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ἀλλότριος

ἀλλότριος, ἀλλότριος, belonging to another; foreign; hostile, ill-disposed

ἀλλότριος, Aeol. ἀλλότερρος EM 529.24, α, ον, (ἄλλος)
  • of or belonging to another, βίοτος, νηῦς, ἄχεα, Od. 1.160, 9.535, Il. 20.298; γυνή another manʼs wife, A. Ag. 448 (lyr.); ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι to be bountiful of what is anotherʼs, Od. 17.452; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν with faces unlike their own, of a forced, unnatural laugh, ib. 20.347; ἀ. ὄμμασιν εἷρπον by the help of anotherʼs eyes, S. OC 146 (lyr.); οὐκ ἀ. ἄτην not inflicted by other hands, Id. Ant. 1259; but ἀ. φόνος murder of a stranger (cf. ΙΙ.1), Pl. Euthphr. 4b: prov., ἀ. ἀμᾶν θέρος reap where one has not sown, Ar. Eq. 392, cf. Hes. Th. 599; ἀλλοτριωτάτοις τοῖς σώμασιν χρῆσθαι deal with oneʼs body as if it belonged to another, Th. 1.70; τὰ ἀλλότρια, contr. τἀλλότρια, what belongs to others, not oneʼs own, τἀ. ἀποστερεῖν, δειπνεῖν, X. Ages. 4.1, Theopomp.Com. 34.
    • II opp. οἰκεῖος, foreign, strange,
      • 1 of persons, ἀ. φώς stranger, Od. 18.219, cf. Ar. Ra. 481; almost = enemy, Il. 5.214, Od. 16.102; οὐδέ τις ἀλλοτρίων no stranger, Hdt. 3.155; εἴτε ἀ. εἴτε οἰκεῖος ὁ τεθνεώς Pl. Euthphr. 4b; ἀ. τῆς πόλεως Lys. 28.6; οὐδείς ἐστί μοι ἀ., ἂν ᾖ χρηστός Men. 602; ἀλλοτριώτερος τῶν παίδων less near than thy children, Hdt. 3.119; ἀλλοτριώτερος, opp. οἰκειότερος, Arist. EN 1162a3: c. dat., ἀλλότριοι ὑμῖν ὄντες Isoc. 14.51.
        • b hostile, unfavourably disposed, c. gen., ἀ. Ῥωμαίων Plb. 28.4.4; -ώτατος μοναρχίας D.S. 16.65; ἀλλότρια φρονῶν τοῦ βασιλέως Plb. 36.15.7, cf. OGI 90.19 (Rosetta).
        • c disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείας Plb. 36.15.2.
      • 2 of things, alien, strange, τροφή Pl. R. 491d (Comp.), etc.; εἴ τι πρότερον γέγονεν ἀ. estrangement, Decr. ap. D. 18.185; ἡ ἀ. alien country, enemyʼs country, Lys. 2.6, Isoc. 10.50, cf. Hdt. 8.73: c. gen., alien from, ἐπιτηδεύματα δημοκρατίας ἀ. Lys. 31.34; οὐδὲν ἀ. ποιῶν τοῦ τρόπου Decr. ap. D. 18.182.
        • b Medic., abnormal, Sor. 2.5, Gal. 14.780; ἀ. σάρκες superfluous fat, Pl. R. 556d.
        • c foreign to the purpose, λόγοι Arist. EE 1218b23: Comp., Id. EN 1159b24: Sup., Id. Cat. 15b29, cf. Polystr. p.17 W.
        • d Astrol., = ἀπόστροφος, POxy. 464.16.
    • III Adv. ἀλλοτρίως, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας to be unfavourably disposed towards . ., Lys. 33.1, cf. Isoc. 12.159; ἄ. ἔχειν πρός . . Id. 5.80: Comp. -ιώτερον less favourably, D. 18.9.
      • 2 strangely, marvellously, Epigr.Gr. 989.2.
      • 3 in a manner foreign to, c. gen., Pers.Stoic. 1.100. [-ο̄τρ- only in Men. 557 s. v. l.]

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