English → Latin
“one another” in Latin
aliusother; another; any other; else; differentalterthe other; the second; the one ... the other (alter ... alter)
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.