ἕτερος

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

A

θάτερον A.Ag.344

, And.2.7, etc., [dialect] 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., [dialect] Ion.

τοὐτέρου Semon.7.113

, [dialect] 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), [dialect] 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), [dialect] 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. [full] 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

.