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Aut

Aut

See also: aut, AUT, aut', and aut-

Translingual

Symbol

Aut

  1. (algebra, category theory) The set of automorphisms of a specific object.

Hypernyms

  • (set of automorphisms): Hom

aut

aut

See also: AUT, Aut, aut', and aut-

Ladin

Adjective

aut m (feminine singular auta, masculine plural auc, feminine plural autes)

  1. high

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewti (on the other hand), from *h₂ew-. Cognate with Ancient Greek αὖ (), αὖτε (aûte), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (auths). Confer with Latin autem, Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós), αὐτάρ (autár).

Conjunction

aut

  1. or (exclusive or)
    Marcus ludos videbit aut dormiet.
    Marcus will watch the games or sleep [but not both].
    Aut Caesar, aut nihil.
    Either Caesar or nothing (figuratively: all or nothing)
    Aut disce aut discede.
    Either learn or go away.
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:19:
      et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me
      And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,

Usage notes

  • This word is used in pairs (aut ... aut) to mean "either....or".
  • Unlike vel, this word implies an exclusive "or"; i.e., one option or the other, but not both.

Descendants

  • Asturian: o
  • Catalan: o
  • Esperanto:
  • French: ou
  • Galician: ou
  • Ido: o, od
  • Italian: o
  • Portuguese: ou
  • Romanian: au
  • Romansch: u
  • Spanish: o/u

References

  • aut in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aut in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aut”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • twenty years and more: viginti anni et amplius, aut plus
    • geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
  • Andrew L. Sihler (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aw-, from Proto-Indo-European *ew-, *ow- “to tie, to bind” > “to put on, to dress”. The original meaning was probably “to tie, to wrap (around the foot)”, whence “to put on (footwear)”. Cognates include Lithuanian aũti, Old Church Slavonic обути (obuti) (< *uti), Russian обуть (obút’), Belarusian абуць (abúc’), Ukrainian обути (obúty), Bulgarian обуя (obúja), Czech obouti, Polish obuć, Latin exuere (to take off) (< *ex-u-ere).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [àwt]

Verb

aut tr., 1st conj., pres. aunu, aun, aun / auju, auj, auj, past āvu

  1. put on footwear (shoes, boots, socks, etc.)
    zēns āva kājas ― the boy put on footwear (lit. on his feet)
    aut kājas pastalās ― to put on pastalas (simple footwear) (lit. to put one's feet into pastalas)
    aut kurpes kājas ― to put on shoes (lit. to put shoes on one's feet)
  2. nosēdos uz akmens un gribēju aut kājas, bet kurpes bija ļoti sabristas — I sat down on a rock and wanted to put shoes on (lit. to put (my) feet (into shoes)), but the shoes were very wet
    Žanis āva kājās stulmeņu zābakus ― Žanis put the long boots on (his) feet
  3. (figuratively, with kājas) to prepare for a journey (lit. to put on footwear)
    un tūliņ ķēniņš aun kājas savu sievu meklēt ― and quickly the king puts on footwear to go looking for his wife

Conjugation

Usage notes

Note that aut can take two complements, the footwear or the subject's feet. Either can be the direct object, in which case the other will be a locative complement (i.e., either "to put shoes on one's feet" or "to put one's feet into shoes").

Synonyms

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apaut
  • ataut
  • ieaut
  • izaut
  • noaut
  • paaut
  • pāraut
  • saaut
  • uzaut
other derived terms:

Related terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), aut”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ʉd/

Verb

aut

  1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of mynet

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sursilvan) ault
  • (Sutsilvan) òlt
  • (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ot

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Adjective

aut m (feminine singular auta, masculine plural auts, feminine plural autas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) high

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English out.

Noun

aut m (Cyrillic spelling аут)

  1. (sports) area outside the playground borders