Plato › Greek Lexicon › ἀλλοῖος

ἀλλοῖος

alloios

of another sort

Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλλοῖος, α, ον, (ἄλλος) A. of another sort or kind, different, Il. 4.258, 5.638 (v.l.), Od. 16.181, etc.; ἄλλοτε ἀλλοῖος Pi. I. 4(3).5, cf. P. 3.104, Diog.Apoll. 2 : prov., ἢν πολλὰ βάλλῃς, ἄλλοτʼ ἀλλοῖον βαλεῖς ‘every bullet has its billet’, Com.Adesp. 448 ; ἀλλοῖα φρονεῖν Emp. 108 ; ἀλλοῖόν τι, euphem. for κακόν τι, other than good, Hdt. 5.40 ; εἴ τι γένοιτο ἀ. Arcesil. ap. D.L. 4.44 ; ἂν . . [ὁ λόγος] ἀλλοιότερος φαν D. Prooem. 32.4, cf.Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.99 :—foll. by ἤ . . , Hdt. 2.35, Pl. Ap. 20c, etc.; or by gen., Id. Lg. 836b :—Comp. ἀλλοιότερος Hdt. 7.212, Th. 4.106, D.l.c., Arist. Cael. 280a12 ; ἀλλοιέστερος Epich. 186, cf. Sch.Od. 2.190. 2. containing or subject to diversity, Porph. Sent. 20,21. II. Adv. -ως otherwise, Pl. Ly. 212d : Comp. -ότερον X. Mem. 4.8.2 ; -οτέρως worse, Charis. 80.17.
‹ All lexicon entries