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aliter

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aliter (“otherwise”), from alius (“other”).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

aliter (not comparable)

  1. otherwise

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a- +‎ lit +‎ -er.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

aliter

  1. (reflexive) to be bedridden
  2. (transitive) to cause to become bedridden

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of aliter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple aliter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple alitant
/a.li.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle alité
/a.li.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present alite
/a.lit/ 		alites
/a.lit/ 		alite
/a.lit/ 		alitons
/a.li.tɔ̃/ 		alitez
/a.li.te/ 		alitent
/a.lit/
imperfect alitais
/a.li.tɛ/ 		alitais
/a.li.tɛ/ 		alitait
/a.li.tɛ/ 		alitions
/a.li.tjɔ̃/ 		alitiez
/a.li.tje/ 		alitaient
/a.li.tɛ/
past historic2 alitai
/a.li.te/ 		alitas
/a.li.ta/ 		alita
/a.li.ta/ 		alitâmes
/a.li.tam/ 		alitâtes
/a.li.tat/ 		alitèrent
/a.li.tɛʁ/
future aliterai
/a.li.tʁe/ 		aliteras
/a.li.tʁa/ 		alitera
/a.li.tʁa/ 		aliterons
/a.li.tʁɔ̃/ 		aliterez
/a.li.tʁe/ 		aliteront
/a.li.tʁɔ̃/
conditional aliterais
/a.li.tʁɛ/ 		aliterais
/a.li.tʁɛ/ 		aliterait
/a.li.tʁɛ/ 		aliterions
/a.li.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		aliteriez
/a.li.tə.ʁje/ 		aliteraient
/a.li.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present alite
/a.lit/ 		alites
/a.lit/ 		alite
/a.lit/ 		alitions
/a.li.tjɔ̃/ 		alitiez
/a.li.tje/ 		alitent
/a.lit/
imperfect2 alitasse
/a.li.tas/ 		alitasses
/a.li.tas/ 		alitât
/a.li.ta/ 		alitassions
/a.li.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		alitassiez
/a.li.ta.sje/ 		alitassent
/a.li.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — alite
/a.lit/ 		— alitons
/a.li.tɔ̃/ 		alitez
/a.li.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • alter (Late Latin, Vulgate)

EtymologyEdit

Adverb from alius (“other”).

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

aliter (not comparable)

  1. otherwise
    sin aliter/minus/secus ― otherwise, if not
  2. differently, wrongly, poorly
    aliter quam ego velim ― In a manner different from what I want
  3. badly, negatively
  4. mis-
    aliter exceptum ― misunderstood

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Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hōra ea/ista hōra hac hōra illa hōra quota hōra quotacumque hōra eadem hōra altera/alia hōra
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

ReferencesEdit

  • “aliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Enrico Olivetti. Dizionario Latino
  • aliter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    • to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions: aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)
    • the matter stands so (otherwise): res ita (aliter) se habet
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
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