A little question

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rŏgātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [rogatio].

An unimportant bill or proposed law, Cic. Dom. 20, 51. —

A little question:

Chrysippi,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39.

alter, tĕra, tĕrum, adj. (the measure of the gen. sing. āltĕrĭŭs as paeon primus is supported in good Latin only by examples from dactylic verse (but see alterĭus in trochaic measure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 56), in which īpsĭŭs, īllĭŭs, īstĭŭs, ūnĭŭs, etc., are used as dactyls; on the contr., the regular measure āltĕrīŭs, as ditrochaeus, is sufficiently confirmed by the foll. verses of Enn., Ter., and Ter. Maur.: mox cum alterīus abligurias bona, Enn. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. 29 Vahl.):

alterīus sua comparent commoda? ah!

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

nec alter[imacracute]us indigéns opís veni,

Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.;

and sescupló vel una víncet alter[imacracute]us singulum,

id. ib. p. 2412 ib.; Prisc. p. 695 ib.; alterius is also commonly used as the gen. of alius, as alīus is little used (v. h. v. fin.).— Dat. sing. f.:

alterae,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 30; Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Nep. Eum. 1, 6; Col. 5, 11, 10) [a comp. form of al-ius; cf. Sanscr. antara = alius; Goth. anthar; Lith. antras = secundus; Germ. ander; Gr. heteros; Engl. either, other; also Sanscr. itara = alius], the other of two, one of two, the other, ho heteros.

Lit.

In gen.:

nam huic alterae patria quae sit, profecto nescio,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45:

necesse est enim sit alterum de duobus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

altera ex duabus legionibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20: mihi cum viris ambobus est amicitia;

cum altero vero magnus usus,

Cic. Clu. 42, 117:

alter consulum,

Liv. 40, 59:

alter ex censoribus,

id. 40, 52:

in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit,

on the other side, Caes. B. G. 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 54:

si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe illi et alteram,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 39; 28, 1.—Hence: alter ambove, one or both; commonly in the abbreviation:

A. A. S. E. V. = alter ambove si eis videretur: utique C. Pansa, A. Hirtius consules alter ambove S. E. V. rationem agri habeant,

Cic. Phil. 5 fin. Wernsd.; cf. id. ib. 8, 11; 9, 7 fin.; 14, 14 fin.; cf.

Brison. Form. pp. 218 and 219: absente consulum altero ambobusve,

Liv. 30, 23: ambo alterve, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100 fin. —

Esp.

a.. In distributive clauses: alter... alter, the one... the other (cf. alius, II. A.): ho heteros... ho heteros:

Si duobus praefurniis coques, lacunā nihil opus erit. Cum cinere eruto opus erit, altero praefurnio eruito, in altero ignis erit,

Cato, R. R. 38, 9:

alteram ille amat sororem, ego alteram,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 68; id. Am. 1, 2, 19; 1, 2, 20; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50:

quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit,

Cic. Planc. 35; so id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: namque alterā ex parte Bellovaci instabant;

alteram Camulogenus tenebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 59 Herz.:

conjunxit alteram (cortinam) alteri,

Vulg. Exod. 36, 10; 36, 22; ib. Joan. 13, 14; ib. Rom. 12, 5.—

In same sense, unus... alter, one... the other, as in later Gr. heis men... heteros de: vitis insitio una est per ver, altera est cum uva floret;

ea optima est,

Cato, R. R. 41, 1: Phorm. Una injuria est tecum. Chrem. Lege agito ergo. Phorm. Altera est tecum, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90: uni epistolae respondi;

venio ad alteram,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 19; ib. Matt. 6, 24:

Erant duae factiones, quarum una populi causam agebat, altera optimatium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Liv. 31, 21:

consules coepere duo creari, ut si unus malus esse voluisset, alter eum coërceret,

Eutr. 1, 8:

Duo homines ascenderunt in templum, unus pharisaeus et alter publicanus,

Vulg. Luc. 18, 10 al. —

Sometimes a subst., or hic, ille, etc., stands in the place of the second alter:

Epaminondas... Leonidas: quorum alter, etc... Leonidas autem, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Vell. 2, 71, 3:

alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, iste, qui adest, magnus vocatur,

id. ib.:

alterum corporis aegritudo, illum, etc.,

Flor. 4, 7.—Sometimes

one alter is entirely omitted (cf. alius, II. A.; heteros, L. and S. I. 2.):

duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, pertinacior (sc. altera), etc.,

Liv. 29, 33:

hujus lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13; or

the form changed:

dialecticam adjungunt et physicam, alteram quod habeat rationem.... Physicae quoque etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72, and 3, 22, 73. —Sometimes a further distributive word is added:

alter adulescens decessit, alter senex, aliquis praeter hos infans,

Sen. Ep. 66, 39:

alter in vincula ducitur, alter insperatae praeficitur potestati, alius etc.,

Amm. 14, 11.—

In plur.: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos;

alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent,

id. Fam. 6, 3: binas a te accepi litteras; quarum alteris mihi gratulabare... alteris dicebas etc., in one of which,... in the other, id. ib. 4, 14:

quorum alteri adjuvabant, alteri etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17: duplices similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum, Auct. ad Her. 3, 20. —

The second alter in a different case:

alter alterius ova frangit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49:

uterque numerus plenus, alter alterā de causā habetur,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2:

qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant,

Liv. 5, 11:

alteri alteros aliquantum attriverant,

Sall. J. 79, 4; so id. ib. 42, 4;

53, 7 al. —Also with alteruter: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet,

Nep. Dion. 4, 1.—With unus:

quom inter nos sorderemus unus alteri,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 30:

dicunt unus ad alterum,

Vulg. Ez. 33, 30:

ne unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio,

ib. 1 Cor. 4, 6.—With uterque:

uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:

utrique alteris freti finitimos sub imperium suum coëgere,

Sall. J. 18, 12.—With nemo, nullus, neuter:

ut nemo sit alteri similis,

Quint. 2, 9, 2:

cum tot saeculis nulla referta sit causa, quae esset tota alteri similis,

id. 7, prooem. 4:

neutrum eorum contra alterum juvare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3:

ut neutra alteri officiat,

Quint. 1, 1, 3.—After two substt., the first alter generally refers to the first subst., and the second to the second:

Philippum rebus gestis superatum a filio, facilitate video superiorem fuisse. Itaque alter semper magnus, alter saepe turpissimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 26; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 21; Brem. ad Suet. Claud. 20.—Sometimes the order is reversed: contra nos (summa gratia et eloquentia) raciunt in hoc tempore;

quarum alteram (i. e. eloquentiam) vereor, alteram (i. e. gratiam) metuo,

Cic. Quinct. 1; so id. Off. 3, 18; 1, 12; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 9, 2, 6.—

As a numeral = secundus, the second, the next, o heteros:

primo die, alter dies, tertius dies, deinde reliquis diebus etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:

proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus non intermittebas etc.,

id. Phil. 1, 13 Wernsd.:

quadriennio post alterum consulatum,

id. Sen. 9:

die altero,

Vulg. Jos. 10, 32: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert (= mensā secundā), Hor. C. 4, 5, 31.—So, alterā die, the next day, têi allêi hêmerai, têi heterai:

se alterā die ad conloquium venturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Vulg. Gen. 19, 34; ib. Matt. 27, 62:

die altero,

ib. Num. 11, 32; ib. Jos. 5, 11 al.—So in comparative sense:

alterā die quam a Brindisio solvit, in Macedoniam trajecit,

Liv. 31, 14; Suet. Vit. 3:

intermittere diem alterum quemque oportet,

every other day, Cels. 3, 23; 3, 13; 4, 12:

Olea non continuis annis, sed fere altero quoque fructum adfert,

Col. R. R. 5, 8.—With prepp.:

qui (Ptolemaeus) tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam,

next after, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; so, fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the second or next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49:

alter ab undecimo jam tum me ceperat annus,

id. ib. 8, 39.—Hence,

Also with tens, hundreds, etc.:

accepi tuas litteras, quas mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit,

on the twenty-second day, Cic. Fam. 12, 25 Manut.:

anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat,

in the three hundred and second year, Liv. 3, 33:

vicesima et altera laedit,

Manil. 4, 466.—

So of a number collectively:

remissarios pedum XII., alteros pedum X.,

a second ten, Cato, R. R. 19, 2:

ad Brutum hos libros alteros quinque mittemus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,

Cat. 5, 7.—So with the numeral understood: aurea mala decem misi;

cras altera (sc. decem) mittam,

a second ten, Verg. E. 3, 71.—Hence,

Unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.

For two (as in Gr. heis kai heteros):

unus et alter dies intercesserat,

Cic. Clu. 26:

adductus sum tuis unis et alteris litteris,

id. Att. 14, 18:

et sub eā versus unus et alter erunt,

Ov. H. 15, 182; so Suet. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 12 (cf. id. Gram. 24: unum vel alterum, vel, cum plurimos, tres aut quattuor admittere).—

More freq. of an indef. number, one and another; and: unusalterve, one or two:

Unus et item alter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

mora si quem tibi item unum alterumve diem abstulerit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9; so id. Clu. 13, 38; 13, 26:

versus paulo concinnior unus et alter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74; so id. S. 1, 6, 102; 2, 5, 24; id. A. P. 15:

ex illis unus et alter ait,

Ov. F. 2, 394; id. Am. 2, 5, 22; Petr. 108; Plin. Pan. 45 Schwarz; cf. id. ib. 52, 2; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Galb. 14 al.:

paucis loricae, vix uni alterive cassis aut galea,

Tac. G. 6.—

Alterum tantum, as much more or again, twice as much (cf. Gr. heteron tosouton or hetera tosauta):

etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam potius quam sinam, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 65:

altero tanto aut sesqui major,

Cic. Or. 56, 188:

altero tanto longior,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; so Dig. 28, 2, 13:

numero tantum alterum adjecit,

Liv. 1, 36; so id. 10, 46; Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Dig. 49, 14, 3 al.—

Alteri totidem, as many more:

de alteris totidem scribere incipiamus,

Varr. L. L. 8, 24 Müll. —

To mark the similarity of one object to another in qualities, etc., a second, another (as in English, a second father, my second self, and the like). So,

With a proper name, used as an appellative (cf. alius, II. G.):

Verres, alter Orcus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50:

alterum se Verrem putabat,

id. ib. 5, 33 fin.:

Hamilcar, Mars alter,

Liv. 21, 10.—

With a com. noun:

me sicut alterum parentem observat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8:

altera patria,

Flor. 2, 6, 42 al. —

Alter ego, a second self, of very intimate friends (in the class. per. perh. only in Cic. Ep.; cf. ho hetairos, heteros egô, Clem. Al. 450):

vide quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5:

me alterum se fore dixit,

id. Att. 4, 1:

quoniam alterum me reliquissem,

id. Fam. 2, 15; Aus. praef. 2, 15.—

Alter idem, a second self, like heteroi hautoi, Arist. Eth. M. 8, 12, 3 (on account of the singularity of the expression, introduced by tamquam):

amicus est tamquam alter idem,

Cic. Lael. 21, 82.—

The one of two, either of two, without a more precise designation, for alteruter:

non uterque sed alter,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

fortasse utrumque, alterum certe,

id. Att. 11, 18:

melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrūm vivemus,

Liv. 1, 13:

nec rogarem, ut mea de vobis altera amica foret,

Ov. A. A. 3, 520:

ex duobus, quorum alterum petis, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3:

ex duobus (quorum necesse est alterum verum), etc.,

Quint. 5, 10, 69:

ac si necesse est in alteram errare partem, maluerim etc.,

id. 10, 1, 26; 1, 4, 24; 9, 3, 6 al.—Once also with a negative, neither of two: hos, tamquam medios, [p. 98] nec in alterius favorem inclinatos, miserat rex, Liv. 40, 20, 4.—

Transf.

Another of a class = alius (as opp. to one's self, to another); subst., another, a neighbor, a fellow-creature, ho pelas (so sometimes heteros, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 17); cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 90 and 458 (alter designates the similarity of two objects; alius a difference in the objects contrasted): SI. INIVRIAM. FAXIT. ALTERI., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1:

qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58; id. Am. prol. 84: mox dum alterius abligurias bona, quid censes dominis esse animi? Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 3: qui alteris exitium paret, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

qui nihil alterius causā facit et metitur suis commodis omnia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 14:

ut aeque quisque altero delectetur ac se ipso,

id. Off. 1, 17, 56; 1, 2, 4:

scientem in errorem alterum inducere,

id. ib. 3, 13, 55 et saep.:

cave ne portus occupet alter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32 Schmid.:

nil obstet tibi, dum ne sit te ditior alter,

id. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 33:

canis parturiens cum rogāsset alteram, ut etc.,

Phaedr. 1, 19:

nec patientem sessoris alterius (equum) primus ascendit,

Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58:

in quo judicas alterum, te ipsum condemnas,

Vulg. Rom. 2, 1:

nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 24;

14, 17: sic in semet ipso tantum gloriam habebit et non in altero,

ib. Gal. 6, 4 al. —Hence, alter with a neg., or neg. question and comp., as an emphatic expression (mostly ante-class.; cf.

alius, II. H.): scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,

id. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

qui me alter audacior est homo?

id. Am. 1, 1, 1; id. Ep. 1, 1, 24.—

The other, the opposite:

alterius factionis principes,

the leaders of the opposite party, Nep. Pelop. 1, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2:

adversariae factioni): studiosiorem partis alterius,

Suet. Tib. 11. —

In gen., different:

quotiens te speculo videris alterum,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: abeuntes post carnem alteram (Gr. heteros, q. v. L. and S. III.), Vulg. Jud. 7.—

In the lang. of augury, euphem. for infaustus, unfavorable, unpropitious, Fest. p. 6 (v. L. and S. Gr. Lex. s. v. heteros, III. 2.).

alterius commonly serves as gen. of alius instead of alīus, Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; 1, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1; Sall. C. 52, 8; Liv. 21, 13, 3; 22, 14, 4; 26, 8, 2; 28, 37, 6 al.; Col. 8, 17, 2; 11, 2, 87; 12, 22, 2; Sen. Ep. 72, 10; 102, 3; id. Ben. 4, 3, 1; id. Ot. Sap. 4, 1; id. Brev. Vit. 16, 2; id. Q. N. 2, 34, 1 al.; Quint. 7, 9, 8; 8, 3, 73 al.; Tac. A. 15, 25; id. H. 2, 90; Plin. Ep. 10, 114, 2; Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58 al.; Gell. 2, 28 al.—It also stands as correlative to alius:

alius inter cenandum solutus est, alterius continuata mors somno est,

Sen. Ep. 66, 39:

cum inventum sit ex veris (gemmis) generis alterius in aliud falsas traducere,

Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197; Plin. Pan. 2, 6 (Neue, Formenl. II. p. 216).

[alter], for alias, acc. to Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll.

alter, tĕra, tĕrum, adj. (the measure of the gen. sing. āltĕrĭŭs as paeon primus is supported in good Latin only by examples from dactylic verse (but see alterĭus in trochaic measure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 56), in which īpsĭŭs, īllĭŭs, īstĭŭs, ūnĭŭs, etc., are used as dactyls; on the contr., the regular measure āltĕrīŭs, as ditrochaeus, is sufficiently confirmed by the foll. verses of Enn., Ter., and Ter. Maur.: mox cum alterīus abligurias bona, Enn. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (Sat. 29 Vahl.):

alterīus sua comparent commoda? ah!

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

nec alter[imacracute]us indigéns opís veni,

Ter. Maur. p. 2432 P.;

and sescupló vel una víncet alter[imacracute]us singulum,

id. ib. p. 2412 ib.; Prisc. p. 695 ib.; alterius is also commonly used as the gen. of alius, as alīus is little used (v. h. v. fin.).— Dat. sing. f.:

alterae,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 30; Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Nep. Eum. 1, 6; Col. 5, 11, 10) [a comp. form of al-ius; cf. Sanscr. antara = alius; Goth. anthar; Lith. antras = secundus; Germ. ander; Gr. heteros; Engl. either, other; also Sanscr. itara = alius], the other of two, one of two, the other, ho heteros.

Lit.

In gen.:

nam huic alterae patria quae sit, profecto nescio,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 45:

necesse est enim sit alterum de duobus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

altera ex duabus legionibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 20: mihi cum viris ambobus est amicitia;

cum altero vero magnus usus,

Cic. Clu. 42, 117:

alter consulum,

Liv. 40, 59:

alter ex censoribus,

id. 40, 52:

in alterā parte fluminis legatum reliquit,

on the other side, Caes. B. G. 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 54:

si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe illi et alteram,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 39; 28, 1.—Hence: alter ambove, one or both; commonly in the abbreviation:

A. A. S. E. V. = alter ambove si eis videretur: utique C. Pansa, A. Hirtius consules alter ambove S. E. V. rationem agri habeant,

Cic. Phil. 5 fin. Wernsd.; cf. id. ib. 8, 11; 9, 7 fin.; 14, 14 fin.; cf.

Brison. Form. pp. 218 and 219: absente consulum altero ambobusve,

Liv. 30, 23: ambo alterve, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 100 fin. —

Esp.

a.. In distributive clauses: alter... alter, the one... the other (cf. alius, II. A.): ho heteros... ho heteros:

Si duobus praefurniis coques, lacunā nihil opus erit. Cum cinere eruto opus erit, altero praefurnio eruito, in altero ignis erit,

Cato, R. R. 38, 9:

alteram ille amat sororem, ego alteram,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 68; id. Am. 1, 2, 19; 1, 2, 20; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50:

quorum alter exercitum perdidit, alter vendidit,

Cic. Planc. 35; so id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: namque alterā ex parte Bellovaci instabant;

alteram Camulogenus tenebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 59 Herz.:

conjunxit alteram (cortinam) alteri,

Vulg. Exod. 36, 10; 36, 22; ib. Joan. 13, 14; ib. Rom. 12, 5.—

In same sense, unus... alter, one... the other, as in later Gr. heis men... heteros de: vitis insitio una est per ver, altera est cum uva floret;

ea optima est,

Cato, R. R. 41, 1: Phorm. Una injuria est tecum. Chrem. Lege agito ergo. Phorm. Altera est tecum, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 90: uni epistolae respondi;

venio ad alteram,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6:

nomen uni Ada, et nomen alteri Sella,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 19; ib. Matt. 6, 24:

Erant duae factiones, quarum una populi causam agebat, altera optimatium,

Nep. Phoc. 3, 1; Liv. 31, 21:

consules coepere duo creari, ut si unus malus esse voluisset, alter eum coërceret,

Eutr. 1, 8:

Duo homines ascenderunt in templum, unus pharisaeus et alter publicanus,

Vulg. Luc. 18, 10 al. —

Sometimes a subst., or hic, ille, etc., stands in the place of the second alter:

Epaminondas... Leonidas: quorum alter, etc... Leonidas autem, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; so Vell. 2, 71, 3:

alter gladiator habetur, hic autem, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, iste, qui adest, magnus vocatur,

id. ib.:

alterum corporis aegritudo, illum, etc.,

Flor. 4, 7.—Sometimes

one alter is entirely omitted (cf. alius, II. A.; heteros, L. and S. I. 2.):

duae turmae haesere: altera metu dedita hosti, pertinacior (sc. altera), etc.,

Liv. 29, 33:

hujus lateris alter angulus ad orientem solem, inferior ad meridiem spectat,

Caes. B. G. 5, 13; or

the form changed:

dialecticam adjungunt et physicam, alteram quod habeat rationem.... Physicae quoque etc.,

Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72, and 3, 22, 73. —Sometimes a further distributive word is added:

alter adulescens decessit, alter senex, aliquis praeter hos infans,

Sen. Ep. 66, 39:

alter in vincula ducitur, alter insperatae praeficitur potestati, alius etc.,

Amm. 14, 11.—

In plur.: nec ad vivos pertineat, nec ad mortuos;

alteri nulli sunt, alteros non attinget,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

alteri dimicant, alteri victorem timent,

id. Fam. 6, 3: binas a te accepi litteras; quarum alteris mihi gratulabare... alteris dicebas etc., in one of which,... in the other, id. ib. 4, 14:

quorum alteri adjuvabant, alteri etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17: duplices similitudines, unae rerum, alterae verborum, Auct. ad Her. 3, 20. —

The second alter in a different case:

alter alterius ova frangit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49:

uterque numerus plenus, alter alterā de causā habetur,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 2:

qui noxii ambo, alter in alterum causam conferant,

Liv. 5, 11:

alteri alteros aliquantum attriverant,

Sall. J. 79, 4; so id. ib. 42, 4;

53, 7 al. —Also with alteruter: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet,

Nep. Dion. 4, 1.—With unus:

quom inter nos sorderemus unus alteri,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 30:

dicunt unus ad alterum,

Vulg. Ez. 33, 30:

ne unus adversus alterum infletur pro alio,

ib. 1 Cor. 4, 6.—With uterque:

uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 4:

utrique alteris freti finitimos sub imperium suum coëgere,

Sall. J. 18, 12.—With nemo, nullus, neuter:

ut nemo sit alteri similis,

Quint. 2, 9, 2:

cum tot saeculis nulla referta sit causa, quae esset tota alteri similis,

id. 7, prooem. 4:

neutrum eorum contra alterum juvare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3:

ut neutra alteri officiat,

Quint. 1, 1, 3.—After two substt., the first alter generally refers to the first subst., and the second to the second:

Philippum rebus gestis superatum a filio, facilitate video superiorem fuisse. Itaque alter semper magnus, alter saepe turpissimus,

Cic. Off. 1, 26; cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 21; Brem. ad Suet. Claud. 20.—Sometimes the order is reversed: contra nos (summa gratia et eloquentia) raciunt in hoc tempore;

quarum alteram (i. e. eloquentiam) vereor, alteram (i. e. gratiam) metuo,

Cic. Quinct. 1; so id. Off. 3, 18; 1, 12; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 9, 2, 6.—

As a numeral = secundus, the second, the next, o heteros:

primo die, alter dies, tertius dies, deinde reliquis diebus etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:

proximo, altero, tertio, reliquis consecutis diebus non intermittebas etc.,

id. Phil. 1, 13 Wernsd.:

quadriennio post alterum consulatum,

id. Sen. 9:

die altero,

Vulg. Jos. 10, 32: alteris Te mensis adhibet deum, i. e. at the dessert (= mensā secundā), Hor. C. 4, 5, 31.—So, alterā die, the next day, têi allêi hêmerai, têi heterai:

se alterā die ad conloquium venturum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19; Vulg. Gen. 19, 34; ib. Matt. 27, 62:

die altero,

ib. Num. 11, 32; ib. Jos. 5, 11 al.—So in comparative sense:

alterā die quam a Brindisio solvit, in Macedoniam trajecit,

Liv. 31, 14; Suet. Vit. 3:

intermittere diem alterum quemque oportet,

every other day, Cels. 3, 23; 3, 13; 4, 12:

Olea non continuis annis, sed fere altero quoque fructum adfert,

Col. R. R. 5, 8.—With prepp.:

qui (Ptolemaeus) tum regnabat alter post Alexandream conditam,

next after, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; so, fortunate puer, tu nunc eris alter ab illo, the second or next after him, Verg. E. 5, 49:

alter ab undecimo jam tum me ceperat annus,

id. ib. 8, 39.—Hence,

Also with tens, hundreds, etc.:

accepi tuas litteras, quas mihi Cornificius altero vicesimo die reddidit,

on the twenty-second day, Cic. Fam. 12, 25 Manut.:

anno trecentesimo altero quam condita Roma erat,

in the three hundred and second year, Liv. 3, 33:

vicesima et altera laedit,

Manil. 4, 466.—

So of a number collectively:

remissarios pedum XII., alteros pedum X.,

a second ten, Cato, R. R. 19, 2:

ad Brutum hos libros alteros quinque mittemus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

basia mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,

Cat. 5, 7.—So with the numeral understood: aurea mala decem misi;

cras altera (sc. decem) mittam,

a second ten, Verg. E. 3, 71.—Hence,

Unus et alter, unus atque alter, unus alterque, the one and the other.

For two (as in Gr. heis kai heteros):

unus et alter dies intercesserat,

Cic. Clu. 26:

adductus sum tuis unis et alteris litteris,

id. Att. 14, 18:

et sub eā versus unus et alter erunt,

Ov. H. 15, 182; so Suet. Tib. 63; id. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 12 (cf. id. Gram. 24: unum vel alterum, vel, cum plurimos, tres aut quattuor admittere).—

More freq. of an indef. number, one and another; and: unusalterve, one or two:

Unus et item alter,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 50:

mora si quem tibi item unum alterumve diem abstulerit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9; so id. Clu. 13, 38; 13, 26:

versus paulo concinnior unus et alter,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 74; so id. S. 1, 6, 102; 2, 5, 24; id. A. P. 15:

ex illis unus et alter ait,

Ov. F. 2, 394; id. Am. 2, 5, 22; Petr. 108; Plin. Pan. 45 Schwarz; cf. id. ib. 52, 2; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Galb. 14 al.:

paucis loricae, vix uni alterive cassis aut galea,

Tac. G. 6.—

Alterum tantum, as much more or again, twice as much (cf. Gr. heteron tosouton or hetera tosauta):

etiamsi alterum tantum perdundum est, perdam potius quam sinam, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 81; so id. Bacch. 5, 2, 65:

altero tanto aut sesqui major,

Cic. Or. 56, 188:

altero tanto longior,

Nep. Eum. 8, 5; so Dig. 28, 2, 13:

numero tantum alterum adjecit,

Liv. 1, 36; so id. 10, 46; Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Dig. 49, 14, 3 al.—

Alteri totidem, as many more:

de alteris totidem scribere incipiamus,

Varr. L. L. 8, 24 Müll. —

To mark the similarity of one object to another in qualities, etc., a second, another (as in English, a second father, my second self, and the like). So,

With a proper name, used as an appellative (cf. alius, II. G.):

Verres, alter Orcus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50:

alterum se Verrem putabat,

id. ib. 5, 33 fin.:

Hamilcar, Mars alter,

Liv. 21, 10.—

With a com. noun:

me sicut alterum parentem observat,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8:

altera patria,

Flor. 2, 6, 42 al. —

Alter ego, a second self, of very intimate friends (in the class. per. perh. only in Cic. Ep.; cf. ho hetairos, heteros egô, Clem. Al. 450):

vide quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5:

me alterum se fore dixit,

id. Att. 4, 1:

quoniam alterum me reliquissem,

id. Fam. 2, 15; Aus. praef. 2, 15.—

Alter idem, a second self, like heteroi hautoi, Arist. Eth. M. 8, 12, 3 (on account of the singularity of the expression, introduced by tamquam):

amicus est tamquam alter idem,

Cic. Lael. 21, 82.—

The one of two, either of two, without a more precise designation, for alteruter:

non uterque sed alter,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

fortasse utrumque, alterum certe,

id. Att. 11, 18:

melius peribimus quam sine alteris vestrūm vivemus,

Liv. 1, 13:

nec rogarem, ut mea de vobis altera amica foret,

Ov. A. A. 3, 520:

ex duobus, quorum alterum petis, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 3:

ex duobus (quorum necesse est alterum verum), etc.,

Quint. 5, 10, 69:

ac si necesse est in alteram errare partem, maluerim etc.,

id. 10, 1, 26; 1, 4, 24; 9, 3, 6 al.—Once also with a negative, neither of two: hos, tamquam medios, [p. 98] nec in alterius favorem inclinatos, miserat rex, Liv. 40, 20, 4.—

Transf.

Another of a class = alius (as opp. to one's self, to another); subst., another, a neighbor, a fellow-creature, ho pelas (so sometimes heteros, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 17); cf. Ochsn. Eclog. 90 and 458 (alter designates the similarity of two objects; alius a difference in the objects contrasted): SI. INIVRIAM. FAXIT. ALTERI., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1:

qui alterum incusat probri, eum ipsum se intueri oportet,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 58; id. Am. prol. 84: mox dum alterius abligurias bona, quid censes dominis esse animi? Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 3: qui alteris exitium paret, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

qui nihil alterius causā facit et metitur suis commodis omnia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 14:

ut aeque quisque altero delectetur ac se ipso,

id. Off. 1, 17, 56; 1, 2, 4:

scientem in errorem alterum inducere,

id. ib. 3, 13, 55 et saep.:

cave ne portus occupet alter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32 Schmid.:

nil obstet tibi, dum ne sit te ditior alter,

id. S. 1, 1, 40; 1, 5, 33:

canis parturiens cum rogāsset alteram, ut etc.,

Phaedr. 1, 19:

nec patientem sessoris alterius (equum) primus ascendit,

Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58:

in quo judicas alterum, te ipsum condemnas,

Vulg. Rom. 2, 1:

nemo quod suum est quaerat, sed quod alterius,

ib. 1 Cor. 10, 24;

14, 17: sic in semet ipso tantum gloriam habebit et non in altero,

ib. Gal. 6, 4 al. —Hence, alter with a neg., or neg. question and comp., as an emphatic expression (mostly ante-class.; cf.

alius, II. H.): scelestiorem nullum illuxere alterum,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 22:

scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,

id. Cist. 4, 1, 8:

qui me alter audacior est homo?

id. Am. 1, 1, 1; id. Ep. 1, 1, 24.—

The other, the opposite:

alterius factionis principes,

the leaders of the opposite party, Nep. Pelop. 1, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2:

adversariae factioni): studiosiorem partis alterius,

Suet. Tib. 11. —

In gen., different:

quotiens te speculo videris alterum,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: abeuntes post carnem alteram (Gr. heteros, q. v. L. and S. III.), Vulg. Jud. 7.—

In the lang. of augury, euphem. for infaustus, unfavorable, unpropitious, Fest. p. 6 (v. L. and S. Gr. Lex. s. v. heteros, III. 2.).

alterius commonly serves as gen. of alius instead of alīus, Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 1; 1, 20, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 1; Sall. C. 52, 8; Liv. 21, 13, 3; 22, 14, 4; 26, 8, 2; 28, 37, 6 al.; Col. 8, 17, 2; 11, 2, 87; 12, 22, 2; Sen. Ep. 72, 10; 102, 3; id. Ben. 4, 3, 1; id. Ot. Sap. 4, 1; id. Brev. Vit. 16, 2; id. Q. N. 2, 34, 1 al.; Quint. 7, 9, 8; 8, 3, 73 al.; Tac. A. 15, 25; id. H. 2, 90; Plin. Ep. 10, 114, 2; Suet. Caes. 61; id. Tib. 58 al.; Gell. 2, 28 al.—It also stands as correlative to alius:

alius inter cenandum solutus est, alterius continuata mors somno est,

Sen. Ep. 66, 39:

cum inventum sit ex veris (gemmis) generis alterius in aliud falsas traducere,

Plin. 37, 12, 75, § 197; Plin. Pan. 2, 6 (Neue, Formenl. II. p. 216).

[alter], for alias, acc. to Paul. ex. Fest. p. 27 Müll.

nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n. indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum].

nĭhil, nothing:

nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151:

de re publicā nihil loquebantur,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—

Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing:

nil agis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134:

nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?

id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere):

nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—

Of persons:

victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,

id. ib. 14, 3, 5:

nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—

Nihil, nec.. nec (without destroying the negation):

nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque.—

Nihil non, everything:

nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

nihil non arroget armis,

Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—

Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat:

non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,

id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

haud nihil,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13:

haud nihil ambigam,

I may be somewhat in doubt, Liv. 1, 3.—

Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all:

nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113:

sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:

Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7:

si nihil aliud,

if there were nothing else, id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—

With gen.:

nihil mali,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

nihil novi,

id. Fam. 2, 14, 1:

nihil humanarum rerum,

id. Red. Quir. 5, 1:

nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre:

nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—

Nihil, or mhil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:

ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,

nothing except, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 16:

qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 19, 6:

si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,

id. 30, 35, 8:

illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,

id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only:

nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,

Liv. 2, 29, 4:

is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,

id. 2, 32, 8:

nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,

id. 2, 49, 9 al. —

Nihil... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23:

nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

Liv. 3, 54:

nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,

Cels. 3, 27, 4.—

Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I ( you, etc.) need not:

nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46:

nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:

sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102:

nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1:

nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?

id. Clu. 26, 70.—

Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that:

nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain:

at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a question:

usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?

Juv. 3, 84.—

Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet):

recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,

Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with:

nihil ad Persium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,

id. Deiot. 8, 24.—

Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all:

cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81:

an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,

id. Font. 11, 23.—

Nihil dum, nothing as yet:

quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—

Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him:

tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—

Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14:

aliquem nihil putare,

to esteem meanly, Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili):

accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,

a worthless fellow, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—

Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. oligon ê ouden):

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna,

Cat. 68, 131.—

Adverb.

Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all:

me nihil poenitet,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16:

conjecturā nihil opus est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14:

beneficio isto legis nihil utitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:

de fratre nihil ego te accusavi,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

Thebani nihil moti sunt,

Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5:

nihil miror,

Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—

To no purpose, in vain:

herele hanc quidem Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—

For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —

nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., nothing:

erit aliquid, quod aut ex nihilo oriatur, aut in nihilum subito occidat,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

ut de nihilo quippiam fiat,

id. Fat. 9, 18:

interire in nihilum,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

venire ad nihilum,

id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:

ad nihilum recidere,

id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: quam mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1:

aliquid pro nihilo putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—

Nihili, of no value, worthless:

quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus nihili,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.:

unde is nihili? ubi fuisti?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2:

homo nihili factus,

unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—

De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17:

mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,

Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—

Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21:

nihilo minus,

id. Men. 5, 5, 49:

Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2):

nihilo benevolentior,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

nihilo major,

id. ib. 6, 3, 4:

nihilo tamen setius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7:

nihil segnius,

Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.

In gen.:

minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,

Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—

With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.:

in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,

Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2:

nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,

id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,

Sen. Ep. 66, 44:

si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 39, 2.—

Strengthened by tamen:

nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—

Nihilo aliter, no otherwise:

ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—

Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means:

nihilum metuenda timere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —

nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.;

in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73:

nil sanguinis,

no drop of blood, Ov. M. 13, 266:

nil sui,

nothing proper, id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true reading is nihil):

hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade,

such a trifle, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means:

nil opus est verbis,

Lucr. 5, 263:

ut nil umor abundet,

id. 5, 265; 1, 266:

nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Fidit,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.—

nīlum, abl. nīlo, nothing (Lucretian):

ad nilum revorti,

Lucr. 1, 237; so id. 1, 673; 791; 797; 2, 756;

864: nil igitur fieri de nilo posse,

id. 1, 205; 266.

nĭhil, or (ante-class. and post-Aug.) contr. nīl, n. indecl.; and nĭhĭlum, or contr. nīlum, i, n. [ne-hilum, not the least; v. hilum].

nĭhil, nothing:

nihil est agriculturā melius, nihil uberius,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151:

de re publicā nihil loquebantur,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—

Nihil agere, to accomplish nothing:

nil agis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 134:

nihil agis dolor! quamvis sis molestus, numquam te esse confitebor malum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

nihil ergo agebat Q. Maximus? nihil L. Paulus? ceteri senes nihil agebant?

id. Sen. 6, 15; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Hor. S. 1, 9, 15; Luc. 7, 809; Vell. 2, 66, 3.—In like manner, nihil per aliquem (sc. agere):

nihil per Senatum, multa et magna per populum et absente populo et invito,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6; Tac. Agr. 19.—

Of persons:

victor, quo nihil erat moderatius,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2:

ita tibi persuadeas, mihi te carius nihil fuisse,

id. ib. 14, 3, 5:

nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

id. Part. 17, 57; Tac. H. 1, 79; Nep. Alcib. 1, 1.—

Nihil, nec.. nec (without destroying the negation):

nihil me nec subterfugere voluisse reticendo, nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1; v. neque.—

Nihil non, everything:

nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140:

nihil non arroget armis,

Hor. A. P. 122; Nep. Att. 19, 3.—

Non nihil and haud nihil, something, somewhat:

non nihil, ut in tantis malis, est profectum,

Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 2:

non nihil me consolatur, cum recordor,

id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

haud nihil,

Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13:

haud nihil ambigam,

I may be somewhat in doubt, Liv. 1, 3.—

Nihil quidquam or nihil unum, nothing whatever, nothing at all:

nil ego tibi hodie consili quicquam dabo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 113:

sine studio nihil quidquam egregium nemo umquam assequetur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 134:

Rhodiis ut nihil unum insigne, ita omnis generis dona dedit,

Liv. 41, 20, 7:

si nihil aliud,

if there were nothing else, id. 3, 19, 7; 30, 35, 8.—

With gen.:

nihil mali,

Cic. Att. 8, 4, 2:

nihil novi,

id. Fam. 2, 14, 1:

nihil humanarum rerum,

id. Red. Quir. 5, 1:

nihil est lucri quod me hodie facere mavelim, quam,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 18.—Adjectives also, of the second declension as well as of the third, are not unfrequently joined to nihil in the same case, as nihil honestum, lautum, forte, illustre:

nihil exspectatione vestrā dignum dico,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137.—

Nihil, or mhil aliud, with nisi, quam, praeter, praeterquam, etc., nothing else than, nothing except, nothing but:

tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 40:

amare nihil aliud est, nisi eum ipsum diligere, quem ames,

Cic. Lael. 27, 100:

si nihil aliud fecerunt, nisi rem detulerunt, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108:

ut nihil aliud, quam de hoste cogitet,

id. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

nihil tibi deest praeter voluntatem,

nothing except, id. Fam. 4, 7, 3:

puto te existimare, me ex his miseriis nihil aliud quaerere, nisi ut homines intellegant, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 16:

qui nihil praeterquam de vitā cogitarent, Auct. B. Alex. 8.—Sometimes, in this connection, elliptically: Herdonius, si nihil aliud, hostem se fatendo prope denuntiavit, ut, etc.,

Liv. 3, 19, 6:

si nihil aliud, vulneribus certe ferrum hostile hebetarent,

id. 30, 35, 8:

illā quidem nocte nihil praeterquam vigilatum est in urbe,

id. 3, 26; Suet. Aug. 83.—Hence, as adv.: nihil aliud quam, only:

nihil aliud quam prendere prohibito,

Liv. 2, 29, 4:

is intromissus in castra nihil aliud quam hoc narrāsse fertur,

id. 2, 32, 8:

nihil aliud quam in populationibus res fuit,

id. 2, 49, 9 al. —

Nihil... quin or quominus, nothing whereby: nihil praetermisi... quin Pompeium a Caesaris conjunctione avocarem, I have omitted nothing that might separate, Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 23:

nihil moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

Liv. 3, 54:

nihil facere oportet, quominus excedat, etc.,

Cels. 3, 27, 4.—

Nihil est quod, cur, quamobrem, etc., there is no reason why I ( you, etc.) need not:

nihil est jam, quod tu mihi succenseas,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 46:

nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 4:

sed ego nunc nil est, cur me morer,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 102:

nihil est, cur advenientibus te offerre gestias,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1:

nihil excogitem, quamobrem Oppianico damnari necesse sit?

id. Clu. 26, 70.—

Nihil est, ut, there is nothing that:

nihil fuit in Catulis, ut eos exquisito judicio putares uti litterarum,

Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—

Nihil est, it is of no use, to no purpose, in vain:

at ego ab hac puerum reposcam, ne mox infitias eat. Nihil est. Nam ipsa haec ultro, ut factum est, fecit omnem rem palam,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 76: at nihil est, ignotum ad illum mittere: operam luseris. id. Capt. 2, 2, 94; Hor. S. 2, 3, 6.—In a question:

usque adeo nihil est, quod nostra infantia caelum hausit Aventini?

Juv. 3, 84.—

Nihil ad me (sc. pertinet):

recte an secus, nihil ad nos: aut si ad nos, nihil ad hoc tempus,

Cic. Pis. 28, 68; cf. Ter. And. 1, 2, 16; also, nihil ad, nothing to, nothing in comparison with:

nihil ad Persium,

Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6:

nihil ad tuum equitatum, Caesar, sed ex eis, quos habuit, electos,

id. Deiot. 8, 24.—

Nihil minus, nothing less so, i. e. by no means, not at all:

cadit ergo in virum bonum mentiri, fallere? nihil minus,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 81:

an Gallos existimatis hic versari animo demisso atque humili? nihil vero minus,

id. Font. 11, 23.—

Nihil dum, nothing as yet:

quamquam nihil dum audieramus, nec ubi esses, nec, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 12, 7, 2; id. Att. 7, 12, 4.—

Nihil mihi cum illo est, I have nothing to do with him:

tecum nihil rei nobis Demipho est,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 74; Ov. F 2, 308.—

Nihil esse, to be nothing or nobody, to have no power, to be of no use, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 47; id. Fam. 7, 27, 2; 7, 33, 1; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14:

aliquem nihil putare,

to esteem meanly, Cic. Sest. 53, 114 (B. and K. nihili):

accepimus eum nihil hominis esse,

a worthless fellow, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; but de Attio Dionysio nihil puto esse, nothing about him, i. e. no news of him, id. Fam. 12, 30, 5.—

Aut nihil aut paulum, little or nothing (Gr. oligon ê ouden):

aut nihil aut paulo cui tum concedere digna,

Cat. 68, 131.—

Adverb.

Not (as a strengthened non), in nothing, in no respect, not at all:

me nihil poenitet,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 63; id. Mil. 4, 2, 16:

conjecturā nihil opus est,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107; Ter. And. 4, 1, 14:

beneficio isto legis nihil utitur,

Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 61:

de fratre nihil ego te accusavi,

id. Fam. 14, 1, 4:

Thebani nihil moti sunt,

Liv. 42, 46; 3, 65; 6, 38; 49; Sall. C. 16, 5:

nihil miror,

Quint. 2, 17, 15; 6, 1, 38.—

To no purpose, in vain:

herele hanc quidem Nihil tu amassis: mihi haec desponsa est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 16.—

For no reason: quorsum tandem aut cur ista quaeris? M Nihil sane, nisi ne nimis diligenter anquiras, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4. —

nĭhĭlum, i (contr. form nīlum, Lucr. 1, 159; Hor. S. 1, 5, 67), n., nothing:

erit aliquid, quod aut ex nihilo oriatur, aut in nihilum subito occidat,

Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37:

ut de nihilo quippiam fiat,

id. Fat. 9, 18:

interire in nihilum,

id. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

venire ad nihilum,

id. Fam. 11, 12, 1:

ad nihilum recidere,

id. Phil. 7, 8, 27: quam mihi ista pro nihilol id. Att. 14, 9, 1:

aliquid pro nihilo putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 16, § 40.—

Nihili, of no value, worthless:

quem putamus esse non hili, dicimus nihili,

Varr. L. L. 10, § 81 Müll.; cf.: nihili, qui nec hili quidem est. Paul. ex Fest. p. 175 Müll.:

unde is nihili? ubi fuisti?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 29: nihili est autem suum Qui officium facere immemor est. id. Ps. 4, 7, 2:

homo nihili factus,

unmanned, id. Mil. 5, 16.—Hence, nihili pendere or facere, to esteem as nothing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 14.—

De nihilo, for nothing, without cause or reason, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 17:

mali rem exempli esse, de nihilo hospites corripi,

Liv. 34, 61; 30, 29.—

Nihilo, with compp., by nothing, no: nihilo pluris, quam si, etc., no more than if, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 21:

nihilo minus,

id. Men. 5, 5, 49:

Phaedriae esse nilo minus amicum quam Antiphoni,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 7 (but minus nihilo, less than nothing, id. ib. 3, 3, 2):

nihilo benevolentior,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

nihilo major,

id. ib. 6, 3, 4:

nihilo tamen setius,

Caes. B. G. 5, 4 and 7:

nihil segnius,

Liv. 6, 38.—Esp. as adv.: nĭhĭlō mĭnus, or, in one word, nĭhĭlōmĭnus, none the less, no less, nevertheless, notwith standing.

In gen.:

minus dolendum fuit re non perfectā, sed puniendum certe nihilo minus,

Cic. Mil. 7, 19; id. Phil. 5, 9, 26; Quint. 8, 3, 85.—

With si, etsi, quamvis, quamquam, ut, etc.:

in iis rebus, quae nihilo minus, ut ego absim, confici possunt,

Cic. Fam. 10, 2, 2:

nihilo minus eloquentiae studendum est, etsi ea quidam perverse abutuntur,

id. Inv. 1, 4, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

alia sunt, quae quamvis nolit accidere, nihilominus laudat,

Sen. Ep. 66, 44:

si nihil fiet, nihilominus, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 39, 2.—

Strengthened by tamen:

nihilominus ego hoc faciam tamen,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 17.—

Nihilo aliter, no otherwise:

ego isti nihilo sum aliter ac fui,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 45.—

Transf., adverb., for non, not, by no means:

nihilum metuenda timere,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 53. —

nīl, nothing, no (rare and mostly poet.;

in Cic. not at all): nil intra est oleam, nil extra est in nuce durum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 31; id. C. 4, 4, 73:

nil sanguinis,

no drop of blood, Ov. M. 13, 266:

nil sui,

nothing proper, id. ib. 3, 435; Vulg. Prov. 10, 2 (in Caes. B. G. 5, 29, the true reading is nihil):

hoc ridere meum, tam nil, nulla tibi vendo Iliade,

such a trifle, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf. as adv., not at all, by no means:

nil opus est verbis,

Lucr. 5, 263:

ut nil umor abundet,

id. 5, 265; 1, 266:

nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Fidit,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 14.—

nīlum, abl. nīlo, nothing (Lucretian):

ad nilum revorti,

Lucr. 1, 237; so id. 1, 673; 791; 797; 2, 756;

864: nil igitur fieri de nilo posse,

id. 1, 205; 266.