Ἄλλως
otherwise, merely
Translated by Jennifer Benedict25 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] in vain.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄλλως· μάτην.
Betacode
*)/allws: ma/thn.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.144, where the headword adverb occurs.
cf. alpha 1395.
Linked from3 entries
- α1395Ἄλλωςotherwise[Meaning] in vain, or particularly, or after another fashion. Also found is thna/llws with the article, and a)/llws te. "Nor did the prayers and the hostile curses against the god slip otherwise."
- α1396Ἄλλωςotherwise[Meaning] vainly. "I was [or: they were] toiling otherwise."
- α1399Ἄλλως ᾄδειςyou are singing for nothing[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those toiling in vain.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jun 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict