LogeionPerseus analysis of ἄλλος:
ἄλλος (another): masc nom sg
LSJ entry
ἄλλος 1
ἄλλος,
η, ο,
Cypr.αἶλος Inscr.Cypr. 135
H. (
Idalion): (from ἀλyος, cf. Lat. alius):—
A. 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.
2. 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.
6. 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 ἡμέρᾳ, τῷ ἄλλῳ ἔτει,
next day, next year, X. HG 1.1.13,
1.2.1;
οἵτε ἄλλοι καί . .
all others and especially . . ,
γυναῖκας ἄλλας τε πολλὰς καὶ δὴ καὶ βασιλέος θυγατέρα Hdt. 1.1,
etc.; ἄλλα τε δὴ εἶπε, καί . .
Pl. Tht. 142c; (v. ἄλλως I):—τὸ ἄλλο is much less freq. than τὰ ἄλλα.
8. 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 ἄλλων μία E. Med. 945;
μόνη τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιστημῶν Pl. Chrm. 166e;
with Comp.,
freq. in Hom.,
οὔτις σεῖο νεώτερος ἄ. Ἀχαιῶν Il. 15.569,
cf. 22.106,
al.; with Sup.,
ὀϊζυρώτατος ἄλλων Od. 5.105.
2. 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 ἢπόνοι . . ;
Id. Th. 852:
ellipt., τί ἄλλο (sc. πάσχω )
ἢ ἱπποκένταυρος γίγνομαι;
X. Cyr. 4.3.20;
τί ἄλλο (sc. ἐποίησαν)
ἢ ἐπεβούλευσαν;
Th. 3.39:—followed by πλήν,
S. Aj. 125,
Ar. Ach. 39;
by Preps., πρό . .
Hdt. 3.85;
ἀντί . .
A. Pr. 467;
παρά . .
Pl. Phd. 80b,
etc.: with neg., sts. followed by ἀλλά,
Il. 18.403,
21.275:—see also ἄλλο τι.