adverb
aliās
aliās (not comparable)
Classical[ˈa.li.aːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.li.as]
Meaning
- not comparableat a time other than the present; at another time, at other times, on another occasion, sometimes
- not comparableplaceat another place, elsewhere
- not comparableat one time... at another time
aliās ēruptiōne temptātā, aliās cunīculīs ad aggerem vīneāsque āctīs
at one time, they attempted a sally, at another time, they built tunnels up to the rampart and mantlets.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 3.21
ălĭas, adv., v. alius, adv. C.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aliās adv.
orig. acc plur. f. of alius, of time, at another time, some other time, at other times: Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes, H.: et alias et in consulatūs petitione vincebar: numquam ante alias, L.: non umquam alias ante, L. —Esp., repeated: alias ... alias, at one time ... at another; once ... another time; sometimes ... sometimes; now ... now, C.: cum alias bellum inferrent, alias inlatum defenderent, Cs.; cf. alias ... plerumque: interdum ... alias, C.—With a case of alius, or with aliter, at one time one ... at another time another; now in one way, now in another: illi alias aliud isdem de rebus iudicant, pass different judgments at different times: (deos) non semper eosdem atque alias alios solemus ... precari, different gods at different times: alias aliter: alias in aliam rem. — With saepe, at many other times, often besides: quod cum saepe alias, tum nuper: fecimus et alias saepe, et nuper in Tusculano.—Raro alias, L.—Non alias, never besides, at no other time: Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno Fulgura, V.: non alias militi familiarior dux fuit, L.—Non alias ... quam, for no other reason, in no other way than, Ta.
Origins
Feminine adverbial accusative of alius or adverbial genitive from an older genitive feminine singular of the same. Compare perperam, bifāriam, and forās as well as pater familiās.
Descendants
- Catalanàlies
- Englishalias
- Frenchalias
- Germanalias
- Italianalias
- Portuguesealiás
- Romanianalias
- Spanishalias
- Swedishalias