alterno, alternare, alternavi, alternatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
do by turns, vary; alternate, waver, ebb and flow; bear/crop in alternate years;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | alterno | alternamus |
| 2 | alternas | alternatis |
| 3 | alternat | alternant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | alternare |
| active | perfect | alternavisse |
| passive | present | alternari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | alterna | alternate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | alternato | alternatote |
| 3 | alternato | alternanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | alternare | alternamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | alternator | — |
| 3 | alternator | alternantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternatus | alternati |
| Gen. | alternati | alternatorum |
| Dat. | alternato | — |
| Acc. | alternatum | alternatos |
| Voc. | alternate | alternati |
| Abl. | alternato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternata | alternatae |
| Gen. | alternatae | alternatarum |
| Dat. | alternatae | — |
| Acc. | alternatam | alternatas |
| Voc. | alternata | alternatae |
| Abl. | alternata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternatum | alternata |
| Gen. | alternati | alternatorum |
| Dat. | alternato | — |
| Acc. | alternatum | alternata |
| Voc. | alternatum | alternata |
| Abl. | alternato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternandus | — |
| Gen. | alternandi | — |
| Dat. | alternando | — |
| Acc. | alternandum | — |
| Voc. | alternande | — |
| Abl. | alternando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternanda | — |
| Gen. | alternandae | — |
| Dat. | alternandae | — |
| Acc. | alternandam | — |
| Voc. | alternanda | — |
| Abl. | alternanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alternandum | — |
| Gen. | alternandi | — |
| Dat. | alternando | — |
| Acc. | alternandum | — |
| Voc. | alternandum | — |
| Abl. | alternando | — |
Supines
accusative: alternatum; ablative: alternatu
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...caelo. a parvis quod enim consuerant cernere semper alterno tenebras et lucem tempore gigni, non erat ut fieri..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...laudamus. Non pudet homines, mitissimum genus, gaudere sanguine alterno et bella gerere gerendaque liberis tradere, cum inter..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...earum quaerit, deinde condicionem circumfusi maris cursusque eius alternos et recursus; tunc quidquid inter caelum terrasque plenum formidinis..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...daturus coniugi iugulum suae. Iam iam natabit sanguine alterno domus: enses secures tela, diuisum graui ictu bipennis regium..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...membra dolori fessumque mouens per colla caput latus alterno pondere flectit. fletum uirtus saepe resorbet: sic arctoas laxare..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ille quidem flens consedit in lecto. Ego autem alternos opponebam foramini oculos iniuriaque Eumolpi velut quodam cibo..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...gestus, vulgaris magis quam ex arte, qui contrahit alterno celerique motu et explicat manum. CIII. Est et illa..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...duxit in aequas 5imperium commune uices, tutelaque ualliperuigil alterno paret custodia signo.his praeter Latias acies erat inpiger AsturVettonesque..."