ἀλλ' ἤ,
A.
= ἀλλά
1.3 ,except, but, after negs., esp.οὐδείςorμηδείς, which are often joined withἄλλοςorἕτερος, asοὐδεὶς ἀλλ' ἢ ἐκείνηno oneexcepther, Hdt. 9.109 , cf. Th. 3.71 , al.; μηδὲν ἄλλο δοκεῖν εἶναι ἀληθὲς ἀλλ' ἢ τὸ σωματοειδές
Pl. Phd. 81b
, cf. R. 429b , etc.;ἀργύριον
μὲν οὐκ ἔχω ἀλλ' ἢ μικρόν τι
X. An. 7.7.53
:—after questions implying a neg., Pl. Phdr. 258e :—in Ar. Ach. 1111 , 1112
ἀλλ' ἦ(bis) is prob. l. forἀλλ' ἤ(bis). (This form seems to arise from a confusion ofοὐδὲν ἄλλο ἤ other than, except, cf. Hdt. 1.49 , 9.8 ,ἄλλο γε ἢ ὅτι.. exceptthat . . , andοὐδὲν ἄλλο . . ἀλά.)