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“one another” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

one another
alius alii or alium; of two, alter, alteri, or alterum (= one... the other); inter se, among or between themselves, is used when the predicate is referred only to the personality of a subject of the third person plur., named in the same clause, in the nominative or accusative case, rarely in any other: ☞ se inter se is not Latin; Vid: Gernh., Cic., Lael., 22, 82; Handrianus, Tursell., 3, p. 387, sq.): inter ipsos (among themselves, when the predicate of a proposition is to be referred to such a subject exclusively, and in opposition to all others; the subject is then mentioned in the same clause, either in the genitive, dative, or ablative, or in the clause immediately preceding): mutuo (mutually; ☞ invicem here would be unclassical, vicissim has a different meaning): ultro et citro, ultro citroque, ultro citro (hither and thither, on both sides). ☞ Ultro citro is probably post-Augustan; Vid: Handrianus, Tursell., 2, p. 86, sqq.): they help one another, alter alterum adjuvat; alius alii subsidium ferunt: they keep nothing from one another, nihil quidquam secretum alter ab altero habet: they (two armies) did not observe one another, neutri alteros cernebant: they blamed one another, alius alium increpabant: to love one another, amare inter se; inter se diligere (☞ invicem or mutuo diligere not classical: vicissim diligere, formed by the moderns from the misunderstood passage, Cic., Lael., 9, 30, is wrong): we love one another, amamus inter nos (☞ not amamus nos inter nos): to look at one another, to fear one another, etc., inter se aspicere, timere, etc.: to strike one another, alter alterum verberibus caedit (PROP., with cudgels): inter se confligere (figuratively, of battle): to be at variance with one another, inter se discordare, dissidere, dissentire: to kiss one another, mutua dare oscula: to kiss and embrace one another, osculari et amplexari inter se (Plaut., Mil., Glor., 5, 40): to render services to one another, officiis mutuo respondere: to eat one another, mutua carne inter se vesci: to meet one another, sibi occurrere or obviam fieri: to shoiv kindness to one another, ultro citroque beneficia dare et accipere: to send messengers to one another, nuncios ultro citroque mittere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for one another?
The usual Latin words for “one another” are alius, alter. 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.