ἕτερος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἅτερος (háteros), ὥτερος (hṓteros) Doric
  • ἄτερος (áteros) Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros, from Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros, from the zero grade of the root *sem- (one", from which also comes Ancient Greek εἷς (heîs), "one) + *-teros (contrastive suffix, from which also comes Ancient Greek -τερος (-teros)). Cognates include Sanskrit एकतर (ekatara), Breton hanter, and perhaps Old English sunder (English asunder).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἕτερος • (héteros) m (feminine ἑτέρᾱ, neuter ἕτερον); first/second declension

  1. one or the other of two
  2. (repeated at a distance) either ... or ...
  3. (repeated consecutively) one after the other
  4. other, another, second (often of pairs)
  5. different

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