ALTERUTRI, alterutri
Sounds Like: AL-teh-ROO-tree
Translations: (to) one or the other, (of) one or the other, (to) either of two, (of) either of two
From the root: ALTERUTER
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: ALTERUTRI is an inflected form of the Latin compound adjective ALTERUTER, meaning 'one or the other' or 'either of two'. It is formed from ALTER ('the other of two') and UTER ('which of two', 'either'). This word is used to refer to one of two distinct entities, without specifying which one. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'He gave the book to one or the other of them'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter; or Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 10:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ALTERUTER.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ALTERUTER — one or the other, either
- ALTERUTROS — one or the other, each of two, both
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