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alterno

See also: alternó and alternò

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alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Galician

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alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈtɛr.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrno
  • Hyphenation: al‧tèr‧no

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin alternus, from alter (“other”).

Adjective

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alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alterni, feminine plural alterne)

  1. alternate, alternating, every other
  2. (mathematics, botany) alternate

Etymology 2

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Verb

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alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternare

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Latin

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Etymology

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From alternus (“one after the other, alternate”) +‎ -ō.

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Verb

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alternō (present infinitive alternāre, perfect active alternāvī, supine alternātum); first conjugation

  1. to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
  2. to hesitate, vacillate

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of alternō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present alternō alternās alternat alternāmus alternātis alternant
imperfect alternābam alternābās alternābat alternābāmus alternābātis alternābant
future alternābō alternābis alternābit alternābimus alternābitis alternābunt
perfect alternāvī alternāvistī alternāvit alternāvimus alternāvistis alternāvērunt,
alternāvēre
pluperfect alternāveram alternāverās alternāverat alternāverāmus alternāverātis alternāverant
future perfect alternāverō alternāveris alternāverit alternāverimus alternāveritis alternāverint
passive present alternor alternāris,
alternāre 		alternātur alternāmur alternāminī alternantur
imperfect alternābar alternābāris,
alternābāre 		alternābātur alternābāmur alternābāminī alternābantur
future alternābor alternāberis,
alternābere 		alternābitur alternābimur alternābiminī alternābuntur
perfect alternātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect alternātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect alternātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present alternem alternēs alternet alternēmus alternētis alternent
imperfect alternārem alternārēs alternāret alternārēmus alternārētis alternārent
perfect alternāverim alternāverīs alternāverit alternāverīmus alternāverītis alternāverint
pluperfect alternāvissem alternāvissēs alternāvisset alternāvissēmus alternāvissētis alternāvissent
passive present alterner alternēris,
alternēre 		alternētur alternēmur alternēminī alternentur
imperfect alternārer alternārēris,
alternārēre 		alternārētur alternārēmur alternārēminī alternārentur
perfect alternātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect alternātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — alternā — — alternāte —
future — alternātō alternātō — alternātōte alternantō
passive present — alternāre — — alternāminī —
future — alternātor alternātor — — alternantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives alternāre alternāvisse alternātūrum esse alternārī alternātum esse alternātum īrī
participles alternāns — alternātūrus — alternātus alternandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
alternandī alternandō alternandum alternandō alternātum alternātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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

Portuguese

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alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈteɾno/ [al̪ˈt̪eɾ.no]
  • Rhymes: -eɾno
  • Syllabification: al‧ter‧no

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin alternus.

Adjective

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alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alternos, feminine plural alternas)

  1. alternate, alternative
    Synonym: alternativo
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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alterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

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