adverb
aliuta
aliuta (not comparable)
Classical[aˈli.ʊ.ta]Ecclesiastical[aˈliː.u.ta]
Meaning
- not comparableotherwise (in another manner)
ălĭūta, adv. (orig.
I. acc. plur. of aliutum, a lengthened form for aliud; like actutum, astutus, etc.; cf. Sanscr. anyathā, aliter), in another manner, otherwise: aliuta antiqui dicebant pro aliter .... Hinc est aliud in legibus Numae Pompilii: SEI. QVIS. ALIVTA. FAXIT., Paul. ex Fest. p. 6 Müll. (ad Plaut. Rud. prol. 10, v. Fleck.).
Origins
From alius (“other, another”) plus unattested *uta (“how”), part of utī (“how”) which itself is from much older *utai.