Latin pronoun and determiner
alius
alius, -a, -ud
alius is a Latin pronoun and determiner. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “another” (once), “other” (once) and “other things” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from alius to the words it goes with.
Et si volueris attendere, maxima pars vitae elabitur male agentibus, magna nihil agentibus, tota vita aliud agentibus.
And if you are willing to pay attention, the greatest part of life slips away while doing evil, a great part while doing nothing, and a whole life while doing other things.
aliud: object of agentibus.
Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est —oriebatur, cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit.
Vesuvius, it was afterwards learned, was erupting, whose likeness and form no other tree expressed more than a pine tree.
alia: points out arbor.
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgians inhabit, the Aquitanians another, and those who are called Celts in their own language, Gauls in ours, inhabit the third.
aliam: object of incolunt.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| alia | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| aliam | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| aliud | Accusative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to alius by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About agreementHow Latin adjectives, pronouns and participles agree with their nouns in case, number and gender, and why that lets them stand apart. With real lines.
- About word orderWhy a Latin adjective can sit far from its noun: the endings carry the grammar, so writers order words for emphasis. Lines from Virgil, Cicero and Horace.