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ἄλλως, ἄλλως, otherwise; in vain (adverb)

ἄλλως, Dor. ἀλλῶς, A.D. Adv. 175.13, Adv. of ἄλλος,
  • otherwise, Il. 19.401, etc.: freq. with other Advbs., ἄ. πως in some other way, ἄ. οὐδαμῶς in no other wise, Pl. R. 343b, 526a, etc.; πως ἄ. X. Mem. 2.6.39; ἄ. καὶ ἄ. Hierocl. in CA 23 p.468 M.
      • 2 καὶ ἄλλως and besides (cf. ἄλλος II.8), ἀγήνωρ ἐστὶ καὶ ἄλλως Il. 9.699; a woman is described as very tall καὶ ἄ. εὐειδής Hdt. 1.60, etc.; ἀρίστου καὶ ἄ. φρονιμωτάτου Pl. Phd. 118a:—so ἄ. δέ . . Hdt. 6.105, Ar. Av. 1476; ἄλλως τε S. OT 1114, Hdt. 8.142.
        • b at all events, any how, εἴ πέρ γε καὶ ἄ. ἐθέλει . . Hdt. 7.16.γʹ; ἄλλως alone, εἰ ἄ. βούλοιτο Id. 8.30; ἐπείπερ ἄλλως . . εἰς Ἄργος κίεις A. Ch. 680.
      • 3 freq. in phrase ἄλλως τε καί . . both otherwise and . ., i.e. especially, above all, A. Eu. 473, Th. 1.70, etc.; strengthd., ἄ. τε πάντως καί . . A. Pr. 636, Eu. 726; freq. followed by ἤν, εἰ, ἐπειδή, especially if . ., Hp. VC 21, Th. 1.81, 2.3; by part., Id. 4.104, 7.80:—without καί, ἄ. τε ἐάν X. Mem. 1.2.59; ἄλλως τε ἐπειδή Isoc. 2.51, Pl. Men. 85e, etc.
    • II otherwise than something implied, differently, τοῦτʼ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄ. εἶπαι to deny it, Hdt. 6.124; οὐκ ἄ. λέγω I say no otherwise, i.e. I say so, E. Hec. 302: hence,
      • 2 far otherwise, i.e. better, οὐδέ κεν ἄλλως οὐδὲ θεὸς τεύξειε Od. 8.176, cf. Il. 14.53.
      • 3 more freq., otherwise than should be, at random, without aim or purpose, Od. 14.124, Hdt. 3.16, 4.77, etc.:—in vain, Il. 23.144; freq. in Trag. and Com., ἀλλʼ ἄ. πονεῖ S. OT 1151, cf. 333, E. Med. 1030, Ar. Eq. 11; with Subst., εἴδωλον ἄ. mere image, S. Ph. 947; ἀριθμὸν ἄ. E. Tr. 476; παρὰ καιρὸν ἄ. Id. IA 800; ἀριθμός, πρόβατʼ ἄ. Ar. Nu. 1203; ὄχλος ἄ. καὶ βασκανία D. 19.24, cf. Th. 8.78; τὴν ἄ., sc. ἄγουσαν ὁδόν, in vain, λέγειν D. 3.21; ψηφίζεσθαι 19.181, cf. Philem. 51, etc.; also, in no particular way, i.e. concerning indifferent matters, οἱ ἀγῶνες οὐδέποτε τὴν ἄ., ἄλλʼ ἀεὶ τὴν περὶ αὑτοῦ Pl. Tht. 172e; τὴν ἄ. θεωρεῖν Pl. Lg. 650a; τήν γε ἄλλως otherwise, i.e. generally, D.C. 38.24, 42.50:—for nothing, Hdt. 3.139: —otherwise than right, wrongly, D. Ep. 1.12, etc.

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