Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for alpha,1169 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: All'
Adler number: alpha,1169
Translated headword: but then...?
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning unless. Also meaning simple h)/ ["than"]. But sometimes it is also used meaning a)lla\ a)/ra ["but surely"] and meaning simple a)/ra. Plato [writes]: "but then [...] have we come too late for the festival",[1] meaning a)/ra.
Greek Original:
All' ê: anti tou ei mê. kai anti tou haplou tou ê. tithetai de eniote kai anti tou alla ara kai anti tou haplou tou ara. Platôn: all' ê katopin heortês hêkomen, anti tou ara.
Notes:
The headword should be a)ll' h)/. Denniston (see below) discusses the use and origin of this combination, which could come from a)lla\ h)/ or a)/llo h)/.
[1] Plato, Gorgias 447A, abridged.
Reference:
J. D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, ed. 2 (Oxford 1950), pp. 24-27
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 May 2000@21:15:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 12 June 2002@09:11:13.
David Whitehead (betacode and other cosmetics) on 5 February 2012@07:42:19.
Catharine Roth (tweaks) on 9 April 2012@00:26:57.
Catharine Roth (expanded note, added bibliography) on 12 April 2012@01:06:31.

Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search