spices.

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