ἄλλοθι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ἄλλος (állos, another) +‎ -θι (-thi, at). Compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸 (aljaþ).

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Adverb

ᾰ̓́λλοθῐ (állothi)

  1. elsewhere, in another place; especially 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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