ἀλλά (ἄλλος, cf. ceterum): but, nay but, but yet,
yet; combined -ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα, ἀλλὰ γάρ,
ἀλλ̓ ἦ (τοι), ἀλλά τε, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ̓ ὧς,
etc.; very freq. after a negation (when ἄλλος or ἕτερος precedes,
like ‘than,’ Il.
21.275), but also used like δέ
correl. to μέν, and after concessive
statements, yet, Il.
1.281; often in appeal, nay, Il. 1.32, and w. imp. or hortative subj.,
ἀλλ᾽ ἴομεν, esp. ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε, ἄγετε.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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