ἄλλοθεν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄλλος (állos) + -θεν (-then)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ál.lo.tʰen/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈal.lo.tʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.lo.θen/
Adverb
ᾰ̓́λλοθεν • (állothen)
- from another place
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.75:
- ὑμεῖς δ’ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἐρητύειν ἐπέεσσιν
- humeîs d’ állothen állos erētúein epéessin
- you, one from one place, another from another, restrain [them] with words
- ὑμεῖς δ’ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἐρητύειν ἐπέεσσιν
Further reading
- “ἄλλοθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄλλοθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963