alius

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ályos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄλλος, αἶλος (Arcadocypriot), Modern Greek αλλιώς, Old Armenian այլ (ayl), Proto-Celtic *alyos, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis), Old Irish aile, Old English elles, English else, Breton eil, Welsh all-, Cornish yl, Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), Proto-Germanic *aljaz, Swedish eljest, Danish ellers, Norwegian ellers.

Adjective

alius m. (feminine alia, neuter aliud); first/second declension

1. other, another

Inflection

Irregular declension. Regular genitive singular, alīus[1] is rare, being normally supplied by that of alter instead.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	alius	alia	aliud		aliī	aliae	alia
genitive	alterīus	alterīus	alterīus		aliōrum	aliārum	aliōrum
dative	aliī	aliī	aliī		aliīs	aliīs	aliīs
accusative	alium	aliam	aliud		aliōs	aliās	alia
ablative	aliō	aliā	aliō		aliīs	aliīs	aliīs
vocative	alie	alia	aliud		aliī	aliae	alia

See also

• et alii