altrui
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *alterūi, corresponding to classical Latin alterī (dative singular of alter). The -ui ending, analogous to lui, costui, colui, is ultimately due to the influence of cui.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ui
Determiner edit
altrui (invariable)
Pronoun edit
altrui
- (literary) someone else, other people
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 16–18; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- […] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.
- Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, ¶ Vested already with that planet's rays ¶ Which leadeth others right by every road.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Pronoun edit
altrui
- Alternative form of autrui