ἄλλοθεν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄλλος (állos) +‎ -θεν (-then)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.lo.tʰen/ → /ˈal.lo.θen/ → /ˈa.lo.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.lo.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.θen/

Adverb

ᾰ̓́λλοθεν • (állothen)

1. from another place
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.75:

     ὑμεῖς δ’ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἐρητύειν ἐπέεσσιν

     humeîs d’ állothen állos erētúein epéessin

     you, one from one place, another from another, restrain [them] with words

Further reading

• “ἄλλοθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλλοθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963