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Headword: Ἀλλ'
Adler number: alpha,1169
Translated headword: but then...?
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning unless. Also meaning simple ἤ ["than"]. But sometimes it is also used meaning ἀλλὰ ἄρα ["but surely"] and meaning simple ἄρα . Plato [writes]: "but then [...] have we come too late for the festival",[1] meaning ἄρα .
Greek Original:
Ἀλλ' ἤ: ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰ μή. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁπλοῦ τοῦ ἤ. τίθεται δὲ ἐνίοτε καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀλλὰ ἄρα καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁπλοῦ τοῦ ἄρα. Πλάτων: ἀλλ' ἢ κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκομεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἄρα.
Notes:
The headword should be ἀλλ' ἤ . Denniston (see below) discusses the use and origin of this combination, which could come from ἀλλὰ ἤ or ἄλλο ἤ .
[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.
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