alius

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (Modern 🇨🇬),, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (Modern 🇨🇬). Other forms from 🇨🇬 include 🇨🇬,.

Adjective

 * 1) other, another, any other
 * 2) else
 * 3) different

Usage notes

 * When used in pairs, alius...alius may function like English ....
 * When used in pairs, aliī...aliī may function like English ....
 * In an affirmative sentence, when alius is followed by an ablative, it conjointly means "other than" typically. In a negative sentence with an ablative, it would typically mean "nothing else but" or "nothing other than".


 * Alius can also mean "different" when the word is written twice with the second alius being in the ablative case, e.g. "alius aliō"

Declension
Irregular declension. Regular genitive singular, alīus, is rare, being normally supplied by, the genitive of , instead.

A contracted form of the neuter nominative/accusative singular,, was used by Catullus and Lucretius.