állos

állos

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἶλος (aîlos) — Cypriot
• ἄλλυ (állu) — Arcadian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognates include Latin alius, Old Irish aile, Old Armenian այլ (ayl), Old English elles (English else), Albanian lloj (“sort, kind”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ál.los/ → /ˈal.los/ → /ˈa.los/

Adjective

ἄλλος • (állos) m (feminine ἄλλη, neuter ἄλλο); first/second declension

1. other, another, different, else
   1. (with article) the other, all others, all besides, the rest [ quotations ▼]
   2. (with numerals) yet, still
   3. (in lists) as well, besides, too
   4. equivalent to ἀλλοῖος (alloîos) of another sort than (with genitive)
2. (in phrases)
   1. in combination with τις (tis) any other; anyone else, anything else
   2. in the phrase ἄλλος τε καὶ (állos te kaì) especially, most of all
   3. in the phrase εἴ τις καὶ ἄλλος (eí tis kaì állos) or εἴ τι καὶ ἄλλο (eí ti kaì állo) if anyone, whoever else; if anything, whatever else