ALTERUM

  

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ALTERUM

Date "ALTERUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

"ALTERUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: altar, alter, altered, anteroom, later, lateral.


Synonyms within Context: ALTERUM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Aid

Phrase: alterum alterius auxilio eget; "God befriend us as our cause is just"; at your service.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ALTERUM

Non-English Usage: "ALTERUM" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (another, either, former, further, latter, next, one, other, second, some person, thing).

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Historic Usage: ALTERUM

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Horum enim alterum a natura est, ut vitam scilicet corpusque tueamur. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: ALTERUM

"ALTERUM" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALTERUM" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Unclassified Items100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: ALTERUM

Expression using "ALTERUM": alterum alterius auxilio eget. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: ALTERUM

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 40, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai apekatesthsen ton arcioinocoon epi thn archn autou kai edwken to pothrion eiV thn ceira faraw
Latin405VulgateRestituitque alterum in locum suum ut porrigeret regi poculum
Middle English1395WyclifThat he brynge forth drynke to the kyng, the tother he hongide in a gibite,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe agayne and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: ALTERUM

LanguageGenesis Chapter 40, Verse 21
CebuanoUg iyang gipabalik sa iyang katungdanan ang pangulo sa mga magtitiing ug gihatag niya ang copa sa kamot ni Faraon.
CroatianVrati glavnog peharnika u peharnièku službu te je i dalje stavljao pehar u faraonovu ruku,
DanishOvermundskænken genindsatte han i hans Embede, så han atter rakte Farao Bægeret,
DutchEn hij deed den overste der schenkers wederkeren tot zijn schenkambt, zodat hij den beker op Farao's hand gaf.
FinnishYlimmäisen juomanlaskijan hän asetti hänen entiseen juomanlaskijan toimeensa, niin että hän sai antaa maljan faraon käteen;
Frenchil rétablit le chef des échansons dans sa charge d`échanson, pour qu`il mît la coupe dans la main de Pharaon;
Germanund setzte den obersten Schenken wieder in sein Schenkamt, daß er den Becher reicht in Pharaos Hand;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPengurus minuman dikembalikannya kepada jabatan yang dahulu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka dipulangkannyalah penghulu penjawat minuman itu kepada jawatannya kembali, supaya dipersembahkannya pula piala itu ke tangan Firaun.
ItalianRestituì il capo dei coppieri al suo ufficio di coppiere, perché porgesse la coppa al faraone,
MaoriA whakahokia ana e ia te tino kaiwhakainu ki tana mahi whakainu, hei hoatu i te kapu ki te ringa o Parao:
NorwegianHan satte den øverste munnskjenk i hans embede igjen, og han rakte Farao begeret,
Rumanianpe mai marele paharnicilor l -a pus iarqw kn slujba lui de paharnic, ca sq punq paharul kn mkna lui Faraon;
RussianЙ ЧПЪЧТБФЙМ ЗМБЧОПЗП ЧЙОПЮЕТ ЙС ОБ ТЕЦОЕЕ НЕУФП, Й ПО П"БМ ЮБЫХ Ч ТХЛХ ЖБТБПОХ,
SwedishHan insatte överste munskänken åter i hans ämbete, så att han fick giva Farao bägaren i handen;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ALTERUM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-r-t-u"

-1 letter: amulet, armlet, mature, mauler, muleta, tramel.

-2 letters: alert, alter, armet, artel, lamer, larum, later, lemur, lutea, mater, metal, mural, muter, ramet, ratel, realm, taler, tamer, ulema, ultra, urate, ureal.

-3 letters: alme, alum, arum, earl, lame, late, lear, lure, lute, male, malt, mare, marl, mart, mate, maul, maut, meal, meat, melt, merl, meta, mule.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: emulator, maturely, staumrel.

 

+2 letters: emulators, formulate, masterful, menstrual, multiyear, staumrels, tremulant, tularemia, tularemic.

 

+3 letters: allurement, extramural, formulated, formulates, immaturely, intermural, largemouth, metallurgy, multiarmed, multigrade, multilayer, multirange, neutralism, parimutuel, permutable, petrolatum, promulgate, psalterium, rudimental, somersault, tourmaline, tularemias.

 

+4 letters: allurements, curtailment, demodulator, emasculator, eurythermal, largemouths, lepromatous, mariculture, masterfully, matriculate, multibarrel, multiplayer, musculature, neutralisms, perambulate, petrolatums, planetarium, prematurely, promulgated, promulgates, rambouillet, reformulate, restimulate, retinaculum, seminatural, somersaults, subterminal, summersault, tetrazolium, tourmalines, ultramarine, ultramodern, ultrasimple, untrammeled, vermiculate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALTERUM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 54 45 52 55 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    -    .    .-.    ..-    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#85 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0054 0045 0052 0055 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35465439525547

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Historic
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Bible Trace
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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