aliuta

Forms

aliuta (not comparable)^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin alius (“other”) + *uta (“how”), with a particle that also appears in ita and utī.^[2][3][1] Wiktionary takes ⟨*uta⟩ as an older form of the particle ⟨utī⟩ “how”, from ⟨*utai⟩.^[1] Lewis & Short gave an older explanation, an accusative plural of a lengthened form of aliud, and compared Sanskrit अन्यथा (anyathā, “otherwise”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It survives only in a law ascribed to King Numa, which Paulus' epitome of Festus quotes as sei quis aliuta faxit, ipsos Iovi sacer esto, “if anyone acts otherwise, let him be forfeit to Jupiter”;^[4][3][5] Festus explains that the ancients said aliuta for aliter.^[4][3][5]

Meanings

Adverb

1. In another way, otherwise.^[2][4][3]

Usage notes

An archaic word, known only from this quotation; the usual word is aliter.^[5][6][7]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier