alternus
Esperanto edit
Verb edit
alternus
- conditional of alterni
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈter.nus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈter.nus/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrnus]
Adjective edit
alternus (feminine alterna, neuter alternum); first/second-declension adjective
- alternate (one after the other), successive
- interchangeable
- mutual, reciprocal
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | alternus | alterna | alternum | alternī | alternae | alterna | |
| Genitive | alternī | alternae | alternī | alternōrum | alternārum | alternōrum | |
| Dative | alternō | alternō | alternīs | ||||
| Accusative | alternum | alternam | alternum | alternōs | alternās | alterna | |
| Ablative | alternō | alternā | alternō | alternīs | |||
| Vocative | alterne | alterna | alternum | alternī | alternae | alterna | |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “alternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alternus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alternus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- every other day: alternis diebus
- every other day: alternis diebus