per alia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin per alia, from per (“by; through”) + alia (“others”).

Adverb[edit]

per alia (not comparable)

  1. By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.
    If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then per alia Socrates is mortal.

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