aliter

English

Etymology

From Latin aliter (“otherwise”), from alius (“other”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.tɚ/

Adverb

aliter (not comparable)

1. otherwise

Anagrams

• Altier, airtel, iteral, lirate, retail, retial, tailer

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ lit +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.li.te/

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• Homophones: alitai, alité, alitée, alitées, alités, alitez

Verb

aliter

1. (reflexive) to be bedridden
2. (transitive) to cause to become bedridden

Conjugation

Conjugation of aliter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aliter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	alitant /a.li.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		alité /a.li.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alite /a.lit/	alites /a.lit/	alite /a.lit/	alitons /a.li.tɔ̃/	alitez /a.li.te/	alitent /a.lit/
	imperfect	alitais /a.li.tɛ/	alitais /a.li.tɛ/	alitait /a.li.tɛ/	alitions /a.li.tjɔ̃/	alitiez /a.li.tje/	alitaient /a.li.tɛ/
	past historic2	alitai /a.li.te/	alitas /a.li.ta/	alita /a.li.ta/	alitâmes /a.li.tam/	alitâtes /a.li.tat/	alitèrent /a.li.tɛʁ/
	future	aliterai /a.li.tʁe/	aliteras /a.li.tʁa/	alitera /a.li.tʁa/	aliterons /a.li.tʁɔ̃/	aliterez /a.li.tʁe/	aliteront /a.li.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aliterais /a.li.tʁɛ/	aliterais /a.li.tʁɛ/	aliterait /a.li.tʁɛ/	aliterions /a.li.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	aliteriez /a.li.tə.ʁje/	aliteraient /a.li.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	alite /a.lit/	alites /a.lit/	alite /a.lit/	alitions /a.li.tjɔ̃/	alitiez /a.li.tje/	alitent /a.lit/
	imperfect2	alitasse /a.li.tas/	alitasses /a.li.tas/	alitât /a.li.ta/	alitassions /a.li.ta.sjɔ̃/	alitassiez /a.li.ta.sje/	alitassent /a.li.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alite /a.lit/	—	alitons /a.li.tɔ̃/	alitez /a.li.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• lit

Further reading

• “aliter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• altier, reliât

Latin

Alternative forms

• alter (Late Latin, Vulgate)

Etymology

Adverb from alius (“other”) +‎ -ter (“adverb suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.lɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.li.ter]

Adverb

aliter (not comparable)

1. otherwise

   sin aliter/minus/secus ― otherwise, if not

2. differently, wrongly, poorly

   aliter quam ego velim ― In a manner different from what I want

3. badly, negatively
4. mis-

   aliter exceptum ― misunderstood

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	demonstrative			anaphoric	identity	interrogative or basic relative	indefinite							alternative
	proximal	medial	distal				relative	irrelative	free choice	universal	positive polarity	negative polarity	negative
basic	hic	iste istic	ille illic	is	ᵉipse īdem	quis quī	quīcumque quisquis	quīdam aliquis, quis aliquī, quī nesciō quis	quīvis quīlibet	quisque	quispiam	quisquam hīlum ūllus	nēmō̆ nihil nūllus	alius
ᵇcomparative	huiusmodī ᵉhuiuscemodī	istī̆usmodī ᵉistī̆uscemodī	illī̆usmodī ᵉillī̆uscemodī	eiusmodī	eiusdemmodī	cuiusmodī	cuiusmodīcumque	alicuiusmodī cuiusdammodī	cuiusvīsmodī	cuiusquemodī		cuiusquammodī	°nūllī̆usmodī	alterī̆usmodī alīusmodī
dual						uter	utercumque	alteruter	utervīs uterlibet	uterque			neuter	alter
place	hīc	istīc	illīc	ibī̆	ibī̆dem	ubī̆	ubī̆cumque °ubiubī̆	alicubī̆	ubivīs ubilibet	ubīque	uspiam	usquam °ubīquam	nusquam nūllibī	alibī aliās
source	hinc	istinc °istim	illinc °illim	inde ªim	indidem	unde °cum	undecumque °undeunde	alicunde	°undelibet	undique		°undiquam	°nūllunde	aliunde
destination	hūc hōc °hōrsum	istūc istō, istōc °istōrsum	illūc illō, illōc °illōrsum	eō	eōdem	quō quōrsum	quōcumque quōquō °quōrsumcumque	aliquō °aliquōvorsum	quōvīs quōlibet	quōque	quōpiam uspiam	usquam quōquam ªūllō	nusquam ªnihilō ªnūllō °nūllōrsum	aliō aliōrsum
means, way, path, place	hāc	ªistā istāc	ªillā illāc	eā	eādem	quā quārē	quācumque quāquā	aliquā	quāvīs quālibet	°quāque	°quāpiam	°quāquam ªūllā	nēquāquam ªnūllā ᵉhaudquāquam	aliā
ᵇdistance	hāctenus	°istātenus °istāctenus	°illātenus °illāctenus	eātenus		quātenus	°quātenuscumque °quāquātenus	aliquātenus quādantenus	°quātenusvīs °quātenuslibet			ūllātenus	nūllātenus	aliātenus
ᵇreason	°hācpropter °hōccircā	°istāpropter	°illāpropter	eāpropter proptereā eōcircā idcircō ideō		ᶜcūr quāpropter quōcircā quārē †quia								°aliāpropter
ᵇmanner	hōc modō	istō modō	illō modō	ita ᵉsīc eō modō	item itidem eādem operā eōdem modō	ut prout °quem quō modō quōmodo ᵉquemadmodum	utcumque °utut °proutcumque quōmodocumque °ᵉquemadmodumcumque	quōdam modō aliquō modō	quōmodolibet	utīque quōque modō	quōpiam modō	°utiquam ūllō modō	nihil neutiquam °neutī̆que nūllō modō	aliter alterō/aliō modō
instrument, matter, knowledge						quī ᵉquīn °quīcum	quīcumque	quī °aliquī	°quīlibet	°quīque	°quia	°quīquam	nihilō nēquīquam	aliōquī ᵉaliōquīn
time	†num nunc		ōlim	tum tunc	simul	quandō̆ ‡cum	quandōcumque quandōque cumque °quandōnē °ᵉquandōquandō °cumcumque	quondam aliquandō̆	°quandōlibet	quandōque	†quoniam	umquam	numquam	aliās
quantity				tam	†tamen †tandem	quam	quamcumque †quamquam	aliquam	quamvīs quamlibet	quamque
size				tantus	tantusdem	quantus	quantuscumque quantusquantus	aliquantus	quantusvīs quantuslibet	quantusque
quality				tālis		quālis	quāliscumque quālisquālis	aliquālis	quālislibet	quālisque
number				tot	totidem	quot	quotquot quotcumque	aliquot	quotlibet
order/fractional				totus		quotus	°quotuscumque	°aliquotus	°quotuslibet	°quotusque °quotusquisque
repetition				totiēns		quotiēns	quotiēnscumque	aliquotiēns	quotiēnslibet	quotiēnsque °quotiēnsquisque			°nūllotiēns
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed ° Rare ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative. ª Used almost exclusively to form locutions or compounds. ᵇ All locutions ending in modī, modō, propter, circā or tenus can be univerbalized and vice versa, except de, secus and if another suffix, such as -cumque, -que or -libet, follows them, quemadmodum can also come as a locution in "quem ad modum", quārē can even also come separately especially if accompanied by a preposition, such as dē. ᶜ Used purely and simply as an interrogative in direct questions (then irrelative), its relative meaning is somewhat lost, if it ever had one. ᵉemphatic

References

• “aliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Enrico Olivetti. Dizionario Latino
• “aliter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    
  • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    
  • to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions: aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)
    
  • the matter stands so (otherwise): res ita (aliter) se habet
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti