alius
ali--us lat. andere, eine andere, irgendein anderes; sonst; anders
Aus uital. *aljos, aus uig. *h₂élyos, aus *h₂el- „jenseits, anderes“. Verwandt mit agr. ἄλλος állos (Neugriechisch άλλος (állos)), αἶλος (aîlos) (Arkadozypriot), Altarmenisch այլ (ayl), ukelt. *alyos,, Proto-Germanisch *aljaz (nengl. else). Andere Formen des uig. *h₂el- sind Latein ille, uls.
Pronunciation (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.us/, [ˈälʲiʊs̠], (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.us/, [ˈäːlius]
Adjektiv alius (weiblich alia, sächlich aliud); Adjektiv erster/zweiter Deklination (pronominal)
- When used in pairs, alius...alius may function like English one...another.
- When used in pairs, aliī...aliī may function like English some...others.
- In an affirmative sentence, when alius is followed by an ablative, it conjointly means "other than" typically. In a negative sentence with an ablative, it would typically mean "nothing else but" or "nothing other than".
- Alius can also mean "different" when the word is written twice with the second alius being in the ablative case, e.g. "alius aliō"
Irregular declension. Regular genitive singular, alīus, is rare, being normally supplied by alterīus, the genitive of alter, instead.[1]
First/second-declension adjective (pronominal).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | alius | alia | aliud | aliī | aliae | alia | |
| Genitive | alterīus | aliōrum | aliārum | aliōrum | |||
| Dative | aliī | aliīs | |||||
| Accusative | alium | aliam | aliud | aliōs | aliās | alia | |
| Ablative | aliō | aliā | aliō | aliīs | |||
| Vocative | alie | alia | aliud | aliī | aliae | alia | |
A contracted form of the neuter nominative/accusative singular, alid, was used by Catullus and Lucretius.