Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ἔωσα

ἔωσι

ἕωσπερ

Ἑωσφόρος

ἤ²

ἤ2ep.ἠέdisjunctive and interrog.conj introducing an alternativeorHom.ἤ ... ἤeither ... orHom.alsoἤ ... τεIl. A. introducing a contrast, esp. after a compar. adj. or adv., or after an adj. expressing or implying comparison, as ἄλλος, ἕτεροςthanHom.phrs.πρὶν ἤ, πρόσθεν ἤearlier than, before, untilIl. Hdt. S.after neg.ἀλλ᾿ ἤapart from, except forAtt.orats. see alsoἤπερintroducing the first part of a disjunctive q., the second part being introduced by ἦ1 or ep. ἦε, oris it the case that... or?indir.whether it is the case that... orHom.

ShortDef

either..or; than

exclam.

(Cypr.) when

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ἤ

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ἤ

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IDX:

16908

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-16909

Key:

ἤ_2

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