alternus

Esperanto

Verb

alternus

1. conditional of alterni

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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

1. alternate (one after the other), successive
2. interchangeable
3. mutual, reciprocal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Descendants

• Catalan: altern
• English: altern
• Spanish: alterno

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