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ἕτερος , α, ον, only Att.-Ion. with ἕ- , Dor. ἅτερος [α^] IG4.914.9 (Epid.), etc. (and Att.in crasis, v.infr.), Aeol. ἄτερος Alc.41.5, etc.:— but ἅτερος [α_], Att. crasis for ἅτερος, Com.Adesp.14.23 D., al., Ion. οὕτερος (fr. ἕτ-) Hdt.1.34, etc., Dor. ὥτερος Theoc.7.36; neut.
A.θάτερονA.Ag.344, And.2.7, etc., Ion. “τοὔτερονHdt.1.32: pl. ἅτεροι, for οἱ ἅτεροι, Arist.Pol.1255a20; “θάτεραS.El.345, Th.1.87, etc.; gen. “θατέρουS.Ph.597, etc., Ion. “τοὐτέρουSemon.7.113, Dor. “θατέρωTi.Locr.94a, “θωτέρωEpich.71 (dub. l.); dat. “θατέρῳA.Pr.778; fem. nom. “ἡτέραIG22.1498.76, 1615.14,87 (iv B.C.), S.OC497, Ar.Lys.85, 90 codd., Paus.Gr.Fr.82; dat. “θητέρᾳS.OT782, Tr.272, E.Hipp. 894, Ar.Av.1365, etc., cf. Paus.Gr. l.c. (in Mss. sts. θατέρᾳ), Ion. “τἠτέρῃPhoen.5.2.—Later masc. and fem. θάτερος, θατέρα, even with the Art., Men.846, Chrysipp. ap. Paus.Gr.Fr.82, Lyc.590, Polem. Cyn.4, Luc.D Mort.26.1 (condemned in Pseudol.29), Gp.14.20.2, etc.; “τῶν θατέρωνIamb. in Nic. p.83 P.; θάτερον acc. sg. masc., E. Ion [849].
I. one or the other of two, usu. c. Art. exc. in Poets ; freq. of natural pairs, σκαιῇ (sc. χειρὶ)“ ἔγχος ἔχων, ἑτέρηφι δὲ λάζετο πέτρονIl.16.734; τῇ ἑτέρῃ μὲν . . τῇ δ᾽ ἑτέρῃ . . 14.272, cf. X.Cyn.10.11; χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ with one hand, Il.12.452, Od.10.171 (but χεὶρ ἑτέρη commonly of the left hand, v. infr. IV.I); “ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιοIl.4.502; “χωλὸς δ᾽ ἕτερον πόδα2.217, cf. Ar.Ec.162, Din.1.82; “ἀμφότεραι αἱ γνάθοι, ἑτέραX.Eq.1.9; “ἐκκοπεὶς τὸν . τῶν ὀφθαλμῶνD.H.5.23; “εἰς γόνυ θάτερονPhilostr.Im.2.20; of pairs in general, Il.5.258, etc.; τὴν . πύλην one of the two gates, Hdt.3.156; “ . τῶν στρατηγῶνTh.4.43; “τὸ . τοῖν δυοῖν τειχοῖνId.7.24: freq. of alternatives presented, “τῶνδε τὰ . ποιέεινHdt.4.126; ἑλοῦ γε θάτερ᾽, . . . . S.El.345; τοῖνδ᾽ ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν . E.Ph.952 ; “δυοῖν ἀγαθοῖν τοῦ ἑτέρου τεύξεσθαιTh.4.28; δυοῖν θάτερα, . . . . Pl. Tht.187c; “ὅταν δυοῖν καλοῖν θάτερον κάλλιον , τῷ ἑτέρῳ τούτοιν ἀμφοτέροις ὑπερβάλλον κάλλιόν ἐστινId.Grg.475a: in pl., one of two parties or sets, Od.11.258; τῶν ἕτεροί γε παῖδα κλαύσονται one set of parents, either mine or thine, Il.20.210; “δώῃ δ᾽ ἑτέροισί γε νίκην7.292; “ἑτέροισι δὲ κῦδος ἔδωκαν13.303: freq. with neg., “οὐδ᾽ ἕτεροι11.71.
2. in double clauses ἕτερος (in Prose always ἕτερος) is generally repeated; . μὲν δουρὶ . . , τῷ δ᾽ . 21.164; τὸν ., . δὲ . . Od. 5.266; “. λευκόν, ἑτέρην δὲ μέλαινανIl.3.103, etc.: but sts. omitted in one clause, [“ἕτερος μὲν] κακῶν, . δὲ ἐάων24.528, cf. 7.420, IG22.1388.46 (prob.), etc.; “ μὲν . . , δ᾽ ἑτέρηIl.22.149, IG12.76.50; . . . , δὲ . . Od.8.374; answered by “ἄλλος, ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃIl.9.313, cf. Od.7.123; reversely ἄλλῳ ὀρχηστύν, ἑτέρῳ κίθαριν [ἔδωκε] Il.13.731, cf. Pl.R.439b, Tht.184e; τότε μὲν ἕτερα . . , τότε δὲ ἄλλα . . Pl.Alc.1.116e; ἕτερος . . , λοιπός . . X.An.4.1.23 ; ἕτερα . . , τὰ δὲ . . S.OC1454 (lyr.); later “μίαν μὲν . . ἑτέραν δέA.D. Synt.172.5; “τὴν μίαν . . τὴν δ᾽ ἑτέρηνAP9.680.
4. = δεύτερος, second, μὲν . . , δ᾽ ἑτέρη . . , δὲ τρίτη . . Od.10.352 sq., cf. Il.16.179, al., X.Cyr.2.3.22; . πρότασις the minor premiss, Arist. EN1143b3: without Art., “. τέραςHdt.7.57; προσαγορεύεις αὐτὰ ἑτέρῳ ὀνόματι you call them further by a new name, Pl.Phlb.13a; cf. IV. 1b.
II. without Art., another, of many, with a sense of difference, Il.4.306, Od.7.123, Ar.Ach.422, Lys.66, etc.; “.αὖ τιςId.Eq.949; “. αὖId.Pax 295, etc.; “ἕτερα ἄτταPl.Tht.188b; repeated “ἑτέραν χἀτέραν τρικυμίανMen.536.8: with neg., οἷα οὐχ ἕτερα [ἐγένετο] such as none like them had happened, Th.1.23; “ναυμαχία . . οἵα οὐχ ἑτέρα τῶν προτέρωνId.7.70; οὐδεμιᾶς ἥσσων μᾶλλον ἑτέρας ib. 29 (s.v.l.); οὐχ ἕτερον ἀλλά . . none other than, Plu.2.671b, cf. UPZ 71.9 (ii B.C.).
b. οἱ . the rest, Hdt.4.169.
c. . 'one's neighbour', ἀγαπᾶν τὸν . Ep.Rom.13.6, cf. Ep.Gal.6.4.
IV. Special Phrases:
1. elliptical, mostly in dat. fem.,
a. τῇ ἑτέρᾳ (sc. χειρί), Ep. ἑτέρῃ or ἑτέρηφι, with one hand (v. sub init.); with the left hand, Od.3.441, Il.22.80, Theoc.24.45: hence prov., οὐ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ ληπτός not to be caught with one hand, Pl.Sph.226a; “ἐκ δ᾽ ἑτέρηςA.R.1.1115, AP 9.650 (Leont.).
b. θατέρᾳ (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) on the morrow, S.OT782, E.Rh.449; “τῆς ἑτέραςPl.Cri.44a; but τῇ ἑτέρᾳ on the following (i.e. the third) day, X.Cyr.4.6.10.
c. (sc. ὁδῷ) in another or a different way, “καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἀτέρᾳS.OC1444; another way, “τρέπεσθαιAr.Nu.812; “ἑτέρᾳ πῃId.Eq.35; τότ᾽ ἄλλοσ᾽ . . , θατέρᾳ δὲ . . S.Tr. 272; θατέρᾳ . . , θατέρᾳ . . in one way . . , in the other . . , Henioch.5.16 ; “ἑτέρηφιHes.Op.216: acc. “ἑτέραν ἐκτρέπεσθαιLuc.Tim.5.
2. adverb. with Preps.:
2. differently, rarely in Poetry, “οὐχ . τις ἐρεῖTheoc.Ep.10.3; . ἔχειν to be different, Ar.Pl.371: freq. in Prose, ὡς . in the other way (cf. ὡς)“, ἢν ἑτέρη γνάθος ἐκστῇ ὡς . χρὴ τὴν ἐπίδεσιν ἄγεινHp.Art.34, cf. Pl.Sph.266a, etc.; ἐάν τε καλῶς, ἐάν θ᾽ ὡς . D.18.85, cf. 212: c. gen., differently from, “. πως τῶν εἰωθότωνPl.Plt.295d; . ἤπερ . . Ael.NA12.28.
3. otherwise than should be, badly, wrongly, once in Hom., “. ἐβόλοντοOd.1.234; “εἰ καὶ . τοῦτο ἀπέβηSIG851.10 (Marc.Aur.); “εἴ τι . φρονεῖτεEp.Phil. 3.15.
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