What is the Latin word for otherwise?

The usual Latin words for “otherwise” are aliter, pangō, secus; also contrā, sīc, perinde. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“otherwise” in Latin

aliterotherwise; differently, wrongly, poorly; badly, negatively pangōto fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force in; to set, plant; to celebrate, tell of, record, compose accounts of secusotherwise, to the contrary; differently contrāagainst; opposite to; contrary to sīcyes, indeed (If answering a question); thus, so, like this, in this way; thus, so, like this, in this way perindein the same manner, as, just as, quite as, equally proindeso, for this reason, hence, therefore (sums up the previous argumentation); (so) as; in the same manner, accordingly; as

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

otherwise

aliter; alio modo or pacto, alia ratione (in another manner, under other conditions or circumstances): secus (not so): contra (on the contrary). [☞ Alias means “at another time. “] Not otherwise, sic: not otherwise than, non secus ac, perinde (proinde) ac or atque: it cannot happen otherwise, fieri non potest aliter or fieri aliter non potest (☞ never fieri non aliter potest): it could not happen otherwise than that, etc., fieri non potuit, quin, etc. (☞ aliter fieri non potuit, quam ut etc., is unclassical): it happened otherwise, contra accidit: if it fall out otherwise (i. e., badly), si secus acciderit (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 5, 57): the matter is quite otherwise, totum contra est: to think otherwise, in alia voluntate esse (to have another opinion): dissentire (to think differently; from another, cum or ab aliquo): to think otherwise than one speaks, aliud sentire et loqui; aliud clausum in pectore, aliud in lingua promtum habere (Sall., Cat., 10, 5): he speaks otherwise than he acts, orationi vita dissentit (Sen., Ep., 20, 2): Sometimes “otherwise,” when referring to a substantive, must be rendered by alius; e.g., the boundary must be fixed otherwise, alius finis constituendus est.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for otherwise?: The usual Latin words for “otherwise” are aliter, pangō, secus; also contrā, sīc, perinde. 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.