altrui

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alterūi, corresponding to classical Latin alterī (dative singular of alter). The -ui ending, analogous to lui, costui, colui, is ultimately due to the influence of cui.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ui

• IPA^(key): /alˈtruj/
• Rhymes: -uj
• Hyphenation: al‧trùi

Determiner

altrui (invariable)

1. (possessive) another person's, someone else's, other people's, of others (genitive of altro)

   Synonym: d'altri

Pronoun

altrui

1. (literary) someone else, other people
   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 16–18; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     […] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.

     Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, ¶ ⁠Vested already with that planet's rays ¶ ⁠Which leadeth others right by every road.

Anagrams

• urlati

Old French

Pronoun

altrui

1. Alternative form of autrui