Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 101.alius on page 101
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alius other
alius is a Latin Adjective that primarily means other.
Definitions for alius
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
other, another
English derivatives:
alias alibi alien
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Pronoun
- 1
A person, etc., other than the one concerned, another, (pl.) other persons, others.
- 2
The rest, the others.
Adjective
- 1
Different in identity, other.
- 2
(sg.) An additional or further (one), another; (pl.) additional or further (ones), other(s).
- 3
(w. ref. to an additional, but related, factor) As well, also.
- 4
Other than what is familiar, strange, new, different.
- 5
One or the other (of two), the second; also, the second (of three).
Sentences with alius
Latin to English
Alter amīcus tōtam vītam in aliā terrā aget.Compare The other friend will lead (his) entire life in another land.
At tyrannō expulsō, alius tyrannus imperium saepe accipit.Compare But after a tyrant has been expelled, another tyrant often gets the power.
Aiunt fertiles in Oceano iacere terras ultraque Oceanum rursus alia litora, alium nasci orbem... Facile ista finguntur, quia Oceanus navigari non potest. [Suasoriae,I.1.1]Compare They say that there are fertile lands somewhere in the Ocean, and that beyond the Ocean lie other shores, another world begins.... It is easy to imagine such things, for the Ocean is not navigable.
Teneo alius castra; odi hostis: ego urbs et res urbanus tueor.Compare Let others keep the camp; let them hate the enemy: We will take care of the city and the affairs of the city.
Eo, et post paucus dies alius decem legatus sui cum adduco.Compare They went, and a few days afterwards brought ten other ambassador with them.
Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli, quem labor adsiduus vicino terreat hoste, Martia cui somnos classica pulsa fugent: me mea paupertas vita traducat inerti, dum meus adsiduo luceat igne focus. (Elegiae, I,1,1)Compare Let others amass riches of yellow gold and own many acres of farmland; let other toil without respite in fear of the nearby enemy, their sleep chased by the blasts of trumpets summoning to battle. For myself, I will be content to lead an inactive life in poverty, provided that my hearth shine with a steady fire.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 48.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 101.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "alius, alia, aliud (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/alius-alia-aliud.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 48.alius, alia, aliud on page 48
