alienus
Latin
Etymology
From alius (“other, another”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.liˈeː.nus/, [a.lɪˈeː.nʊs]
Adjective
aliēnus (feminine aliēna, neuter aliēnum); first/second declension
- Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign
- c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1:
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.
- Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
- unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suspicious
- unfamiliar with something or a stranger to something
- unsuitable, incongruous, inconsistent
- (of the body) dead; corrupted; paralyzed
- (of the mind) insane, mad
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | aliēnus | aliēna | aliēnum | aliēnī | aliēnae | aliēna | |
Genitive | aliēnī | aliēnae | aliēnī | aliēnōrum | aliēnārum | aliēnōrum | |
Dative | aliēnō | aliēnō | aliēnīs | ||||
Accusative | aliēnum | aliēnam | aliēnum | aliēnōs | aliēnās | aliēna | |
Ablative | aliēnō | aliēnā | aliēnō | aliēnīs | |||
Vocative | aliēne | aliēna | aliēnum | aliēnī | aliēnae | aliēna |
Descendants
References
- alienus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alienus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alienus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- alienus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
- (ambiguous) the expression is not in accordance with Latin usage: aliquid a consuetudine sermonis latini abhorret, alienum est
- (ambiguous) to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
- (ambiguous) to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
- (ambiguous) to get into debt: incidere in aes alienum
- (ambiguous) to be in debt: aes alienum habere
- (ambiguous) to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
- (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.