LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

aliōrsum

aliōrsum (not comparable)
Classical[a.liˈoːr.sũː]Ecclesiastical[a.liˈɔr.sum]

Meaning

  1. not comparableto another place, in another direction, elsewhere
  2. not comparablein a different sense or manner

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ălĭorsum or aliorsus, also twice not contr. ălĭo-vorsum and ălĭō-versus, adv.
I. Lit., directed to another place (other men, objects; cf.: alias, alibi, alio, etc.), in another direction, elsewhither, elsewhere (Aliorsum et illorsum sicut introrsum dixit Cato, Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll.; only ante- and post-class.).
A. Of place: mater ancillas jubet ... aliam aliorsum ire, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 47 (where aliam aliorsum is like alius alio, etc.): jumentum aliorsum ducere, Gell. 7, 15: lupi aliorsum grassantes, App. M. 8, p. 209.—
B. Of persons: infantis aliorsum dati facta amolitio, Gell. 12, 1.—
C. Of things: sed id aliorsum pertinet, Gell. 17, 1.—
II. Fig., = in aliam partem or rationem, in another manner, in a different sense; so in Terence: aliorsum aliquid accipere, to receive something in another manner or otherwise, to take it differently: vereor, ne aliorsum atque ego feci acceperit, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 1; cf. Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 8, atqui ego istuc, Antrax, aliovorsum dixeram, with another design, in a different sense: alioversus, uncontr. in Lact. 1, 17, 1. Cf. Hand, Turs. I. pp. 241 and 242.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *aljoworssom. adverbial accusative from alius + versus.

Old Occitan
  • Occitanalhors
  • Portuguesealhures
  • Galicianalguresfrom Galician allures
Elsewhere
  • Frenchailleurs

Quick answers

What does aliōrsum mean in Latin?
aliōrsum, a adverb, means “to another place, in another direction, elsewhere; in a different sense or manner”.
How do you pronounce aliōrsum?
In classical Latin, [a.liˈoːr.sũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.liˈɔr.sum].