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Latin
Adjective
aliēnum
- inflection of aliēnus:
- nominative/accusative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “alienum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alienum 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 live on one's means: de suo (opp. alieno) vivere
- (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 be in debt: in aere alieno esse
- (ambiguous) to be deeply in debt: aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse
- (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
- (ambiguous) to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: ex aere alieno exire
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: aere alieno liberari