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alternus
alternus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈter.nus/, [aɫˈtɛr.nʊs]
Etymology
From alter (“other”) + -rnus.
Adjective
alternus m (feminine alterna, neuter alternum); first/second declension
- alternate (one after the other), successive
- interchangeable
- mutual, reciprocal
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | alternus | alterna | alternum | alternī | alternae | alterna | |
| genitive | alternī | alternae | alternī | alternōrum | alternārum | alternōrum | |
| dative | alternō | alternō | alternīs | ||||
| accusative | alternum | alternam | alternum | alternōs | alternās | alterna | |
| ablative | alternō | alternā | alternō | alternīs | |||
| vocative | alterne | alterna | alternum | alternī | alternae | alterna | |
References
- alternus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alternus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alternus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- every other day: alternis diebus
- every other day: alternis diebus