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alteruter

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Latin

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Etymology

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From alter +‎ uter.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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alteruter (feminine alterutra, neuter alterutrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. one of two, one or the other; either
  2. (rare) = uterque, both

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra
genitive alterutrī alterutrae alterutrī alterutrōrum alterutrārum alterutrōrum
dative alterutrō alterutrae alterutrō alterutrīs
accusative alterutrum alterutram alterutrum alterutrōs alterutrās alterutra
ablative alterutrō alterutrā alterutrō alterutrīs
vocative alteruter alterutra alterutrum alterutrī alterutrae alterutra

Adverb

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alteruter (not comparable)

  1. either

References

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  • alteruter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alteruter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alteruter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.