A.“θάτερον” A.Ag.344, And.2.7, etc., 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., Ion. “τοὐτέρου” Semon.7.113, 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), 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.).
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), 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. 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.
