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alterius

alterius is a Latin form of alter, meaning “the other (of two); second”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective or genitive singular feminine adjective or adverb or genitive singular neuter adjective.

Found 523 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.31.3: Locutus est pro his Diviciacus Haeduus: Galliae totius factiones esse duas; harum alterius principatum tenere Haeduos, alterius Arvernos.

Ovid, Amores 1.4.5: Alteriusque sinus apte subiecta fovebis?

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.