alter

alter tera, terum, gen.terīus or terius, dat.alterī (f rarely alterae), pronomadj.

2 AL-, one, another, the one, the other (of two): necesse est sit alterum de duobus: altera ex duabus legionibus, Cs.: alter consulum, L.: in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit, on the other side , Cs.: ut consules alter ambove cognoscerent, one or both : absente consulum altero ambobusve, L.— Alter ... alter, the one ... the other, the former ... the latter : curemus aequam uterque partem; ut alterum, ego item alterum, T.: quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos; alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget: quorum alteri adiuvabant, alteri, etc., Cs.: qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant, L.—Unus ... alter, one ... the other: Ph . Una iniuria est tecum ... altera est tecum, T.: uni epistulae respondi, venio ad alteram. — Opp. to other distributive words: alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.: lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad, etc., Cs.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum: neutrum eorum contra alterum iuvare, Cs.—Esp., as a numeral, the second, next (cf. secundus): primo die ... alter dies ... tertius dies: proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus: sive iterum Sulla sive alter Marius: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert , H.— So, alterā die, the next day : altero die quam, on the next day after , L.— With praepp. : qui tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam, next after : Fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the next after him , V.—In compound numbers: litteras altero vicensimo die reddidit, on the twenty-second day .—Of a number collectively: hos libros alteros quinque mittemus, a second series of five : Aurea mala decem misi; cras altera (sc. decem) mittam, V.— In the phrase, unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other .—Usu. of an indef. number, one and another, a couple, one or two : Unus et item alter, T.: unum et alterum diem desiderari: versus paulo concinnior unus et alter, H.—Rarely of a definite number, two : unus et alter dies intercesserat.—Alterum tantum, as much more, as much again, twice as much : altero tanto longior, N.: numero tantum alterum adiecit, L.— Of quality or character, a second, another , i. e. very like : Verres, alter Orcus: alter ego: amicus est tamquam alter idem, a second self.—The one of two, either of two (for alteruter): non uterque sed alter: sine alteris vestrum vivere, L.— Meton., another (for alius): victis non ad alterius praescriptum imperare, Cs.: si nullius alterius nos pudet, nobody else , L.—Hence, a neighbor, fellow-creature : ex incommodis Alterius sua ut conparent commoda, T.: nihil alterius causā facere.— The other, the opposite : alterius factionis principes, the leaders of the opposite party , N.— Different, changed : quotiens et specula videris alterum, H.