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Esperanto
Etymology
alia (“different”) + -i (“infinitive morpheme”)
Pronunciation
Verb
alii (present alias, past aliis, future alios, conditional alius, volitive aliu)
- (intransitive) to be different
- Ĝi alias. ― It is different.
Conjugation
Conjugation of alii
infinitive
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alii
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imperative
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aliu
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conditional
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alius
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Galo
Noun
alii
- seed
- breeder (an animal, considered of good quality to be bred)
- clan, lineage, heritage
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
alii
- plural of alio
Latin
Adjective
aliī
- inflection of alius (“other, another”):
- dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
Conjunction
aliī … aliī
- some … others
Noun
āliī n
- genitive singular of ālium (“garlic, onion”)
References
- alii in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt