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alteram

alteram is a Latin form of alter, meaning “the other (of two); second”. It is the accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 370 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.21.4: Atque in alteram item cohortandi causa profectus pugnantibus occurrit.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 6.58.21: Quid intersit, quaeris? Alterum exemplar est, alterum forma ab exemplari sumpta et operi inposita. Alteram artifex imitatur, alteram facit. Habet aliquam faciem statua; haec est idos. Habet aliquam faciem exemplar ip …

Plautus, Bacchides 4.4.692b: Vt ad senem etiam álteram facias viam.

All forms of alter (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.