Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄλλοθι

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλλοθι

Sense

  1. elsewhere, in another place; esp. in a strange or foreign land
  2. in other ways

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ ‐ ἔτυχε γὰρ πλησίον που ὤν ‐ πᾶν ὅσον, οἶμαι, πῦρ εἶχε καὶ ὅσον ἐν τῇ Αἴτνῃ καὶ εἴ ποθι ἄλλοθι, φέρων ἐπῆλθέ μοι, καὶ ἔκαυσε μὲν τὰσ πτελέασ καὶ μυρίκασ, ὤπτησε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ κακοδαίμονασ ἰχθῦσ καὶ τὰσ ἐγχέλεισ, αὐτὸν δὲ ἐμὲ ὑπερκαχλάσαι ποιήσασ μικροῦ δεῖν ὅλον ξηρὸν εἴργασται. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, xanthus and thalassa, chapter 21)
  • ἧσ̓, ὦ ξεῖν̓, ἡμεῖσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοθι δήομεν ἕδρην, ἀντὶ τοῦ μένε καθεζόμενοσ. (Lucian, 11:8)
  • ἀλλ’ εἰμὶ παρὰ σοὶ νῦν ἅπασ κοὐκ ἄλλοθι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 2:11)
  • "αἱ πηλαμύδεσ, φησί, καὶ οἱ θύννοι τίκτουσιν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, ἄλλοθι δὲ οὔ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1092)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν εἴ τισ ὑμῶν εἰσ τοῦτ’ ἀναβάλλεται ποιήσειν τὰ δέοντα, ἰδεῖν ἐγγύθεν βούλεται τὰ δεινά, ἐξὸν ἀκούειν ἄλλοθι γιγνόμενα, καὶ βοηθοὺσ ἑαυτῷ ζητεῖν, ἐξὸν νῦν ἑτέροισ αὐτὸν βοηθεῖν· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 13:1)
  • εἰ δέ τισ τόδε μὲν οὐκ ὄπωπεν, ὄπωπεν δὲ φοινικοβατέοντασ ἢ ἐν Ἀραβίῃ ἢ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἢ ἄλλοθί κου, οἶδε τὸ λέγω. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 29:4)
  • τί κατεσκεύακεν οἰκοδόμημα Δημοσθένησ ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῳ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἢ ἐν τῷ ἄστει ἢ ἄλλοθί που τῆσ χώρασ; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 116:6)
  • ὃν ἐὰν δείξῃσ ἀφιγμένον πώποτε εἰσ Μακεδονίαν, ἢ ἐκείνων τινὰ ὑποδεξάμενον εἰσ τὴν αὑτοῦ οἰκίαν, ἢ χρώμενον τῶν ἐκεῖθέν τινι ἢ ἐντυγχάνοντα, ἢ λόγουσ καὶ οὑστινασοῦν ἢ ἐπ’ ἐργαστηρίου ἢ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἢ ἄλλοθί που περὶ τούτων τῶν πραγμάτων εἰρηκότα, καὶ μὴ κοσμίωσ καὶ μετρίωσ τὰ αὑτοῦ πράττοντα ὥσπερ εἴ τισ καὶ ἄλλοσ τῶν πολιτῶν, χρησάσθωσαν αὐτῷ οἱ δικασταὶ ὅ τι βούλονται. (Hyperides, Speeches, 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. in other ways

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