alternam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alternus, alterna, alternum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
alternate, one after the/every other, by turns, successive; mutual; reciprocal;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...acies. Victa materna prece Haesere bella, iamque in alternam necem Illinc et hinc miscere cupientes manum, Librata dextra..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...stabat et admissum caelo nemus; huius in umbra alternam renovare piae trieterida matres consuerant scissumque pecus terraque revulsas..."
