ἕτερος ἕτερος, α, ον crasis for ὁ ἕτερος, Ionic οὕτερος, Doric ὥτερος; neut. θάτερον Attic, Ionic τοὔτερον· pl. ἅτεροι, θάτερα, for οἱ ἕτεροι, τὰ ἕτερα· gen. θατέρου· dat. θατέρῳ· fem. nom. ἁτέρα, dat. θἀτέρᾳ Lat. alter, the other, one of two, χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ Hom., v. infr. IV; χωλὸς ἕτερον πόδα, etc.:—then of all persons or things of which there are two, Lat. alteruter, Il.; τὴν ἑτ. πύλην one of the two gates, Hdt.; δυοῖν ἀγαθοῖν τὸ ἕτ. Thuc., etc.:—in pl. one of two parties, each of which is pl., Lat. alterutri, Hom. in double clauses, ἕτερος (in Prose ὁ ἕτερος) is repeated, ἕτερον μὲν ἔδωκε, ἕτερον δʼ ἀνένευσε Il., etc. often repeated in the same clause, ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερʼ ἐστίν one depends upon the other, Od.; ἕτεροι ἑτέρων ἄρχουσι the one rule the other, Thuc. like Lat. alter, = δεύτερος, second, ἡ μὲν . . , ἡ δʼ ἑτέρη . . , ἡ δὲ τρίτη . . , Od., etc.; ἡ ἑτέρα (sc. ἡμέρα) , the second day, i. e. day after to-morrow, Xen.:—so with Pronouns of quantity, ἕτερον τοσοῦτο another of the same size, Hdt. put loosely for ἄλλος, Lat. alius, another, Hom., Attic other than usual, different, Od., etc.; ἕτ. καὶ οὐχ ὁ αὐτός Dem.:—c. gen. other than, different from, ἑτέρους τῶν νῦν ὄντων Thuc.; so, ἕτερον ἢ . . , Eur. other than should be, other than good, euphem. for κακός, as Lat. sequior for malus, ἀγαθὰ ἢ θάτερα Dem.; and alone, ἑτ. θυσία Aesch., etc. Special Phrases: elliptical, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ (sc. χειρί) , Epic τῇ ἑτέρῃ or ἑτέρῃφι with one hand, Il.; esp. with the left hand, Hom. (sub. ἡμέρᾳ) on the next day, Soph., Xen. (sub. ὁδῷ) 2n another or a different way, Soph., Ar. Adverbial with Preps., ἐπὶ θάτερα to or on the other side, Thuc., etc. κατὰ θάτερα on the one or other side, Dem. adv.