alienus

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Latin

Etymology

From alius (“other, another”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aliēnus (feminine aliēna, neuter aliēnum, comparative aliēnior, superlative aliēnissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign
    Synonyms: aliēnigena, peregrīnus, advena
  2. unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suspicious
  3. unfamiliar with something or a stranger to something
  4. unsuitable, incongruous, inconsistent, strange
  5. (of the body) dead; corrupted; paralyzed
  6. (of the mind) insane, mad

Declension

First/second-declension adjective, with locative.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative aliēnus aliēna aliēnum aliēnī aliēnae aliēna
genitive aliēnī aliēnae aliēnī aliēnōrum aliēnārum aliēnōrum
dative aliēnō aliēnae aliēnō aliēnīs
accusative aliēnum aliēnam aliēnum aliēnōs aliēnās aliēna
ablative aliēnō aliēnā aliēnō aliēnīs
vocative aliēne aliēna aliēnum aliēnī aliēnae aliēna
locative aliēnī aliēnae aliēnī aliēnīs

Derived terms

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
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