[jQuery] li:gt(...) keeps counting to the next list

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Using two ul lists:

<ul>
        <li>alpha</li>
        <li>beta</li>
</ul>

<ul>
        <li>gamma</li>
        <li>delta</li>
</ul>

In jQuery, I am trying to select all li's *except* the first one:

$("ul li:gt(0)").hide();

and then on hover, reveal them:

$("ul:first-child").hover(
                function() {
                        $("#preferences ul li:gt(0)").show();
                },
                function() {
                        $("#preferences ul li:gt(0)").hide();
                }
);


The problem is, that the selector "ul li:gt(0)", goes on and hides the
second list ('gamma', 'delta').

As those are two individual lists, I thought that 'gamma' was
index[0], and not part of the first list, ie index[2].

Am I wrong? Is there another way to do this?