(in later Gk.ἀλλά γεmay be in juxtaposition, εἰ ἄλλοις οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος, ἀλλά γε ὑμῖν εἰμί
1 Ep.Cor. 9.2
, andἀ. γε δήis found with vv. Il. in Pl. Phdr. 262a );εἰ καὶ μετέχουσι . . ἀλλ' οὐ. . Arist. Pol. 1282a11 :—less freq. after Conjunctions of Time, as ἐπεὶ δή
Od. 14.151
; ἐπεί
S. OC 241
.
b. after Hom. ,ἀ.is used elliptically, esp. with Advbs. of Time,ὦ θεοὶ πατρῷοι, συγγένεσθέ γ' ἀ. νῦν(sc.εἰ μὴ πρότερον, ἀ. νῦν γε) S. El. 411 , cf. Ant. 552 , E. Heracl. 565 ; ἀ. τῷ χρόνῳ
Id. Med. 912
;ἐὰν οὖν ἀ. νῦν γ' ἔτι, i.e.ἐὰν οὖν [μὴἄλλοτε], ἀ. νῦν γε. . if then nowat leastye still . . , D. 3.33 , cf. Lys. 10.15 :—without anAdv.of Time,at least, ἡ δ' ἀ. πρός σε μικρὸν εἰπάτω μόνον
, cf. 1152b30 : cf. reverse process in our wordbut=be out, except:—sts. with force ofἤafter comparatives,τάφον, οὐκ ἐν ᾧ κεῖνται μᾶλλον, ἀ.ἐν ᾧ ἡ δόξα κτλ. not that in which they are lying,butfar more . . , Th. 2.43 ; οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ πλέον, ἀ. δαπάνης
Id. 1.83
.
4. with neg. after an affirmative word or clause, to be rendered simply bynot, ἀγαθῶν, ἀ. οὐχὶ κακῶν αἴτιον
Lys. 14.16
; τῶν σπουδαίων, ἀ. μὴ τῶν φαύλων
Isoc. 1.2
; ἐκεῖθεν, ἀ. οὐκ ἐνθένδε ἡρπάσθη
Pl. Phdr. 229d
:—after a question,τί δεῖ ἐμβαλεῖν λόγον περὶ τούτου, ἀ. οὐχὶ προειπεῖν; X. Cyr. 2.2.19 , cf. Isoc. 15.229 , etc.
b. without neg., μικρὸς μὲν ἔην δέμας, ἀ. μαχητής
Il. 5.801
.
II. to oppose whole sentences,but, yet:
1. freq. in transitions, as Il. 1.135 , 140 , etc.;ἀ. καὶ ὥς. . 1.116 ;ἀ. οὐδ' ὥς. . Od. 1.6 :—after Hom. in answers and objections,nay but . . , well but. . , freq. with negs., esp. in making and answering objections, Ar. Ach. 402 , 407 ; also in affirmative answers, Pl. Prt. 330b , Grg. 449a , etc.:—repeated in a succession of questions or objections,πότερον ᾔτουν σέ τι . . ; ἀ. ἀπῄτουν; ἀ. περὶ παιδικῶν μαχόμενος; ἀ. μεθύων ἐπαρῴνησα; X. An. 5.8.4 , cf. Pl. Thg. 123e , Isoc. 17.47 ;ἀ. μήν. . , answered byἀ. . , Arist. Pol. 1287a23 :—in vehement answers Pl. often usesνὴ τοὺς θεοὺς ἀ . . . , μὰ Δί̓ ἀ. . , Grg. 481c , Phlb. 36a , cf. Alc. 1.110b , c:—at beginning of speech, to introduce a general objection, Od. 4.472 , cf. X. Smp. 1 , Men. Georg. 22 .
2. with imper. orsubj., to remonstrate, encourage, persuade, etc., freq. in Hom. ,ἀ. ἄγε, ἴθι, Il. 1.210 , 11.611 ; ἀ. ἴομεν
6.526
; ἀ. πίθεσθε
1.259
; after voc., ὦ Φίντις, ἀ. ζεῦξον
Pi. O. 6.22
, cf. Tyrt. 10.15 , etc.; answered by a second ἀ., ἀ. περιμένετε. ἀ. περιμενοῦμεν
Pl. R. 327b
; ἀλλ' ἕρπεθ' ὡς τάχιστα
S. OC 1643
, cf. Ant. 1029 , etc.
3. to break off a subject abruptly, ἀ. τά γε Ζεὺς οἶδεν
Od. 15.523
;ἀ. ταῦτα μὲν τί δεῖλέγειν; S. Ph. 11 , cf. Tr. 467 , etc.
4. in resuming an address after parenthesis, Pi. O. 2.12 , 4.7 .
5. in elliptical phrases,οὐ μὴν ἀ., οὐ μέντοι ἀ. . .it is not [so], but. . ,ὁ ἵππος πίπτει καὶ μικροῦ αὐτὸν ἐξετραχήλισεν: οὐ μὴν [ἐξετ ραχήλισεν] ἀ. ἐπέμεινεν ὁ Κῦροςit did not however [throw him],but. . , X. Cyr. 1.4.8 ; οὐ μέντοι ἀ.
III. when joined with other Particles, each retains proper force, as,
1. ἀλλ' ἄρα, used by Hom. in transitions, Il. 6.418 , 12.320 , etc.; later, to introduce an objection, Pl. Ap. 25a ; in questions,ἀλλ' ἆρα. . ; Id. R. 381b .
;well then, Pl. Prt. 310a ;but then, however, withγεfollowing, Hdt. 3.140 , S. Ant. 84 , E. Cyc. 652 , Isoc. 3.18 , etc.;ἀλλ' οὖν γεin apodosi,v.supr. 1.2 .
3. ἀλλὰ γάρ, freq. with words between,but really, certainly, asἀλλὰ γὰρ Κρέοντα λεύσσω . . , παύσω γόους, but this is irreg. forἀλλά, Κρέοντα γὰρ λεύσσω, παύσω γόους, E. Ph. 1308 , cf. S. Ant. 148 ; for the reg. order cf. S. Ph. 81 , E. Heracl. 480 , Med. 1067 ; freq. elliptical, the Verb being understood, Hdt. 8.8 , A. Pr. 941 , S. Ant. 155 : in Hom. only with negs., ἀλλ' οὐ γάρ
Il. 7.242
, Od. 14.355 , al., cf. S. OT 1409 ;ἀ. γὰρ δή, ἀ. γάρ τοι, S. Aj. 167 , Ph. 81 .
4. ἀ. εἰ. .quid si . . ?
Il. 16.559 .
5. ἀ. ἦin questions, chiefly of surprise or remonstrance, A. Ch. 220 , S. El. 879 , Ar. Ach. 1111 ;ἀλλ' ἦ, τὸ λεγόμενον, κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκομεν; Pl. Grg. 447a , cf. Prt. 309c .
, A. Pers. 795 , etc.;ἀ. μέντοι, with or withoutγε, Pl. Smp. 214e , Hp.Ma. 287d , al.;ἀ. μήν, v. μήν; ἀ. δή , mostly with words between, S. Aj. 1271 , OC 586 , Isoc. 4.109 , etc.; without intervening words, Pl. Ap. 37c , al.; ἀ. δῆτα
