alter, altera, alterum

Definitions for alter

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
the other (of two), second
English derivatives:
alter alteration alternate alternative altercation altruism adulterate adultery

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Pronoun

1
A further or second person or thing, another (one), (emph.) one other person. (b) (in a series) the second person, the next individual.
2
A person other than oneself or the person in question, a second party, another; (neut.) a thing other than that in question; also, that which is different.

Adjective

1
(w. emph. on the aspect of addition) A second, a further, another; (pl;) a second group of, further, other. (b) (w. proper nouns referring to unique things to indicate a close resemblance to the original) a second, another, a second self. (c) a further similar amount, as much again.
2
(in neg. and indefinite exprs.): (a) Any other; no other. (b) (without ullus, etc.) any other; also, some other (no matter what).
3
(w. ref. to numerical and temporal series) The second, the next. (b) (w. personal names) the second, i.e. the younger. (c) (as an element in compound ordinal numerals).
4
One or other (of two), one; pars ~ra, one half. (b) the other (of two), the second. (c) (in ellipt. expr.).
5
(of the members of a pair, specified or implied): (a) The one..the other, the first..the second; (pl.) the one group of.. the other group of. (b) ~r..~r.., the one.. the other; (pl.) the one group of.. the other group of; also, prior..~r... (c) (w. various pronouns, etc., constituting the element alternative to ~r). (d) (w. ~r twice, in different cases, in the same cl.). (e) ~r..~rum.., etc. one (of two) ..one, and the other..the other, one..each.

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Sentences with alter

Latin to English

Alter amīcus tōtam vītam in aliā terrā aget.Compare The other friend will lead (his) entire life in another land.

Nūllās cōpiās in alterā terrā habēbātis.Compare You (pl.) had no forces in the other land.

Duae sunt artēs igitur quae possunt locāre hominēs in amplissimō gradū dignitātis: ūna imperātoris, altera ōrātōris bonī. (Cicero, Pro Murena 30)Compare There are two professions that lead a man to the highest rank of office, that of general, and that of good orator.

Sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia manes.Compare There are two gates of Sleep: the one is made of horn, they say, and affords the outlet for genuine apparitions; the other's a gate of brightly-shining ivory: this way the Shades send up to earth false dreams that impose upon us.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 58.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 107.
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): 120.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "alter, altera, alterum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 9, 2023. Accessed December 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/alter-altera-alterum.