Latin

Adjective

aliēnus m ‎(feminine aliēna, neuter aliēnum); first/second declension

1. Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

2. unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suspicious
3. unfamiliar with something or a stranger to something
4. unsuitable, incongruous, inconsistent
5. (of the body) dead; corrupted; paralyzed
6. (of the mind) insane, mad

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

References

• alienus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alienus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ALIENUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alienus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
    
  • (ambiguous) the expression is not in accordance with Latin usage: aliquid a consuetudine sermonis latini abhorret, alienum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
    
  • (ambiguous) to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
    
  • (ambiguous) to get into debt: incidere in aes alienum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in debt: aes alienum habere
    
  • (ambiguous) to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere