"alternativus" meaning in Latin

See alternativus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯us/ [Classical-Latin], [äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /al.ter.naˈti.vus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From alternātus + -īvus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|alternātus|-īvus}} alternātus + -īvus Head templates: {{la-adj|alternātīvus}} alternātīvus (feminine alternātīva, neuter alternātīvum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|alternātīvus}} Forms: alternātīvus [canonical], alternātīva [feminine], alternātīvum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], alternātīvus [masculine, nominative, singular], alternātīva [feminine, nominative, singular], alternātīvum [neuter, nominative, singular], alternātīvī [masculine, nominative, singular], alternātīvae [feminine, nominative, plural], alternātīva [neuter, nominative, plural], alternātīvī [genitive, masculine, singular], alternātīvae [feminine, genitive, singular], alternātīvī [genitive, neuter, singular], alternātīvōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], alternātīvārum [feminine, genitive, plural], alternātīvōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], alternātīvō [dative, masculine, singular], alternātīvae [dative, feminine, singular], alternātīvō [dative, neuter, singular], alternātīvīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], alternātīvum [accusative, masculine, singular], alternātīvam [accusative, feminine, singular], alternātīvum [accusative, neuter, singular], alternātīvōs [accusative, masculine, singular], alternātīvās [accusative, feminine, plural], alternātīva [accusative, neuter, plural], alternātīvō [ablative, masculine, singular], alternātīvā [ablative, feminine, singular], alternātīvō [ablative, neuter, singular], alternātīvīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], alternātīve [masculine, singular, vocative], alternātīva [feminine, singular, vocative], alternātīvum [neuter, singular, vocative], alternātīvī [masculine, singular, vocative], alternātīvae [feminine, plural, vocative], alternātīva [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. alternating Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Related terms: alter, alternō, alternus
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      "text": "Italian: alternativo"
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          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: alternatiu",
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          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: alternativu",
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      "text": "Sardinian: alternativu"
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          "expansion": "→ English: alternative",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: alternative"
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          "expansion": "→ French: alternatif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ French: alternatif"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: alternativo",
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      "text": "→ Spanish: alternativo"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Alternative",
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        }
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      "text": "→ German: Alternative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "alternātīvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "alternātīvī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "alternātīvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ivus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternating"
      ],
      "id": "en-alternativus-la-adj-2~33F80o",
      "links": [
        [
          "alternating",
          "alternating"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "alter"
        },
        {
          "word": "alternō"
        },
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          "word": "alternus"
        }
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      "ipa": "/al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ter.naˈti.vus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alternativus"
}
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          "expansion": "Italian: alternativo",
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      "text": "Italian: alternativo"
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          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: alternatiu",
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      ],
      "text": "Occitan: alternatiu"
    },
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            "1": "sc",
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          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: alternativu",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Sardinian: alternativu"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: alternative",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: alternative"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: alternatif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: alternatif"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "alternativo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: alternativo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: alternativo"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Alternative",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Alternative",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Alternative"
    }
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      "form": "alternātīva",
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        "singular"
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "alternātīvārum",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "alternātīvōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "alternātīvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alternātīva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "alter"
    },
    {
      "word": "alternō"
    },
    {
      "word": "alternus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 5-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ivus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternating"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alternating",
          "alternating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯us/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ter.naˈti.vus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alternativus"
}

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