A.= ἔκτοσθεν, from without, outside, c. gen., ἔ. ἄλλων μνηστήρων outside their circle, apart from them, Od.1.132; λίμνας ἔ. A.Pers.871 (lyr.); πύργων δ᾽ ἔ. βαλών having struck them from the wall, Id.Th.629 (lyr.); “ἔ. ἐρώτων” AP5.301.7 (Agath.).
2. abs., outside, without, οὐδ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων ἔ. A.Ch.473 (lyr.); “ἔ. βοᾶν” S.El.802; ἔ. γαμεῖν marry from an alien house, E. Andr.975; τὰ ἔ. things abroad, Theoc.10.9:—ἔκτοθεν αὐλῆς is dub. in Od.9.239 (perh. outside in the court).
3. without, unaccompanied by, “τινός” Nonn.D.11.428.