alternus
Esperanto
Verb
alternus
- conditional of alterni
Latin
Etymology
From alter (“other”) + -rnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈter.nus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈter.nus/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective
alternus (feminine alterna, neuter alternum); first/second-declension adjective
- alternate (one after the other), successive
- interchangeable
- mutual, reciprocal
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
Descendants
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
- alternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- every other day: alternis diebus
- every other day: alternis diebus