Latin edit

Etymology edit

From alter +‎ uter.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra
Genitive alterutrī alterutrae alterutrī alterutrōrum alterutrārum alterutrōrum
Dative alterutrō alterutrō alterutrīs
Accusative alterutrum alterutram alterutrum alterutrōs alterutrās alterutra
Ablative alterutrō alterutrā alterutrō alterutrīs
Vocative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra

Adverb edit

alteruter (not comparable)

  1. either

References edit

  • 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.