ἄλλοθεν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄλλος (állos) +‎ -θεν (-then)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.lo.tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.tʰɛn/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
(15^th 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

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

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