ἕτερος

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α, ον, only Att.-Ion. with ἕ-, Dor. ἅτερος [ᾰ] IG4.914.9 (Epid.), etc. (and Att.in crasis, v.infr.), Aeol. ἄτερος Alc.41.5, etc.:— but ἅτερος [ᾱ], Att. crasis for ὁ ἅτερος, Com.Adesp.14.23 D., al., Ion. οὕτερος (fr. ὁ ἕτ-) Hdt.1.34, etc., Dor. ὥτερος Theoc.7.36; neut.

   A θάτερον A.Ag.344, And.2.7, etc., Ion. τοὔτερον Hdt.1.32: pl. ἅτεροι, for οἱ ἅτεροι, Arist.Pol.1255a20; θάτερα S.El.345, Th.1.87, etc.; gen. θατέρου S.Ph.597, etc., Ion. τοὐτέρου Semon.7.113, Dor. θατέρω Ti.Locr.94a, θωτέρω Epich.71 (dub. l.); dat. θατέρῳ A.Pr.778; fem. nom. ἡτέρα IG22.1498.76, 1615.14,87 (iv B.C.), S.OC497, Ar.Lys.85, 90 codd., Paus.Gr.Fr.82; dat. θητέρᾳ S.OT782, Tr.272, E.Hipp. 894, Ar.Av.1365, etc., cf. Paus.Gr. l.c. (in Mss. sts. θατέρᾳ), Ion. τἠτέρῃ Phoen.5.2.—Later masc. and fem. θάτερος, θατέρα, even with the Art., Men.846, Chrysipp. ap. Paus.Gr.Fr.82, Lyc.590, Polem. Cyn.4, Luc.D Mort.26.1 (condemned in Pseudol.29), Gp.14.20.2, etc.; τῶν θατέρων Iamb. in Nic. p.83 P.; θάτερον acc. sg. masc., E. Ion [849].    I one or the other of two, usu. c. Art. exc. in Poets ; freq. of natural pairs, σκαιῇ (sc. χειρὶ) ἔγχος ἔχων, ἑτέρηφι δὲ λάζετο πέτρον Il.16.734; τῇ ἑτέρῃ μὲν . . τῇ δ' ἑτέρῃ . . 14.272, cf. X.Cyn.10.11; χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ with one hand, Il.12.452, Od.10.171 (but χεὶρ ἑτέρη commonly of the left hand, v. infr. IV.I); ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο Il.4.502; χωλὸς δ' ἕτερον πόδα 2.217, cf. Ar.Ec.162, Din.1.82; ἀμφότεραι αἱ γνάθοι, ἢ ἡ ἑτέρα X.Eq.1.9; ἐκκοπεὶς τὸν ἕ. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν D.H.5.23; εἰς γόνυ θάτερον Philostr.Im.2.20; of pairs in general, Il.5.258, etc.; τὴν ἑ. πύλην one of the two gates, Hdt.3.156; ὁ ἕ. τῶν στρατηγῶν Th.4.43; τὸ ἕ. τοῖν δυοῖν τειχοῖν Id.7.24: freq. of alternatives presented, τῶνδε τὰ ἕ. ποιέειν Hdt.4.126; ἑλοῦ γε θάτερ', ἢ . . ἢ . . S.El.345; τοῖνδ' ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν ἕ. E.Ph.952 ; δυοῖν ἀγαθοῖν τοῦ ἑτέρου τεύξεσθαι Th.4.28; δυοῖν θάτερα, ἢ . . ἢ . . Pl. Tht.187c; ὅταν δυοῖν καλοῖν θάτερον κάλλιον ᾖ, ἢ τῷ ἑτέρῳ τούτοιν ἢ ἀμφοτέροις ὑπερβάλλον κάλλιόν ἐστιν Id.Grg.475a: in pl., one of two parties or sets, Od.11.258; τῶν ἕτεροί γε παῖδα κλαύσονται one set of parents, either mine or thine, Il.20.210; δώῃ δ' ἑτέροισί γε νίκην 7.292; ἑτέροισι δὲ κῦδος ἔδωκαν 13.303: freq. with neg., οὐδ' ἕτεροι 11.71.    2 in double clauses ἕτερος (in Prose always ὁ ἕτερος) is generally repeated; ἑ. μὲν δουρὶ... τῷ δ' ἑ. 21.164; τὸν ἕ., ἕ. δὲ . . Od. 5.266; ἕ. λευκόν, ἑτέρην δὲ μέλαιναν Il.3.103, etc.: but sts. omitted in one clause, [ἕτερος μὲν] κακῶν, ἕ. δὲ ἐάων 24.528, cf. 7.420, IG22.1388.46 (prob.), etc.; ἡ μὲν... ἡ δ' ἑτέρη Il.22.149, IG12.76.50; ἕ.... ὁ δὲ . . Od.8.374; answered by ἄλλος, ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ Il.9.313, cf. Od.7.123; reversely ἄλλῳ ὀρχηστύν, ἑτέρῳ κίθαριν [ἔδωκε] Il.13.731, cf. Pl.R.439b, Tht.184e; τότε μὲν ἕτερα... τότε δὲ ἄλλα . . Pl.Alc.1.116e; ὁ ἕτερος... ὁ λοιπός . . X.An.4.1.23 ; ἕτερα... τὰ δὲ . . S.OC1454 (lyr.); later μίαν μὲν . . ἑτέραν δέ A.D. Synt.172.5; τὴν μίαν . . τὴν δ' ἑτέρην AP9.680.    3 repeated in the same clause, ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερ' ἐστίν one building follows on another, Od.17.266; <ἀ> δ' ἀτέρα τὰν ἀτέραν κύλιξ ὠθήτω let one cup push on the other, Alc.41.5; ἢ θάτερον δεῖ δυστυχεῖν ἢ θάτερον one party or the other, E.Ion [849]; ἕτεροι ἑτέρων ἠξίωσαν ἄρχειν Th.2.64; ἕτερος ἀφ' ἑτέρου θεραπείας ἀναπιμπλάμενοι ἔθνῃσκον ib.51; εἴ τίς τι ἕτερος ἑτέρου προφέρει Id.7.64; ξυμμειγνυμένων ἑτέρων ἑτέροις Ar.Av.701; συμφορὰ ἑτέρα ἑτέρους πιέζει one calamity oppresses one, another others, E.Alc. 893 (lyr.); ἑτέρᾳ δ' ἕτερος ἕτερον ὄλβῳ καὶ δυνάμει παρῆλθεν Id.Ba.905, cf.S.OC231 (anap.); ἄλλη δ' εἰς ἑτέρην ὀλυφύρετο A.R.1.250.    4 = δεύτερος, second, ἡ μὲν... ἡ δ' ἑτέρη... ἡ δὲ τρίτη . . Od.10.352 sq., cf. Il.16.179, al., X.Cyr.2.3.22; ἡ ἑ. πρότασις the minor premiss, Arist. EN1143b3: without Art., ἕ. τέρας Hdt.7.57; προσαγορεύεις αὐτὰ ἑτέρῳ ὀνόματι you call them further by a new name, Pl.Phlb.13a; cf. IV. 1b.    b with Pronouns of quantity, ordinals, etc., τόσσοι δ' αὖθ' ἕτεροι ποταμοί as many more, Hes.Th.367; ἕτερον τοσοῦτον as much again, Hdt.2.149; ἑτέρου τοσούτου χρόνου for as long again, Isoc. 4.153; ἕ. τοιαῦτα other things of like kind, Hdt.1.120, 191; ἑτέρων τοιῶνδε (sc. ἀνθρώπων) ἄρχεις ib.207; τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ . . τῷ ἑτέρῳ in the same way over again, Id.2.127; ἄλλα τε τοιαῦθ' ἕτερα μυρία Ar.Fr.333.4; χιλίας ἑτέρας [δραχμάς] D.58.6; δεύτερον, τρίτον ἕ. δικαστήριον, Id.23.71,74; ἕ. ἐγώ, of a friend, Pythag. ap. Iamb.in Nic. p.35 P.; ἕτεροι αὐτοί second selves, Arist.EN1161b28; εὕρηκε τὸν ἕ., τὸν σέ Men.474.    II without Art., another, of many, with a sense of difference, Il.4.306, Od.7.123, Ar.Ach.422, Lys.66, etc.; ἕ.αὖ τις Id.Eq.949; ἕ. αὖ Id.Pax 295, etc.; ἕτερα ἄττα Pl.Tht.188b; repeated ἑτέραν χἀτέραν τρικυμίαν Men.536.8: with neg., οἷα οὐχ ἕτερα [ἐγένετο] such as none like them had happened, Th.1.23; ναυμαχία . . οἵα οὐχ ἑτέρα τῶν προτέρων Id.7.70; οὐδεμιᾶς ἥσσων μᾶλλον ἑτέρας ib. 29 (s.v.l.); οὐχ ἕτερον ἀλλά . . none other than, Plu.2.671b, cf. UPZ 71.9 (ii B.C.).    b οἱ ἕ. the rest, Hdt.4.169.    c ὁ ἑ. 'one's neighbour', ἀγαπᾶν τὸν ἕ. Ep.Rom.13.6, cf. Ep.Gal.6.4.    III of another kind, different, ἕ. δέ με θυμὸς ἔρυκεν Od.9.302; τὸ μὲν ἕ., τὸ δὲ ἕ., i.e. they are different, Pl.Men.97d, cf. R.346a; ἕ. τε καὶ ἀνόμοιον Id.Smp. 186b; τὸ δὲ ταὐτὸν ἕ. ἀποφαίνειν καὶ τὸ θάτερον ταὐτόν Id.Sph.259d; ἕ. ἤδη ἦν καὶ οὐχ ὁ αὐτός D.34.12; ἑτέραν ἔδωκεν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ὄψιν OGI458.7 (i B. C.); ἕ. εὐαγγέλιον Ep.Gal.1.6: coupled with ἄλλος, χἀτέρους ἄλλους πόνους and other different toils, E.Supp.573 (s.v.l.), cf. Or.345 (dub.l.); Ῥόδον καὶ ἄλλας ἑτέρας πόλεις D.15.27; ἕτερον τό τ' ἀλγεῖν καὶ θεωρεῖν ἐστ' ἴσως Philem.75.7; ἕτερα φρονῶν καὶ δημηγορῶν Din.1.17: c.gen., other than, different from, φίλους . . ἑτέρους τῶν νῦν ὄντων Th.1.28, cf. Pl.Prt.333a, D.10.44, etc.; ἕτερον, ἕτερα ἢ... E.Or.345, X.Cyr.1.6.2; παρὰ ταῦτα πάντα ἕτερόν τι Pl.Phd.74a ; ἕτερα πολιτείας εἴδη παρὰ μοναρχίαν Arist.Pol.1294a25, cf. 1286b21.    2 other than should be, euphem. for κακός, παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα S.Ph.503; ἀγάθ' ἢ θάτερα, ἵνα μηδὲν εἴπω φλαῦρον D. 22.12: abs., δαίμων ἕ. Pi.P.3.34; λέκτρα, συμφοραί, E.Med.639 (lyr.), HF1238; ἐὰν τὰ ἕ. ψηφίσωνται οἱ δικασταί D.48.30; πλέον θάτερον ἐποίησαν did more harm (than good), Isoc.19.25, cf. Pl.Phd.114e, Euthd.280e, Aristid.2.117 J.    IV Special Phrases:    1 elliptical, mostly in dat. fem.,    a τῇ ἑτέρᾳ (sc. χειρί), Ep. ἑτέρῃ or ἑτέρηφι, with one hand (v. sub init.); with the left hand, Od.3.441, Il.22.80, Theoc.24.45: hence prov., οὐ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ ληπτός not to be caught with one hand, Pl.Sph.226a; ἐκ δ' ἑτέρης A.R.1.1115, AP 9.650 (Leont.).    b θατέρᾳ (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) on the morrow, S.OT782, E.Rh.449; τῆς ἑτέρας Pl.Cri.44a; but τῇ ἑτέρᾳ on the following (i.e. the third) day, X.Cyr.4.6.10.    c (sc. ὁδῷ) in another or a different way, καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἀτέρᾳ S.OC1444; another way, τρέπεσθαι Ar.Nu.812; ἑτέρᾳ πῃ Id.Eq.35; τότ' ἄλλοσ'... θατέρᾳ δὲ . . S.Tr. 272; θατέρᾳ... θατέρᾳ . . in one way... in the other... Henioch.5.16 ; ἑτέρηφι Hes.Op.216: acc. ἑτέραν ἐκτρέπεσθαι Luc.Tim.5.    2 adverb. with Preps.:    a ἐπὶ θάτερα to the one or the other side, one or the other way, ἐπὶ μὲν θάτερα... ἐπὶ θ. δὲ . . Hp.Art.7; τότε μὲν ἐπὶ θάτερα, τότε δ' ἐπὶ θ. Pl.Sph.259c: also with another Prep., ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ θάτερα to or on the other side, Th.1.87; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ θάτερα from the other side, Id.7.37; ἐκ μὲν τοῦ ἐπὶ θ., ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἐπὶ θ. Pl.Prt.314e: c. gen., ἐς τὰ ἐπὶ θ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ Th.7.84; εἰς τἀπὶ θ. τῆς πόλεως X.HG6.2.7; τὸ ἐπὶ θάτερον τῆς ῥινός Hp.Art.35.    b κατὰ θάτερα on the one or other side, κατὰ θ. ἀστός D.57.30; ψόφου κατὰ θ. προσπεσόντος Plu.Brut.51, etc.; but καθ' ἕτερα at other points, Th.7.42.    V Adv. ἑτέρως in one or the other way, opp. ἀμφοτέρως, Pl.Tht.181e; ἑ. τε καὶ ἑ., = ἀμφοτέρως, Id.Phdr.235a; τοῦ σκέλους ἑ. ἔχειν, = ἑτεροσκελὴς εἶναι, Philostr.VA3.39.    2 differently, rarely in Poetry, οὐχ ἑ. τις ἐρεῖ Theoc.Ep.10.3; ἑ. ἔχειν to be different, Ar.Pl.371: freq. in Prose, ὡς ἑ. in the other way (cf. ὡς), ἢν ἡ ἑτέρη γνάθος ἐκστῇ ὡς ἑ. χρὴ τὴν ἐπίδεσιν ἄγειν Hp.Art.34, cf. Pl.Sph.266a, etc.; ἐάν τε καλῶς, ἐάν θ' ὡς ἑ. D.18.85, cf. 212: c. gen., differently from, ἑ. πως τῶν εἰωθότων Pl.Plt.295d; ἑ. ἤπερ . . Ael.NA12.28.    3 otherwise than should be, badly, wrongly, once in Hom., ἑ. ἐβόλοντο Od.1.234; εἰ καὶ ἑ. τοῦτο ἀπέβη SIG851.10 (Marc.Aur.); εἴ τι ἑ. φρονεῖτε Ep.Phil. 3.15.