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“another” in Latin
alterthe other; the second; the one ... the other (alter ... alter)dīversusopposite; separate, apart; diverse, differentaliusother; another; any other; else; differentaliēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign; unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suscatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-soundingnovusnew, novel; fresh, young; recent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
another
alius: alter (another of two: alter must also be used when another is indefinite, but the action is done to or with but one other person; e.g., si cum altero contrahas: exitium alteri parare): diversus (= different). Another person’s, another’s, alienus (e.g., alienum puerum pro suo tollere). In such expressions as “another Cato,” etc., alter or novus (e.g. alter Hannibal: novus Camillus: alius not till Silver Age). Another world, orbis alienus (Plin., i. e., another, strange, and virtually different, world). To adopt another plan, consilium mutare.
At another time, alias; alio tempore. At another place, alibi (in this sense alias once in Cic., Att., 16, 11, 7). To another place, alio. In another manner, aliter. But more of this another time, sed haec alias ploribus.
ONE ANOTHER, alius alii, or alium, or (if there are two only) alter alteri, or alterum (i. e., one - to the other; or one - the other) inter se (or, if the nominative is “we,” “you,” inter nos, inter vos; when the predicate is spoken of a person or persons expressed in the nominative or accusative in that sentence; seldom in any other case). Vid: Observe, “We know one another,” is novimus nos or novimus nos inter nos; but “they know one another,” is never noverunt se (which is, “to know themselves”) or noverunt se inter se. To fear one another, timere inter se. Inter nos, inter se, are even sometimes joined attributively to substantives; e.g., ad haesitationes atomorum inter se. Inter ipsos (when there is an opposition, expressed or implied, between the subjects spoken of and others). Fidelity to one another, fides inter ipsos (Suet.). So societas bominum inter ipsos, Cic.: mutuo (mutually, reciprocally: invicem is unclassical in this sense, and vicissim has no such meaning): ultro et citro: ultro citroque: ultro citro (=ab utraque parte. Observe, ultro citro is post-Augustan). To love one another, amare inter se: inter se diligere (invicem or mutuo diligere are post-classical: vicissim diligere, founded on a misapprehension of Cic., Lael., 9. 30, is wrong). To look at one another, inter se aspicere.
One after another, deinceps. Vid: EACH other.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for another?
- The usual Latin words for “another” are alter, dīversus, alius; also aliēnus, catus, novus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.