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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>alterno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[alternus]]: aliquid,<br /><b>I</b> to do one [[thing]] and [[then]] [[another]], to do a [[thing]] by turns, to [[interchange]] [[with]] [[something]], to alternate ([[first]] in the poets of the Aug. per., [[later]] [[most]] freq. in Pliny): alternare [[vices]], Ov. M. 15, 409: alternant spesque timorque fidem, [[make]] it at one [[time]] [[credible]], at [[another]] not, id. H. 6, 38: hirundines in fetu summā aequitate alternant cibum, i. e. [[give]] to the [[young]] [[their]] [[food]] in [[succession]], Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92; so id. 15, 3, 3, § 12; 29, 4, 20, § 68; Col. 5, 6, 4; Sil. 1, 554; 9, 354; 11, 60; * Suet. Ner. 1.—Without an obj.: haec alternanti [[potior]] [[sententia]] visa est, [[hesitating]], Verg. A. 4, 287: alternantes proelia miscent, [[fight]] by turns, id. G. 3, 220: arborum [[fertilitas]] omnium [[fere]] alternat, alternates, i. e. [[they]] [[bear]] [[every]] [[other]] [[year]], Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18; so id. 31, 3, 23, § 40; 37, 10, 60, § 167.—With cum: cum symphoniā alternāsse, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>alternō</b>,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre ([[alter]]),<br /><b>1</b> tr., faire tantôt une chose, tantôt l’autre, faire tour à tour : miscenda ista et alternanda sunt Sen. Tranq. 17, 3, il faut mêler et alterner ces deux modes d’existence<br /><b>2</b> intr., être alternant, aller en alternant : alternantes prœlia miscere Virg. G. 3, 220, combattre tour à tour ; arborum [[fertilitas]] [[fere]] alternat Plin. 16, 18, la fertilité des arbres va en alternant de deux années l’une ; cum [[aliqua]] re Plin. 10, 84, alterner avec qqch. &#124;&#124; hésiter : Virg. En. 4, 287.||hésiter : Virg. En. 4, 287.
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{{Georges
|georg=alterno, āvi, ātum, āre ([[alternus]]), I) tr. etw. [[abwechseln]] [[lassen]], [[mit]] etw. [[abwechseln]], [[olea]] alternat [[fructus]], trägt [[ein]] [[Jahr]] ums [[andere]], Plin.: cibum, [[bald]] [[eins]], [[bald]] das [[andere]] (der Jungen) [[füttern]], Plin.: excubias, Sil.: [[vices]], [[abwechseln]], Ov.: fidem, [[bald]] [[glaublich]] [[machen]], [[bald]] [[nicht]], Ov.: miscenda ista et alternanda sunt, [[solitudo]] et [[frequentia]], Sen.: ex splendidis sordidisque alternata [[series]], Sen.: per [[eadem]] [[tempora]], quibus in [[Syria]] regni [[mutatio]] [[inter]] novos reges alternabatur, Iustin. 36, 4, 1: [[omnia]] [[istaec]] [[inter]] graecos [[versus]] latina [[ita]] [[scite]] alternata sunt a te et interposita, [[Fronto]] ad Marc. Caes. 1, 5. p. 12, 12 N. – übtr., [[auf]] die [[Alternative]] [[stellen]], alternata [[condicio]], Ulp. dig. 28, 7, 8. § 5. – II) intr. [[abwechseln]], [[illi]] alternantes ([[gegenseitig]], [[wechselseitig]]) magnā vi proelia miscent, Verg. georg. 3, 220: arborum [[fertilitas]] omnium [[fere]] alternat, Plin. 16, 18: m. cum u. Abl. od. m. bl. Abl., cum [[symphonia]] alternasse, Plin. 10, 84: hieraticis alternat tota milvinis nigrisque veluti plumis, Plin. 37, 168: m. Infin., Tert. de anim. 29. – übtr., [[mit]] seinen Gedanken [[wechseln]] = [[schwanken]], [[haec]] alternanti [[potior]] [[sententia]] visa est, Verg. Aen. 4, 287.
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{{esel
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=alterno alternare, alternavi, alternatus V :: do by turns, vary; alternate, waver, ebb and flow; bear/crop in alternate years
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