[ˈa.li.ʊs], [ˈaː.li.us]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *aljos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) (Modern Greek άλλος (állos)), αἶλος (aîlos) (Arcadocypriot), Old Armenian այլ (ayl), Proto-Celtic *alyos, Proto-Germanic *aljaz (Modern English else). Other forms from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- include Latin ille, uls.
- declension-1, declension-2, determinerother, another, any other
- declension-1, declension-2, determinerelse
- declension-1, declension-2, determinerdifferent
- declension-1, declension-2, determinerthe one ... the other; one ... another
“Ostende quis nōn sit: alius libīdinī servit, alius avāritiae, alius ambitiōnī, omnēs timōrī.” — Show [me someone] who is not [a slave]: the one is a slave to lust, the other to greed, yet another to ambition, [but] all [are slaves] to fear.
Formaealia(feminine) · aliud(neuter) · declension(pronominal) · non-pronominal declension(pronominal) · alius(masculine, nominative, singular) · alia(feminine, nominative, singular) · aliud(neuter, nominative, singular) · aliī(masculine, nominative, plural) · aliae(feminine, nominative, plural) · alia(neuter, nominative, plural) · alterī̆us(genitive, masculine, singular) · alīus(genitive, masculine, singular) · aliī(genitive, masculine, singular) · alterī̆us(feminine, genitive, singular) · alīus(feminine, genitive, singular) · aliae(feminine, genitive, singular) · alterī̆us(genitive, neuter, singular) · alīus(genitive, neuter, singular) · aliī(genitive, neuter, singular) · aliōrum(genitive, masculine, plural)