alteruter

alteruter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos
Proto-Italic *aljos
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *aliteros
Latin alter
Latin uter
Latin alteruter

    From alter + uter.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    alteruter (feminine alterutra, neuter alterutrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

    1. one of two, one or the other; either
    2. (rare) = uterque, both

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra
    genitive alterutrī alterutrae alterutrī alterutrōrum alterutrārum alterutrōrum
    dative alterutrō alterutrae alterutrō alterutrīs
    accusative alterutrum alterutram alterutrum alterutrōs alterutrās alterutra
    ablative alterutrō alterutrā alterutrō alterutrīs
    vocative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra

    Adverb

    alteruter (not comparable)

    1. either

    References

    • “alteruter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “alteruter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “alteruter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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