ἄλλος : other,
another, (οἱ) ἄλλοι, the rest; freq. in
antithetical and reciprocal clauses, ἄλλος
μὲν.. ἄλλος δέ, ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος, etc.; very often
idiomatic and untranslatable, ἔκτοθεν
ἄλλων | μνηστήρων,
‘from the others, the suitors,’ i. e. from the
through of suitors, Od. 1.132.
Phrases: ἄλλο τόσον, as much
‘more’; ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον
ἄλλον, with a look towards his next
‘neighbor’; ἔξοχον ἄλλων,
ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω (marking a transition), similarly
ἄλλ̓ (ἄλλο) ἐνόησε (a
‘new’ idea). In Od.
20.213, ἄλλοι implies
‘strangers,’ i. e. other than the rightful owners;
so ‘untrue’ (other than the true) is implied,
Od. 4.348.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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