alterius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alterius:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
of one another;
- Entry →alter, altera, alterum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
one (of two); second/another; former/latter; [unus et ~=> one or two/other];; second/further/next/other/latter/some person/thing (PRONominal ADJ); either;
gen. sg. (all)
Examples
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...falce premes umbras uotisque uocaueris imbrem, heu magnum alterius frustra spectabis aceruum concussaque famem in siluis solabere quercu..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno; et saepe alterius ramos impune uidemus uertere in alterius, mutatamque insita mala..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...Gallum Gallus habet fratres, quorum est lepidissima coniunx alterius, lepidus filius alterius. Gallus homo est bellus: nam dulces..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...abest ut se indicet, perficiet etiam ut dolere alterius improbe facto videatur. quid est enim aliud esse versutum..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pastoria pellis texit, onusque fuit baculum silvestre sinistrae, alterius dispar septenis fistula cannis. dumque amor est curae..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tellus madefacta tepebat, conciderant lapsi; surgentibus obstitit ensis, alterius costis, iugulo Phorbantis adactus. At non Actoriden Erytum..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sospes sine me det lintea ventis virque sit alterius, poenae Medea relinquar? si facere hoc aliamve potest praeponere..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...membra quatit gelidusque coit formidine sanguis. rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen insequor et causas penitus temptare latentis..."