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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."