Latin

Adjective

aliēnum

1. nominative neuter singular of aliēnus
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

References

• alienum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alienum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
    
  • (ambiguous) the expression is not in accordance with Latin usage: aliquid a consuetudine sermonis latini abhorret, alienum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
    
  • (ambiguous) to get into debt: incidere in aes alienum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in debt: aes alienum habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in debt: in aere alieno esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be deeply in debt: aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
    
  • (ambiguous) to get out of debt: ex aere alieno exire
    
  • (ambiguous) to get out of debt: aere alieno liberari