ALT 
ALT 
ALT 
pil n ._IT Figur. bitterness. Juvenal. 
Plus aloes, quam mellis habet. 
XLoEUS, ei & eos, m. ’AAcoeu? [three 
syllab.], one of the Giants, son of Ca- 
nace by Neptune, father of Otus and Ephi- 
altes, who are hence called Aloidce. Lu- 
cnn. 
XLoPECVX {dXomtxla), a:, f. a disease 
causing the hair to fall off by the roots; 
the scurf, scald; scaldhead or scall; mor¬ 
bid baldness {so called from the disease 
being usual with foxes). Generally used 
in tTie plur. Plin. 
ALOPECIAS {aXuirnl), Adis, f. a kind of 
fish, the sea-fox. Plin. 
XLoPECIS (Id.), idis, f. aXw-ireid;, a sort 
of vine producing clusters of grapes re¬ 
sembling the tail of a fox. Plin. 
XLoPECOROS {aXarnril and ovpa), i, f. an 
herb like a fox’s tail, shaggy and mossy ; 
tailed wheat, fox-tail, dXonCKuvpos. 
Plin. 
ALPES, ium, f. pi. more usual than the 
sing, the Alps, ’'AAireif, a high range of 
mountains, which separated Italy from 
Gaul and Germany. Cic. Transcendit 
Alpes.-II Used, also, for any moun¬ 
tainous range. Silius, 2, 333, calls the 
Pyrenees by this name. - IT Hence, 
Alplnus, a, um, adj. Alpine, relating to 
the Alps. Liv. Alpinte gentes. Virg. 
Alpinus rigor. Plin. Alpini mures, 
h. e. marmots. -IT Alplcus, a, um, is 
also found. Nepos. 
ALPHA (aA <pa), indecl. the name of the 
3 first letter of the Greek alphabet, as beta, 
/Jfjra, is of the second. Juvenal. - 
If Jestingly, the first or most distinguished 
in any thing. Martial. 
aLPHXBeTCJM {aX(j>a and /Jijra), i, n. 
3 the alphabet. Tertull. 
aLPHESIBCEX (’AX<pe<rifloia), ax, f. the 
daughter of Phegeus, and wife of Alcmce- 
on, who is said to have killed her brothers, 
from love for her husband. Propert. 
aLPHeOS, or aLPHeOS (’AA (puds), i, m. 
a river of Peloponnesus, flowing from 
mount Stymphalus through Arcadia and 
Elis, which is said, by the poets, to flow under 
the sea as far as Sicily, and there to unite 
with the fountain Arethusa, near Syracuse; 
and, for tins reason, is represented as a 
lover of the nymph Arethusa. Ovid. 
Guo properas Arethusa ? suis Alpheus 
ab undis, &c. Martial. Viderat Al- 
phei praxtnia, h. e. the Olympic games, 
which were celebrated near this river. 
Scnec. Sacer Alpheus, so called because 
the statue of Olympian Jupiter used to 
be sprinkled with this water, &c. ■—— 
U Hence, Alphexas, adis, f. sc. nympha, 
the nymph and fountain Arethusa. Ovid. 
-IT Also, Alpheus, a, um, of or per¬ 
taining to Alpheus, Alphean. Virg. Al- 
phere Piste, h. e. founded by Arcadians. 
aLPHICOS (alphus), i, m. perhaps, one 
who cures the leprosy (alphus). Martial. 
aLPIIOS {aX(pos), i, m. a distemper which 
covers the body with a kind of white scales, 
leprosy. Cels. 
aLSIDeNX, a kind of onion. Plin. 
aLSINe ( dXeii/ri, from aXcros), es, f. an 
herb called chick-weed, or mouse-ear. 
Plin. 
ALSIoSOS (algeo), a, um, adject, subject 
to cold, liable to catch or take cold, liable 
to be frost-bitten, chilly, cold by nature, 
Ivspiyus, qui frigore facile heditur. 
Plin. 
ALSIUM, ii, n. a town in Etruria. Veil. 
Patere. -IT Hence, Alsiensis, e, and 
Alsius, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
_ Alsium. Cic. and Sil. 
aLSIOS (algeo), a, um, adject, cold, chill, 
Svspiyo;, the same as alsiosus. Lucret. 
Alsia corpora.-IT Alsius is used by 
Cic. as a ncut. comp, from alsus, not in 
use, more cool, refreshing. 
aLTaNOS YENTUS, or ALT ANUS, i, 
m. a wind, according to Pliny, rising 
out of the earth ; according to Vitruv. a 
■south-west wind; Servius takes it for a 
_ wind rising from the sea. 
aLTaRe (altus), is, n. an altar upon 
which they sacrificed to the Dii Superi, 
0o)pd$ SvpeXri; ara, which was low¬ 
er, was an altar used in sacrificing 
both to the Dii Superi and Inferi: but 
the distinction is not always observed. 
Plin. Accendi ex his altaria aneve de- 
beant.-TT Tl>e o' altaria is also 
used where only one is spoken of. 
Liv. Annibalem altaribus admotum. 
- IT Altare differs also, properly, 
from ara, in being the superstructure, 
while ara was merely the base of an 
__ altar. 
aLTaRIUM, ii, n. an altar, same as 
altare. Sever. Sulpic. 
aLTe (altus), adverb, on high, high, high¬ 
ly, aloft, inpov, excelse, sublimiter. Cic. 
Cruentum alte extollens pugionem. Id. 
Tollere se a terra altius. Id. Alte ca- 
dere, to fall from on high, from a great 
height. Sueton. Cum aquila altissime 
volasset. Virg. Alte consternunt ter¬ 
rain frondes, h. c. altum in terra cumu- 
lum facientes. Curt. Alte aliquid con- 
stituere, on high. Virg. Suras alte 
vincire. - if Also, deeply, low, to a 
great depth, /3a^ews. Cic. Cum sulcus 
altius esset impressus. Liv. Ferrum 
baud alte in corpus descendisse. 
Virg. Alte abdere caput.-- IT Figur. 
high, &c.; deeply, &c. Plin. Ingenium 
altissime assurgit. Cic. Incipit longo, et 
alte petitoprooemio, li. e. with a long exor¬ 
dium, far-fetched preamble. Curt. Altius 
iram supprimere, h. e. more deeply. Cic. 
Altius aliquid perspicere, li. e. more 
deeply, acutely. Cic. Verbum aliquod 
transferre altius, h. c. too boldly, in a 
manner too far-fetched. 
ALTER (according to some, from aXXos 
and erepos), era, erum, gen. alterius, 
dat. alteri, &c. one of two, the other, 
erepos. Liv. Alter Consulum Q. Ful- 
vius triumphavit. Id. Alter ex Cen- 
soribus petiit ab Senatu, &c. Cic. 
Utique C. Pansa, A. Hirtius consules 
alter, ambove rationem agri habeant, 
one of the two. Id. Quorum fortasse 
utrumque erit; alteram certe, one or 
the other. Liv. Nec in alterius favo- 
rem inclinatos, neither one nor the other. 
- IT The plur. is used when two 
bodies or classes of persons or things 
are opposed to each other; or when 
the subst., with which it is joined, 
wants the sing. Cic. Adductus sum 
tuis unis et alteris litteris. Id. Ad 
Brutum nostrum hos libros alteros 
quinque mittemus, these second five 
books. Sallust. Utrique alteris freti, 
both relying on one another. Varr. Al¬ 
teri totidem, as many more. -IT Alter 
is used, in Latin, to express general 
relations, which, in English, are ex¬ 
pressed by another, because, in reality, 
only two are considered in relation to 
each other. Cic. Detrahere alteri, et sibi 
assumere.-IT Alter is often elegantly 
repeated either in the same or a different 
case. Cic. Quorum alter exercitum 
perdidit, alter vendidit, the one hath lost, 
the other hath bartered away. Id. Alteri 
dimicant, alteri victorem timent, one 
party fight, the other, &c. Terent. Cu- 
remus sequam uterque partem : tu al¬ 
teram, ego item alteram, I the one, you 
the other. Cic. Alteros propemodum 
jam sumus experti, de altero nemo est, 
quin cogitet. Id. Uterque numerus 
plenus, alter altera de causa habetur, 
one for one reason, another for another. 
Id. Milvo est quoddam helium quasi na- 
turale cum corvo ; ergo alter alterius ova 
frangit, the one breaks the eggs of the other. 
Liv. Qui noxii ambo, alter in alteruhi 
causam conferunt. Sallust. Carthagini- 
enses et Cyrenenses alteri alteros ali- 
quantum attriverant. - IT When 
alter, repeated, refers to two words go¬ 
ing before, the first alter is applied to 
the former and the second to the latter; 
though not always.- IT In enume¬ 
rations, it is put for the second, holding 
the second place. Horat. Alteris te 
mensis adhibet Deum. Cic. Quadrien- 
nio post alteram consulatum. Id. 
Proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis con- 
secutis diebus non intermittebas, &c. 
Hence, after numeral adjectives, it is 
rendered by some, the second. Id. Alte¬ 
ro vicesimo die, the.iPld day. Liv. Anno 
trecentesimo altero, quam condita Ro¬ 
ma erat, 302d year. Others, however, 
in this connection, consider alter the 
same as primus, first; as in Virg. Al¬ 
ter ab illo, the first, h. e. next after him. 
So, Id. alter'ab undecimo annus, the 12 th 
year; though this, by some, is rendered 
13th. Ter. Unus et item alter, one and 
the other, h. e. several, some; first one 
and then another; one after the other. 
Cels. Altero quoque die, every second 
day. Liv. Altera die quam, two days 
after; the second day after. - -IT Alter 
idem, and alter ego, a second self, a very 
dear friend. Cic. Amicus est tamquam 
alter idem. So, Cic. Cleomenes qui al¬ 
teram se Verrem putabat. considered 
himself a second Vcrrcs, another Verres. 
Id. Me sicut alteram parentem obser- 
vat. On the other hand, alter some¬ 
times signifies different, changed, oppo¬ 
site. Horat. Quoties te speculo videris 
alteram. - IT Alteram tantum, as 
much more, just so much more. Liv. JVlili- 
tibus ex prxeda centenos binos asses, et 
alteram tantum centurionilms, atque 
equitibus divisit. Cic. Pars pedis alte¬ 
ro tanto, ant sesqui major. A'epmffYia 
altero tanto longior.-IT IteTs put, 
sometimes, for alius, another, when no 
definite person or tiling is alluded to. 
Phaidr. Canis parturiens cum rogasset 
alteram. Cic. Si cum altero contrahas. 
-IT Aliens for alteri, fern, in dat. sing. 
Terent. Hoc ipsa in itioere altera; dum 
_ narrat. 
aLTeRCaTIS (altercor), onis, f. a rcran- 
gling or quarrelling, noisy debate, alterca¬ 
tion; a bickering, brawling, strife, con¬ 
tention, variance, jarring, reasoning, dis¬ 
puting between persons or parties. Cic. 
Redeo ad altercationem: surgit pul- 
chellus puer: objicit mihi, &c. Id. 
Facere altercationes. Id. Oriii alter¬ 
cationem cum aliquo de aliqua re. 
Liv. E disceptatione, altercationem 
facere.-IT A dispute before a court, 
between two parties, which consists of 
question and answer, and not a con- 
neeted speech and argument. Cic. 
aLTeRCaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a wrangler, 
2 disputcr, disputant, argucr, reasoner, 
controvertist, brawler, bickcrcr, jangler. 
Quintil. 
aLTeRCQR (alter or alternus), aris, atus 
sum, dep. 1. and aLTeRCS, as, avi, 
atum, n. 1. to altercate, dispute, contend, 
debate, wrangle, brawl, quibble, jangle, 
jar, be at variance, SiaSiKixijopai. Coes. 
Labienus altercari cum Yatinio incipit. 
Terent. Cum patre altercasti dudum. 
Liv. Mulierum ritu inter nos altercan- 
tes.- IT Especially before a court, to 
dispute or debate by reciprocal interroga¬ 
tions and answers. Cic. Crassus in al- 
tercando invenit parem nerainem.- 
IT Figur. contending. Horat. Altercante 
libidinibus pavore. - TT Also, with 
the acc. Apul. Dum liunc et hujusmo- 
di sermonem altercamur, h. e. converse. 
aLTeRCUM, i, n. the herb henbane. Plin. 
aLTeRNaTIS (alterno), onis, f. the rc- 
3 ciprocal succession of things, alternation. 
Apulei. Alternatio partium.-IT With 
jurists, sometimes an alternative, this 
or that. _ Ulpian. 
aLTeRNaT&S (Id.), a, um, arranged al¬ 
ternately, alternating. Plin. Nervis cervi 
alternatis, et dorcadis. Sil. Atque alter¬ 
nates sociato consule fasces. Id. inter 
varias Fortuna utrinque virorum Alter- 
nata vices. Senec. Ex splendidis, sor- 
didisqne alternata series. - IT Ul¬ 
pian. Alternata conditione, alternative. 
aLTeRNe (alternus), adverb, by turns, 
2 alternately, reciprocally. Plin. 
ALTeRNS (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to do 
2 any thing by turns; vary, alter, change, 
interchange, reciprocate, apeetfleo, vicis- 
sim alterum duorum ponere, intermis- 
sa, non continuata serie ponere. Plin. 
Oliva alternare fructus cogitur, to pro¬ 
duce fruit every other year. Plin. Hirun- 
dines in fetu alternant cibnm. Ovid. 
alternant spesque timorque fidem, h. c. 
modo fiduciam spes affert, modo timor 
adimit. Id. Alternare vices.-TT Al¬ 
so, without case. Plin. Arborum fer- 
tilitas omnium fere alternat, alternates, 
h. e. bears every other year. Virg. Hrec 
alternanti potior sententia visa est, 
wavering. 
ALTeRN&S (alter), a, um, adject, acting 
or done by turns, one after another, inter¬ 
changeable, mutual, reciprocal , every other, 
alternate, apoifiaTos, qui vicissitu'dinem 
habet, et non continuato, sed intevmis- 
so ordine fit. Cic. Pedes aut choreos, 
