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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]]. [[μετατιθέναι]], [[μεθιστάναι]], [[μεταφέρειν]], [[μεταστρέφειν]], [[μεταβάλλειν]], [[ἀλλάσσειν]], [[μεταλλάσσειν]], [[ἀλλοιοῦν]], [[ἀμείβειν]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[μεταποιεῖν]], [[μετακινεῖν]]; see [[change]]. '''verb intransitive'''

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μεταπίπτειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[περιίστασθαι]]; see [[change]].

[[alter one's mind]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μεταγιγνώσκειν]], [[μεταβουλεύεσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[μετανοεῖν]].

[[alter what is written]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μεταγράφειν]].
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|lnetxt=alter CONJ :: the_one ... the_other (alter ... alter); otherwise<br />alter alter altera, alterum ADJ :: one (of two); second/another; former/latter; [unus et ~=> one or two/other]<br />alter alter alteri N X :: second/further/next/other/latter/some person/thing (actually PRON); either
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|lshtext=<b>alter</b>: tĕra, tĕrum, adj. (the [[measure]] of the<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. āltĕrĭŭs as [[paeon]] [[primus]] is supported in [[good]] Latin [[only]] by examples from dactylic [[verse]] ([[but]] see alterĭus in trochaic [[measure]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 56), in [[which]] īpsĭŭs, īllĭŭs, īstĭŭs, ūnĭŭs, etc., are used as dactyls; on the contr., the [[regular]] [[measure]] āltĕrīŭs, as [[ditrochaeus]], is [[sufficiently]] confirmed by the foll. verses of Enn., Ter., and Ter. Maur.: mox cum alterīus abligurias bona, Enn. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. 29 Vahl.): alterīus sua comparent commoda? ah! Ter. And. 4, 1, 4: nec [[alter]][imacracute]us indigéns opís veni, Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.; and sescupló vel una víncet [[alter]][imacracute]us singulum, id. ib. p. 2412 ib.; Prisc. p. 695 ib.; alterius is also [[commonly]] used as the gen. of [[alius]], as alīus is [[little]] used (v. h. v. fin.).—Dat. [[sing]]. f.: alterae, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 30; Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Nep. Eum. 1, 6; Col. 5, 11, 10) [a comp. form of al-ius; cf. Sanscr. antara = [[alius]]; Goth. anthar; Lith. antras = [[secundus]]; Germ. ander; Gr. [[ἕτερος]]; Engl. [[either]], [[other]]; also Sanscr. itara = [[alius]], the [[other]] of [[two]], one of [[two]], the [[other]], ὁ [[ἕτερος]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: nam huic alterae [[patria]] quae [[sit]], [[profecto]] [[nescio]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45: [[necesse]] est [[enim]] [[sit]] alterum de duobus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: altera ex duabus legionibus, Caes. B. C. 2, 20: mihi cum viris ambobus est [[amicitia]]; cum altero [[vero]] [[magnus]] [[usus]], Cic. Clu. 42, 117: [[alter]] consulum, Liv. 40, 59: [[alter]] ex censoribus, id. 40, 52: in alterā parte fluminis [[legatum]] reliquit, on the [[other]] [[side]], Caes. B. G. 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 54: si [[quis]] te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe [[illi]] et alteram, Vulg. Matt. 5, 39; 28, 1.—Hence: [[alter]] ambove, one or [[both]]; [[commonly]] in the [[abbreviation]]: A. A. S. E. V. = [[alter]] ambove si eis videretur: [[utique]] C. [[Pansa]], A. [[Hirtius]] consules [[alter]] ambove S. E. V. rationem agri habeant, Cic. Phil. 5 fin. Wernsd.; cf. id. ib. 8, 11; 9, 7 fin.; 14, 14 fin.; cf. Brison. Form. pp. 218 and 219: absente consulum altero ambobusve, Liv. 30, 23: [[ambo]] alterve, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br /> In distributive clauses: [[alter]] ... [[alter]], the one ... the [[other]] (cf. [[alius]], II. A.): ὁ [[ἕτερος]] ... ὁ [[ἕτερος]]: Si duobus praefurniis coques, lacunā [[nihil]] [[opus]] erit. Cum cinere eruto [[opus]] erit, altero praefurnio eruito, in altero [[ignis]] erit, [[Cato]], R. R. 38, 9: alteram [[ille]] amat sororem, ego alteram, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 68; id. Am. 1, 2, 19; 1, 2, 20; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50: quorum [[alter]] exercitum perdidit, [[alter]] vendidit, Cic. Planc. 35; so id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: [[namque]] alterā ex parte [[Bellovaci]] instabant; alteram Camulogenus tenebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 59 Herz.: conjunxit alteram (cortinam) alteri, Vulg. Exod. 36, 10; 36, 22; ib. Joan. 13, 14; ib. Rom. 12, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In [[same]] [[sense]], [[unus]] ... [[alter]], one ... the [[other]], as in [[later]] Gr. εἷς μέν ... [[ἕτερος]] δέ: [[vitis]] [[insitio]] una est per ver, altera est cum uva floret; ea optima est, [[Cato]], R. R. 41, 1: Phorm. Una injuria est [[tecum]]. Chrem. Lege [[agito]] [[ergo]]. Phorm. Altera est [[tecum]], Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90: uni epistolae respondi; [[venio]] ad alteram, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: [[nomen]] uni Ada, et [[nomen]] alteri Sella, Vulg. Gen. 4, 19; ib. Matt. 6, 24: Erant duae factiones, quarum una populi causam agebat, altera optimatium, Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Liv. 31, 21: consules coepere duo creari, ut si [[unus]] [[malus]] esse voluisset, [[alter]] eum coërceret, Eutr. 1, 8: Duo homines ascenderunt in [[templum]], [[unus]] pharisaeus et [[alter]] [[publicanus]], Vulg. Luc. 18, 10 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Sometimes a subst., or hic, [[ille]], etc., stands in the [[place]] of the [[second]] [[alter]]: [[Epaminondas]] ... [[Leonidas]]: quorum [[alter]], etc ... [[Leonidas]] [[autem]], etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Vell. 2, 71, 3: [[alter]] [[gladiator]] habetur, hic [[autem]], etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17: quorum alteri Capitoni [[cognomen]] est, [[iste]], qui adest, [[magnus]] vocatur, id. ib.: alterum corporis [[aegritudo]], illum, etc., Flor. 4, 7.—Sometimes<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; one [[alter]] is [[entirely]] omitted (cf. [[alius]], II. A.; [[ἕτερος]], L. and S. I. 2.): duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, pertinacior (sc. altera), etc., Liv. 29, 33: hujus lateris [[alter]] [[angulus]] ad orientem solem, [[inferior]] ad meridiem spectat, Caes. B. G. 5, 13; or<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the form changed: dialecticam adjungunt et physicam, alteram [[quod]] habeat rationem .... Physicae [[quoque]] etc., Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72, and 3, 22, 73. —Sometimes a [[further]] distributive [[word]] is added: [[alter]] [[adulescens]] decessit, [[alter]] [[senex]], [[aliquis]] [[praeter]] hos [[infans]], Sen. Ep. 66, 39: [[alter]] in vincula ducitur, [[alter]] insperatae praeficitur potestati, [[alius]] etc., Amm. 14, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> In plur.: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos; alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget, Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91: alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent, id. Fam. 6, 3: binas a te accepi litteras; quarum alteris mihi gratulabare ... alteris dicebas etc., in one of [[which]], ... in the [[other]], id. ib. 4, 14: quorum alteri adjuvabant, alteri etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 17: duplices similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum, Auct. ad Her. 3, 20. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> The [[second]] [[alter]] in a [[different]] [[case]]: [[alter]] alterius ova frangit, Cic. N. D. 2, 49: [[uterque]] [[numerus]] [[plenus]], [[alter]] alterā de causā habetur, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2: qui noxii [[ambo]], [[alter]] in alterum causam conferant, Liv. 5, 11: alteri alteros aliquantum attriverant, Sall. J. 79, 4; so id. ib. 42, 4; 53, 7 al. —Also [[with]] [[alteruter]]: ne [[alteruter]] alterum praeoccuparet, Nep. [[Dion]]. 4, 1.—With [[unus]]: [[quom]] [[inter]] nos sorderemus [[unus]] alteri, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 30: dicunt [[unus]] ad alterum, Vulg. Ez. 33, 30: ne [[unus]] [[adversus]] alterum infletur pro [[alio]], ib. 1 Cor. 4, 6.—With [[uterque]]: [[uterque]] suo [[studio]] delectatus contempsit alterum, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4: utrique alteris freti finitimos sub [[imperium]] suum coëgere, Sall. J. 18, 12.—With [[nemo]], [[nullus]], [[neuter]]: ut [[nemo]] [[sit]] alteri [[similis]], Quint. 2, 9, 2: cum tot saeculis nulla referta [[sit]] [[causa]], quae esset tota alteri [[similis]], id. 7, prooem. 4: neutrum eorum [[contra]] alterum juvare, Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3: ut neutra alteri officiat, Quint. 1, 1, 3.—After [[two]] substt., the [[first]] [[alter]] [[generally]] refers to the [[first]] subst., and the [[second]] to the [[second]]: Philippum rebus gestis superatum a filio, [[facilitate]] [[video]] superiorem fuisse. Itaque [[alter]] [[semper]] [[magnus]], [[alter]] [[saepe]] turpissimus, Cic. Off. 1, 26; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 21; Brem. ad Suet. Claud. 20.—Sometimes the [[order]] is [[reversed]]: [[contra]] nos ([[summa]] [[gratia]] et [[eloquentia]]) raciunt in hoc tempore; quarum alteram (i. e. eloquentiam) [[vereor]], alteram (i. e. gratiam) [[metuo]], Cic. Quinct. 1; so id. Off. 3, 18; 1, 12; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 9, 2, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a [[numeral]] = [[secundus]], the [[second]], the [[next]], ό [[ἕτερος]]: [[primo]] [[die]], [[alter]] [[dies]], [[tertius]] [[dies]], [[deinde]] reliquis diebus etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7: [[proximo]], altero, [[tertio]], reliquis consecutis diebus non intermittebas etc., id. Phil. 1, 13 Wernsd.: quadriennio [[post]] alterum consulatum, id. Sen. 9: [[die]] altero, Vulg. Jos. 10, 32: alteris Te [[mensis]] adhibet deum, i. e. at the [[dessert]] (= mensā secundā), Hor. C. 4, 5, 31.—So, alterā [[die]], the [[next]] [[day]], τῇ [[ἄλλῃ]] ἡμέρᾳ, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ>: se alterā [[die]] ad conloquium venturum, Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Vulg. Gen. 19, 34; ib. Matt. 27, 62: [[die]] altero, ib. Num. 11, 32; ib. Jos. 5, 11 al.—So in [[comparative]] [[sense]]: alterā [[die]] [[quam]] a Brindisio solvit, in Macedoniam trajecit, Liv. 31, 14; Suet. Vit. 3: intermittere diem alterum quemque [[oportet]], [[every]] [[other]] [[day]], Cels. 3, 23; 3, 13; 4, 12: Olea non continuis annis, sed [[fere]] altero [[quoque]] fructum adfert, Col. R. R. 5, 8.—With prepp.: qui ([[Ptolemaeus]]) tum regnabat [[alter]] [[post]] Alexandream conditam, [[next]] [[after]], Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; so, [[fortunate]] [[puer]], tu [[nunc]] eris [[alter]] ab [[illo]], the [[second]] or [[next]] [[after]] him, Verg. E. 5, 49: [[alter]] ab undecimo jam tum me ceperat [[annus]], id. ib. 8, 39.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Also [[with]] tens, hundreds, etc.: accepi tuas litteras, quas mihi [[Cornificius]] altero vicesimo [[die]] reddidit, on the [[twenty]]-[[second]] [[day]], Cic. Fam. 12, 25 Manut.: [[anno]] trecentesimo altero [[quam]] condita [[Roma]] erat, in the [[three]] [[hundred]] and [[second]] [[year]], Liv. 3, 33: [[vicesima]] et altera laedit, Manil. 4, 466.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> So of a [[number]] [[collectively]]: remissarios [[pedum]] XII., alteros [[pedum]] X., a [[second]] [[ten]], [[Cato]], R. R. 19, 2: ad Brutum hos libros alteros [[quinque]] mittemus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121: basia [[mille]], [[deinde]] [[centum]], [[dein]] [[mille]] altera, [[dein]] secunda [[centum]], Cat. 5, 7.—So [[with]] the [[numeral]] understood: [[aurea]] [[mala]] [[decem]] misi; [[cras]] altera (sc. [[decem]]) mittam, a [[second]] [[ten]], Verg. E. 3, 71.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Unus et [[alter]], [[unus]] [[atque]] [[alter]], [[unus]] alterque, the one and the [[other]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For [[two]] (as in Gr. εἷς καὶ [[ἕτερος]]): [[unus]] et [[alter]] [[dies]] intercesserat, Cic. Clu. 26: [[adductus]] [[sum]] tuis unis et alteris litteris, id. Att. 14, 18: et sub eā [[versus]] [[unus]] et [[alter]] erunt, Ov. H. 15, 182; so Suet. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 12 (cf. id. Gram. 24: unum vel alterum, vel, cum plurimos, [[tres]] aut [[quattuor]] admittere).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More freq. of an indef. [[number]], one and [[another]]; and: unusalterve, one or [[two]]: Unus et [[item]] [[alter]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 50: [[mora]] si quem [[tibi]] [[item]] unum alterumve diem abstulerit, Cic. Fam. 3, 9; so id. Clu. 13, 38; 13, 26: [[versus]] [[paulo]] concinnior [[unus]] et [[alter]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74; so id. S. 1, 6, 102; 2, 5, 24; id. A. P. 15: ex illis [[unus]] et [[alter]] ait, Ov. F. 2, 394; id. Am. 2, 5, 22; Petr. 108; Plin. [[Pan]]. 45 Schwarz; cf. id. ib. 52, 2; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Galb. 14 al.: paucis loricae, vix uni alterive [[cassis]] aut [[galea]], Tac. G. 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> Alterum [[tantum]], as [[much]] [[more]] or [[again]], [[twice]] as [[much]] (cf. Gr. ἕτερον τοσοῦτον or ἕτερα τοσαῦτα): [[etiamsi]] alterum [[tantum]] perdundum est, perdam [[potius]] [[quam]] sinam, etc., Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 65: altero tanto aut [[sesqui]] major, Cic. Or. 56, 188: altero tanto longior, Nep. Eum. 8, 5; so Dig. 28, 2, 13: [[numero]] [[tantum]] alterum adjecit, Liv. 1, 36; so id. 10, 46; Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Dig. 49, 14, 3 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>f</b> Alteri [[totidem]], as [[many]] [[more]]: de alteris [[totidem]] scribere incipiamus, Varr. L. L. 8, 24 Müll. —<br /> To [[mark]] the [[similarity]] of one [[object]] to [[another]] in qualities, etc., a [[second]], [[another]] (as in English, a [[second]] [[father]], my [[second]] [[self]], and the [[like]]). So,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a [[proper]] [[name]], used as an appellative (cf. [[alius]], II. G.): [[Verres]], [[alter]] [[Orcus]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50: alterum se Verrem putabat, id. ib. 5, 33 fin.: [[Hamilcar]], [[Mars]] [[alter]], Liv. 21, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a com. [[noun]]: me [[sicut]] alterum parentem observat, Cic. Fam. 5, 8: altera [[patria]], Flor. 2, 6, 42 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alter ego, a [[second]] [[self]], of [[very]] [[intimate]] friends (in the [[class]]. per. perh. [[only]] in Cic. Ep.; cf. ὁ [[ἑταῖρος]], [[ἕτερος]] ἐγώ, Clem. Al. 450): vide [[quam]] mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum, Cic. Fam. 7, 5: me alterum se [[fore]] dixit, id. Att. 4, 1: [[quoniam]] alterum me reliquissem, id. Fam. 2, 15; Aus. praef. 2, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alter [[idem]], a [[second]] [[self]], [[like]] ἕτεροι αὑτοί, Arist. Eth. M. 8, 12, 3 (on [[account]] of the [[singularity]] of the [[expression]], introduced by [[tamquam]]): [[amicus]] est [[tamquam]] [[alter]] [[idem]], Cic. Lael. 21, 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The one of [[two]], [[either]] of [[two]], [[without]] a [[more]] [[precise]] [[designation]], for [[alteruter]]: non [[uterque]] sed [[alter]], Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132: [[fortasse]] utrumque, alterum [[certe]], id. Att. 11, 18: [[melius]] peribimus [[quam]] [[sine]] alteris vestrūm vivemus, Liv. 1, 13: nec rogarem, ut mea de [[vobis]] altera [[amica]] foret, Ov. A. A. 3, 520: ex duobus, quorum alterum petis, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3: ex duobus (quorum [[necesse]] est alterum [[verum]]), etc., Quint. 5, 10, 69: ac si [[necesse]] est in alteram errare partem, maluerim etc., id. 10, 1, 26; 1, 4, 24; 9, 3, 6 al.—Once also [[with]] a [[negative]], [[neither]] of [[two]]: hos, [[tamquam]] medios, nec in alterius favorem inclinatos, miserat rex, Liv. 40, 20, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Another of a [[class]] = [[alius]] (as opp. to one's [[self]], to [[another]]); subst., [[another]], a neighbor, a [[fellow]]-[[creature]], ὁ [[πέλας]] (so [[sometimes]] [[ἕτερος]], Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 17); cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 90 and 458 ([[alter]] designates the [[similarity]] of [[two]] objects; [[alius]] a [[difference]] in the objects contrasted): SI. INIVRIAM. FAXIT. ALTERI., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1: qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri [[oportet]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58; id. Am. prol. 84: mox dum alterius abligurias bona, [[quid]] censes dominis esse animi? Enn. ap. [[Don]]. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25: ut malis gaudeant [[atque]] ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda, Ter. And. 4, 1, 3: qui alteris [[exitium]] paret, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: qui [[nihil]] alterius causā facit et metitur suis commodis omnia, Cic. Leg. 1, 14: ut [[aeque]] [[quisque]] altero delectetur ac se ipso, id. Off. 1, 17, 56; 1, 2, 4: scientem in errorem alterum inducere, id. ib. 3, 13, 55 et saep.: [[cave]] ne [[portus]] occupet [[alter]], Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32 Schmid.: nil obstet [[tibi]], dum ne [[sit]] te ditior [[alter]], id. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 33: [[canis]] parturiens cum rogāsset alteram, ut etc., Phaedr. 1, 19: nec patientem sessoris alterius (equum) [[primus]] ascendit, Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58: in quo judicas alterum, te ipsum condemnas, Vulg. Rom. 2, 1: [[nemo]] [[quod]] suum est quaerat, sed [[quod]] alterius, ib. 1 Cor. 10, 24; 14, 17: sic in [[semet]] ipso [[tantum]] gloriam habebit et non in altero, ib. Gal. 6, 4 al.—Hence, [[alter]] [[with]] a neg., or neg. [[question]] and comp., as an [[emphatic]] [[expression]] ([[mostly]] ante-class.; cf. [[alius]], II. H.): scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22: scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram, id. Cist. 4, 1, 8: qui me [[alter]] audacior est [[homo]]? id. Am. 1, 1, 1; id. Ep. 1, 1, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[other]], the [[opposite]]: alterius factionis principes, the leaders of the [[opposite]] [[party]], Nep. Pelop. 1, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2: adversariae factioni): studiosiorem partis alterius, Suet. Tib. 11. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In gen., [[different]]: [[quotiens]] te speculo videris alterum, Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: abeuntes [[post]] carnem alteram (Gr. [[ἕτερος]], q. v. L. and S. III.), Vulg. Jud. 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In the lang. of [[augury]], euphem. for [[infaustus]], unfavorable, [[unpropitious]], Fest. p. 6 (v. L. and S. Gr. Lex. s. v. [[ἕτερος]], III. 2.).!*? The gen. alterius [[commonly]] serves as gen. of [[alius]] [[instead]] of alīus, Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; 1, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1; Sall. C. 52, 8; Liv. 21, 13, 3; 22, 14, 4; 26, 8, 2; 28, 37, 6 al.; Col. 8, 17, 2; 11, 2, 87; 12, 22, 2; Sen. Ep. 72, 10; 102, 3; id. Ben. 4, 3, 1; id. Ot. Sap. 4, 1; id. Brev. Vit. 16, 2; id. Q. N. 2, 34, 1 al.; Quint. 7, 9, 8; 8, 3, 73 al.; Tac. A. 15, 25; id. H. 2, 90; Plin. Ep. 10, 114, 2; Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58 al.; Gell. 2, 28 al.—It also stands as correlative to [[alius]]: [[alius]] [[inter]] cenandum [[solutus]] est, alterius continuata [[mors]] somno est, Sen. Ep. 66, 39: cum [[inventum]] [[sit]] ex veris (gemmis) generis alterius in aliud falsas traducere, Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197; Plin. [[Pan]]. 2, 6 (Neue, Formenl. II. p. 216).!*? ‡ altĕras, adv. [[alter]], for [[alias]], acc. to Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll.
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|gf=(1) <b>altĕr</b>,⁵ ĕra, ĕrum (gén. alterīus, dat. alterī),<br /><b>1</b> l’un des deux ; [en parlant de deux] l’un, l’autre ; [dans une énumération] second : [[uti]] C. [[Pansa]] A. [[Hirtius]] consules, [[alter]] ambove... cognoscerent Cic. Phil. 5, 53, etc., [décider] que les consuls C. [[Pansa]] et A. [[Hirtius]], soit un seul, soit les deux ensemble, recherchent...; [[necesse]] [[est]] sit alterum de duobus Cic. Tusc. 1, 97, nécessairement, de deux choses l’une ; ad alteram fluminis ripam Cæs. G. 5, 18, 2, près de (sur) l’autre rive du fleuve [la rive opposée]; [[claudus]] [[altero]] pede Nep. Ages. 8, 1, boiteux d’une jambe &#124;&#124; [[proximo]], [[altero]], [[tertio]], reliquis consecutis diebus Cic. Phil. 1, 32, le jour qui venait immédiatement après, le second, le troisième, et tous les autres qui ont suivi ; (tria Græcorum genera) quorum [[uni]] sunt Athenienses..., Æoles alteri, [[Dores]] tertii nominabantur Cic. Fl. 64, (trois sortes de Grecs) dont les premiers sont les Athéniens, les seconds les Æoliens, et les troisièmes avaient nom Doriens, cf. Clu. 178 ; Cat. 2, 18 ; de Or. 2, 235 ; Cæs. G. 5, 24, 2 ; C. 1, 38, 1, etc.; [[quod]] [[est]] ex [[tribus]] oratoris officiis alterum Cic. Br. 197, ce qui des trois devoirs de l’orateur [[est]] le second ; [d’où] [[alter]] [[Themistocles]] Cic. Br. 43, un second Thémistocle ; tua altera [[patria]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, ta seconde [[patrie]] ; ([[verus]] [[amicus]]) [[est]] [[tanquam]] [[alter]] [[idem]] Cic. Læl. 80, (le véritable [[ami]]) [[est]] comme un autre nous-même &#124;&#124; [[centesima]] [[lux]] [[est]] hæc ab interitu P. Clodii et altera Cic. Mil. 98, voici le 102<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;jour écoulé depuis la mort de [[Clodius]] ; [[anno]] trecentesimo [[altero]] [[quam]] condita [[Roma]] erat Liv. 3, 33, 1, trois cent deux ans après la fondation de Rome &#124;&#124; alterum [[tantum]], une seconde fois autant : Pl. Bacch. 1184, etc.; Cic. Or. 188 ; Nep. Eum. 8, 5 ; [[numero]] [[tantum]] alterum adjecit Liv. 1, 36, 7, il doubla le nombre, cf. 8, 8, 14 &#124;&#124; [poét.] tu [[nunc]] eris [[alter]] ab [[illo]] Virg. B. 5, 49, toi, tu seras le second après lui ; [[alter]] ab undecimo [[annus]] Virg. B. 8, 39, une seconde année après la onzième [douzième année] &#124;&#124; [[alter]]... [[alter]], l’un... l’autre, le premier... le second ; alteri... alteri sens collectif : quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates haberi voluerunt Cic. Sest. 96, [= quorum ex generibus] parmi ces catégories de citoyens, les uns ont aspiré au titre de démocrates, les autres à celui d’aristocrates, cf. Phil. 5, 32 ; Or. 143 ; Rep. 2, 9, etc.; Cæs. G. 1, 26, 1, etc. &#124;&#124; [[unus]]... [[alter]] : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 90 ; 5, 27 ; Mur. 30, etc.; unæ decumæ... alteræ Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 227, une première dîme... une seconde &#124;&#124; [[unus]] [[aut]] [[alter]], [[unus]] alterve, un ou deux : Cic. Mur. 43 ; Fin. 5, 74 ; Att. 7, 8, 2, etc. &#124;&#124; [[unus]] et [[alter]], un, puis un autre : dicit [[unus]] et [[alter]] [[breviter]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, un, deux témoins déposent brièvement, cf. Clu. 38 ; Att. 14, 18, 1 &#124;&#124; [[alter]] alterum : [[alter]] ab [[altero]] [[adjutus]] Cic. Br. 3, s’étant tous deux aidés mutuellement ; [[alter]] alterius [[judicium]] reprehendit Cic. Clu. 122, tous deux blâment réciproquement leur jugement ; duæ [[res]] maximæ altera alteri defuit Cic. Br. 204, à chacun des deux fit défaut l’une des deux qualités les [[plus]] importantes [l’un manqua de l’une, l’autre de l’autre] ; quorum (numerorum) [[uterque]] [[plenus]] [[alter]] altera de [[causa]] habetur Cic. Rep. 6, 12, ces nombres [7, 8 ] sont considérés comme parfaits tous deux, l’un pour une raison, l’autre pour une autre<br /><b>2</b> autrui : qui [[nihil]] alterius [[causa]] facit Cic. Leg. 1, 41, celui qui ne fait [[rien]] pour autrui ; [[nihil]] alteri incommodare Cic. Quinct. 51, ne causer aucun désagrément à son prochain ; contemnuntur ii qui « [[nec]] [[sibi]] [[nec]] alteri », ut dicitur Cic. Off. 2, 36, on méprise ceux qui, comme on dit, ne font [[rien]], pas [[plus]] pour eux que pour autrui.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; formes rares : dat. masc. alterei CIL 1, 583, 76 ; [[altero]] CLE 192, 3 &#124;&#124; dat. fém. alteræ Pl. Rud. 750 ; Ter. Haut. 271 ; Phorm. 928 ; Cæs. G. 5, 27, 5 [α]; Nep. Eum. 1, 6 ; Col. Rust. 5, 11, 10 ; Gell. 7, 7, 1.<br />(2) <b>altēr</b>, ēris, v. [[halteres]].||[[proximo]], [[altero]], [[tertio]], reliquis consecutis diebus Cic. Phil. 1, 32, le jour qui venait immédiatement après, le second, le troisième, et tous les autres qui ont suivi ; (tria Græcorum genera) quorum [[uni]] sunt Athenienses..., Æoles alteri, [[Dores]] tertii nominabantur Cic. Fl. 64, (trois sortes de Grecs) dont les premiers sont les Athéniens, les seconds les Æoliens, et les troisièmes avaient nom Doriens, cf. Clu. 178 ; Cat. 2, 18 ; de Or. 2, 235 ; Cæs. G. 5, 24, 2 ; C. 1, 38, 1, etc.; [[quod]] [[est]] ex [[tribus]] oratoris officiis alterum Cic. Br. 197, ce qui des trois devoirs de l’orateur [[est]] le second ; [d’où] [[alter]] [[Themistocles]] Cic. Br. 43, un second Thémistocle ; tua altera [[patria]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, ta seconde [[patrie]] ; ([[verus]] [[amicus]]) [[est]] [[tanquam]] [[alter]] [[idem]] Cic. Læl. 80, (le véritable [[ami]]) [[est]] comme un autre nous-même||[[centesima]] [[lux]] [[est]] hæc ab interitu P. Clodii et altera Cic. Mil. 98, voici le 102<sup>e</sup>&nbsp;jour écoulé depuis la mort de [[Clodius]] ; [[anno]] trecentesimo [[altero]] [[quam]] condita [[Roma]] erat Liv. 3, 33, 1, trois cent deux ans après la fondation de Rome||alterum [[tantum]], une seconde fois autant : Pl. Bacch. 1184, etc.; Cic. Or. 188 ; Nep. Eum. 8, 5 ; [[numero]] [[tantum]] alterum adjecit Liv. 1, 36, 7, il doubla le nombre, cf. 8, 8, 14||[poét.] tu [[nunc]] eris [[alter]] ab [[illo]] Virg. B. 5, 49, toi, tu seras le second après lui ; [[alter]] ab undecimo [[annus]] Virg. B. 8, 39, une seconde année après la onzième [douzième année]|
|[[alter]]... [[alter]], l’un... l’autre, le premier... le second ; alteri... alteri sens collectif : quibus ex generibus alteri se populares, alteri optimates haberi voluerunt Cic. Sest. 96, [=quorum ex generibus] parmi ces catégories de citoyens, les uns ont aspiré au titre de démocrates, les autres à celui d’aristocrates, cf. Phil. 5, 32 ; Or. 143 ; Rep. 2, 9, etc.; Cæs. G. 1, 26, 1, etc.||[[unus]]... [[alter]] : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 90 ; 5, 27 ; Mur. 30, etc.; unæ decumæ... alteræ Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 227, une première dîme... une seconde||[[unus]] [[aut]] [[alter]], [[unus]] alterve, un ou deux : Cic. Mur. 43 ; Fin. 5, 74 ; Att. 7, 8, 2, etc.||[[unus]] et [[alter]], un, puis un autre : dicit [[unus]] et [[alter]] [[breviter]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, un, deux témoins déposent brièvement, cf. Clu. 38 ; Att. 14, 18, 1||[[alter]] alterum : [[alter]] ab [[altero]] [[adjutus]] Cic. Br. 3, s’étant tous deux aidés mutuellement ; [[alter]] alterius [[judicium]] reprehendit Cic. Clu. 122, tous deux blâment réciproquement leur jugement ; duæ [[res]] maximæ altera alteri defuit Cic. Br. 204, à chacun des deux fit défaut l’une des deux qualités les [[plus]] importantes [l’un manqua de l’une, l’autre de l’autre] ; quorum (numerorum) [[uterque]] [[plenus]] [[alter]] altera de [[causa]] habetur Cic. Rep. 6, 12, ces nombres [7, 8 ] sont considérés comme parfaits tous deux, l’un pour une raison, l’autre pour une autre<br /><b>2</b> autrui : qui [[nihil]] alterius [[causa]] facit Cic. Leg. 1, 41, celui qui ne fait [[rien]] pour autrui ; [[nihil]] alteri incommodare Cic. Quinct. 51, ne causer aucun désagrément à son prochain ; contemnuntur ii qui « [[nec]] [[sibi]] [[nec]] alteri », ut dicitur Cic. Off. 2, 36, on méprise ceux qui, comme on dit, ne font [[rien]], pas [[plus]] pour eux que pour autrui.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; formes rares : dat. masc. alterei CIL 1, 583, 76 ; [[altero]] CLE 192, 3||dat. fém. alteræ Pl. Rud. 750 ; Ter. Haut. 271 ; Phorm. 928 ; Cæs. G. 5, 27, 5 [α]; Nep. Eum. 1, 6 ; Col. Rust. 5, 11, 10 ; Gell. 7, 7, 1.<br />(2) <b>altēr</b>, ēris, v. [[halteres]].
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|georg=alter, [[tera]], terum, Genet. alterīus (im Verse [[auch]] alterĭus), Dat. alteri (v. [[alis]]), der eine [[von]] zweien, der [[andere]] ([[dagegen]] [[alius]] [[ein]] anderer in bezug [[auf]] [[mehr]] [[als]] [[zwei]]), I) eig.: A) im allg.: [[altero]] pede ([[auf]] dem [[einen]] F.) [[claudus]], Nep.: hi libri [[quinque]] alteri, Cic.: [[alter]] [[exercitus]], Liv.: [[alter]] consulum, Liv.: [[alter]] ex censoribus, Liv.: alterum ex duobus commodis, Gell.: altera ex duabus causis, Sen.: [[necesse]] est sit alterum de duobus, [[aut]].... [[aut]] etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 97; vgl. Sen. de brev. vit. 13, 8 u. Gell. 5, 11, 7. – binas a te [[accepi]] litteras, quarum alteris [[mihi]] gratulabare, Cic.: [[utrique]] alteris freti, Sall.: tuis unis et alteris litteris, Cic.: tabulae testamenti [[unae]] per legatos [[eius]] Romam erant allatae, alterae [[eodem]] [[exemplo]]... Alexandriae proferebantur, Caes.: duplices similitudines, [[unae]] rerum, alterae verborum, Cornif. rhet.: [[ambo]] imperatores [[Romani]] [[aut]] [[alter]] ex iis, Liv.: parentes [[ambo]] alterve, Gell.: absente consulum [[altero]] ambobusve, Liv. (vgl. [[unten]] no. I, B, 1): [[non]] [[uterque]], [[sed]] [[alter]], Cic.: [[aut]] [[uterque]] [[aut]] [[certe]] [[alter]], Liv.: [[aut]] [[alter]] [[aut]] [[invicem]] [[uterque]], Quint.: [[ita]] est [[utraque]] [[res]] [[sine]] altera [[debilis]], Cic. – Distribut., [[alter]]... [[alter]], der eine... der [[andere]], [[alter]] perdidit, [[alter]] vendidit, Cic. – zuw. steht statt [[des]] zweiten [[alter]] [[ein]] Subst., od. [[hic]], [[ille]] u. dgl., Epaminondae, Leonidae –: quorum [[alter]] (Epam.) – quaesivit, [[Leonidas]] [[autem]] etc., Cic.: [[alter]]... [[hic]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 17: [[alter]]... [[iste]], ibid.: [[alter]]... [[ille]], [[Flor]]. 4, 7, 10. – zuw. das eine [[alter]] [[ganz]] [[ausgelassen]], duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, (altera) pertinacior etc., Liv. 29, 33, 7: [[Graeci]] [[duo]] genera [[eius]] fecere; (alteram) longam enodem, alteram brevem duriorem, Plin. 16, 63 (vgl. Sillig Plin. 35, 71). – Plur. [[von]] mehreren od. [[von]] ganzen Parteien, alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent, Cic. – [[endlich]] das [[zweite]] [[alter]] in verschiedenem [[Kasus]], [[alter]] alterius ova frangit, Cic.: alteri alteros [[aliquantum]] attriverant, Sall.: [[auch]] [[unus]] alteri, Plaut. – / Nach [[zwei]] Substst. bezieht [[sich]] gew. das [[erste]] [[alter]] [[auf]] das [[erste]] Subst., das [[zweite]] aus das [[zweite]]; zuw. [[aber]] ist es [[umgekehrt]], [[wie]] Cic. Quinct. 1; de off. 3, 73; vgl. Spalding Quint. 9, 2, 6.<br />'''B)''' insbes.: 1) [[als]] [[Formel]] in Senatsbeschl. usw.: [[alter]] ambove, S.E.V. (= si [[eis]] od. iis videbitur od. videatur), der eine (der beiden Konsuln) [[oder]] [[beide]], [[wenn]] usw., [[Uti]] C. [[Pansa]], A. [[Hirtius]] Coss., [[alter]] ambove, S.E.V., cognoscerent, [[qui]] [[ager]] iis coloniis esset, Cic. Phil. 5, 53; u. so ibid. 8, 33; 9, 16; 14, 37: [[umgekehrt]], Q. [[Aelius]], [[Paulus]] [[Fabius]] Coss. [[ambo]] alterve, si iis videbitur, SC. b. Frontin. aqu. 100 extr.<br />'''2)''' der [[andere]] = [[zweite]] ([[secundus]]), a) übh.: [[proximo]], [[altero]] (zweitnächsten), [[tertio]] die, Cic.: quadriennio [[post]] alterum consulatum, Cic.: [[fortunate]] [[puer]], tu [[nunc]] eris [[alter]] ab [[illo]], du bist [[nun]] der [[zweite]] [[nach]] jenem, Verg. – [[bei]] Zehnern u. Hunderten, [[altero]] vicesimo die, am 22. Tage, Cic.: [[annus]] [[alter]] ab undecimo, das 12., Verg.: [[anno]] trecentesimo [[altero]] (im 302. Jahre), [[quam]] [[Roma]] condita erat, Liv. – b) [[unus]] et (od. [[atque]] od. [[aut]] od. [[vel]]) [[alter]], [[unus]] alterque, [[unus]] [[alter]], der eine u. der [[andere]] (s. Heß Tac. dial. 21. p. 142. Schmidt Iuven. 7, 165), α) [[bestimmt]] = [[einer]] [[oder]] [[zwei]], [[unus]] et [[alter]] [[dies]], Cic. – β) [[unbestimmt]] = der eine u. der [[andere]], der u. [[jener]] = [[etliche]], [[einige]] wenige u. dgl., Ter., Cic. u.a. – c) alterum [[tantum]], [[noch]] [[einmal]]-, [[doppelt]] so [[viel]], Cic. u. Liv.: [[altero]] [[tanto]] longior, [[noch]] [[einmal]] so [[lang]], Nep.: u. so [[altero]] [[tanto]] [[maior]], Cic.<br />'''3)''' [[bei]] Nom. appellat. u. appellat. gebrauchten Nom. propr. = [[hinsichtlich]] der Eigenschaften dem genannten Appellativum [[gleich]], [[unser]] [[ein]] anderer, [[ein]] zweiter, me [[sicut]] alterum parentem diligit, Cic.: [[alter]] [[Verres]], Cic.: [[prope]] [[Hannibal]] [[alter]], Aur. Vict.: [[prope]] [[alter]] [[Camillus]], Claud.: u. so [[alter]] [[ego]], [[ein]] zweites Ich ([[von]] [[sehr]] vertrauten Freunden), Cic.: u. [[tamquam]] [[alter]] [[idem]], [[gleichsam]] das [[zweite]] Selbst, Cic. de amic. 80.<br />'''4)''' der [[andere]] = entgegengesetzte, [[ripa]], das jenseitige, Caes.: [[acies]], Liv.: [[pars]] altera, die [[Gegenpartei]], Cic., Liv. u.a.: [[ebenso]] [[factio]], Nep.: [[fortuna]], Liv. – dah. poet., ander = der frühern [[Beschaffenheit]] [[nach]] [[verschieden]], verändert, metuit secundis alteram sortem, Hor. carm. 2, 10, 13 sq.: u. [[quoties]] te speculo videris alterum, [[als]] [[einen]] andern, [[ganz]] verändert ([[also]] »unschöner«), Hor. carm. 4, 10, 6. – u. in der Augurspr. euphemist., altera [[avis]] = infausta, »[[ein]] unglückbringender V.«, [[nach]] Paul ex [[Fest]]. 7, 1.<br />'''II)''' übtr., der (die) Andere = der Nächste, der Mit- od. [[Nebenmensch]] (ο [[πέλας]], ο [[πλησίον]]; vgl. Ochsner Cic. ecl. p. 90 u. 458), [[qui]] alteri [[exitium]] parat, [[eum]] scire [[oportet]] etc., Enn. fr.: [[qui]] alterum incusat probri, [[eum]] ipsum se intueri [[oportet]], Plaut.: [[qui]] [[nihil]] alterius causā facit, Cic. – dah. [[alter]] [[mit]] [[einer]] [[Negation]] od. [[einer]] negativen [[Frage]] u. dem [[Komparativ]], verstärkend [[wie]] kein Zweiter [[für]] »kein anderer übh.«, [[sol]] scelestiorem nullum illuxit alterum, Plaut.: [[qui]] me [[alter]] audacior [[homo]]? Plaut.; u. so Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 1, 40 u. 1, 5, 33: u.m. Abl. [[compar]]., [[neque]] mest ([[als]] [[ich]]) Athenis [[alter]] [[hodie]] [[quisquam]], [[quoi]] credi [[recte]] [[aeque]] putent, Plaut. asin. 492 sq.<br />/ Dat. masc. [[altero]], Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 66 ed. Schoem. (Baiter u. [[Müller]] alteri). Carm. epigr. 192, 3; arch. alterei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198, 76; [[öfter]] Dat. fem. alterae, Plaut. rud. 750. Ter. heaut. 271; Phorm. 928. Caes. b.G. 5, 27, 5. Nep. Eum. 1, 6. Col. 5, 11, 10. – Im Verse synk. altrius, altri, altris, s. Lorenz Plaut Pseud. 345. Brix Plaut. capt. prol. 8. Ribbeck Comic. Coroll. p. X sq. Röper Philol. 15, 294. A. 24. – Wegen der [[Quantität]] der Pänultima in alterius s. [[Prisc]]. 6, 37 u. [[bes]]. Ritschl opusc. 2, 662 sqq. u. 667 sqq. u. 694 sqq.
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