ἄλλοθι

See also: άλλοθι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλλος (állos, another) + -θι (-thi, at).

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Adverb

ᾰ̓́λλοθῐ (állothi)

  1. elsewhere, in another place; esp. in a strange or foreign land
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.130:
      ἣ θέμις ἐστὶ γυναικός, ἐπὴν πόσις ἄλλοθ᾽ ὄληται
      hḕ thémis estì gunaikós, epḕn pósis álloth᾽ ólētai
      as is the way of a woman, when her husband dies afar
  2. in other ways
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.16:
      ἐπεγένετο δὲ ἄλλοις τε ἄλλοθι κωλύματα μὴ αὐξηθῆναι, καὶ Ἴωσι
      epegéneto dè állois te állothi kōlúmata mḕ auxēthênai, kaì Íōsi
      As others by other means were kept back from growing great, so also the Ionians.

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