ALIUS

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: ALIUS.

Dis aliter visum. ~ Note: You can find this sentiment expressed in Vergil, Aeneid 2, when Aeneas is describing the death of Rhipeus, an altogether just and good man, although the gods must have thought otherwise.

Non sibi, sed aliis. ~ Note: This motto is found on the seal of the Georgia Historical Society.

et alii ~ Note: This Latin phrase is often abbreviated: et al. (which is the same abbreviation used also for the neuter plural, et alia).

Alia dicunt, alia faciunt. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, this time expressing the idea of hypocrisy: there are people who say one thing, but do another.

Aliud est velle, aliud posse. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings. You can see here that the infinitive is like a noun, "to want is one (thing), and to be able to do it is another (thing)."

Alii alio modo. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, allowing the Latin to be extremely succinct! We would have to say in English, "Some people do things one way; other people do things another way."

inter alia ~ Note: Note the neuter plural form here: "among other (things)."

Bonus esse non potest aliis malus sibi. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: bonus/aliis and malus/sibi. The adjectival phrase "bonus...aliis" wraps around the verb phrase, "esse non potest," while "malus sibi" is the subject.

Aliter cum aliis agendum. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.8.58. It is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, this time with the gerundive agendum (see previous proverb): You have to deal with some people one way, and with other people another way.

Aliter enim cum alio agendum. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: You have to deal with some people one way, and other people another way. (The impersonal gerundive, agendum, expresses a general command - you have to deal, one must deal, we need to deal...)

Tanti eris aliis, quanti tibi fueris. ~ Note: Here you see the correlative use of tanti...quanti in the genitive, which is used descriptively, to express how something is valued, how much it is worth: how much you will be worth to others is how much you are worth to yourself!

Alii homines, alii mores. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: Some people act one way, other people act a different way (although Latin manages to say all that with just four words, of course!).

Alia tempora, alii mores. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings - the idea is that different times require different customs.

Artes aliis aliae. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings; in English we might say "Some arts are good for some people, while others are good for other people."

Virtute - non aliter. ~ Note: This is the Moir family motto. Note the adverbial form of alius: aliter.

Fac aliis sicut tibi. ~ Note: This is the famous "Golden Rule" which you can find stated and restated in many different forms. This is one of the most succinct: Do unto others, as to yourself.

Oculus videns alia, seipsum non videt. ~ Note: You can also find the same idea expressed this way: Oculus oculum alium, non se ipsum videt.

Aliud legunt pueri, aliud viri, aliud senes. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, but this time it is a triple expression: "one thing... another thing... and yet another thing," aliud...aliud...aliud.

Aetas alia ex alia oritur. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: One age arises from another.

Alia ex aliis mala oriuntur. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, providing a more pessimistic variation on the previous saying, "One bad thing arises from another" - although the Latin has the plural, mala, which is harder to render in English with our idiom of "one...another."

Aliis si licet, tibi non licet. ~ Note: Here you can see that licet takes a dative complement: tibi non licet, "you are not allowed" (to do it - whatever it might be).

Alia aliis placent. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, making the Latin very compact. To convey this same idea in English you need many more words: Some people like some things, other people like other things

Aliud in ore, aliud in corde. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: One thing on the lips, another thing in the mind. This warns you to watch out for hypocritical people who say one thing and think another.

Nemo sibi soli, sed aliis nascitur. ~ Note: Here instead of patriae (as in the previous saying), the statement is generalized: aliis, for others. Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 4.6.81: Nemo sibi nascitur.

Felix est non aliis qui videtur, sed sibi. ~ Note: Note the parallel structure: Felix est non aliis qui videtur, sed sibi (felix videtur).

Plus aliis de te, quam tu tibi, credere noli. ~ Note: This is from one of the distichs of the so-called Cato: Cum te aliquis laudat, iudex tuus esse memento; / Plus aliis de te, quam tu tibi, credere noli.

Aliud aliis annis magis convenit. ~ Note: This is another one of those alius...alius proverbs, of which you have seen many examples previously, e.g. "Alia aliis conveniunt," "Alia ex aliis eveniunt," etc.

Alia aliis conveniunt. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: Some things are suitable to some people, other things are suitable to others.

Alius in aliis rebus praestantior. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.9.13. It is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings. The word "praestantior" is the comparative form ("more outstanding") of the participle, praestans.

Ne tu aliis faciendum trade, factam si quam rem cupis. ~ Note: Note that quam here has the force of aliquam: if you want anything (aliquam rem) to get done (factam).

Alia dantur, alia negantur. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.9.1.

Aliud aliis videtur optimum. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, and again it turns out very wordy in English: "One thing seems best to one person, another thing seems best to another."

Ut prosim aliis! ~ Note: Note the use of the subjunctive: prosim. This kind of subjunctive is commonly found in mottoes, and expresses the idea of hoping for something, wishing that it would be true: (I hope) that I might benefit to others!

Homo semper aliud, fortuna aliud cogitat. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: It always happens that a person has one thing in mind, and luck has something else in mind.

Si portari vis, porta et alium. ~ Note: Note the adverbial "et" here - rather than connecting two things as a conjuction, et here is an adverb, equivalent to English "too," "also," "even," etc.

Aliud ex alio malum nascitur. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings. Sometimes this proverb is simply shortened to "Aliud ex alio malum!" - something like the English saying "One bad thing after another!"

Alia ex aliis nascentur bella. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings; in other words, different wars have different causes. The saying can be found in Petrarch's epic poem, Africa, 2.

Ames parentem, si aequus est; si aliter, feras. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Aliud ex alio malum gignitur. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings; in English, we would say: "One evil comes from another."

Peccavimus omnes, alii gravia, alii leviora. ~ Note: This is another one of those "aliud...aliud" sayings, which can be rendered in English as "some... others..."

Si nocueris, noceberis ab alio. ~ Note: The form nocueris is active, while nocueberis is passive: If you do harm, you will be harmed by someone else. It's a karma proverb!

Volens nocere aliis, nocet sibi. ~ Note: Here you see dative complements again with the verb nocere: nocere aliis and nocet sibi.

Ab alio speres, alteri quod feceris. ~ Note: As often, the antecedent of the relative pronoun is not stated: Ab alio speres (hoc), alteri quod feceris. In an ancient Latin inscription the text reads: Ab alio speres altero quod feceris. In classical Latin, the form alteri would become the standard dative form, with altero reserved for the ablative, but as the inscription shows, this grammatical standard was not universal!

Nemo ab alio contemnitur, nisi a se ante contemptus. ~ Note: The words are from Seneca's treatise, De Consolatione.

Ab alio exspectes, alteri quod feceris. ~ Note: Here you have the subjunctive, exspectes, expressing a hypothetical possibility. Compare the saying you saw earlier: Quod tibi vis fieri, hoc fac alteri. This item is listed in Tosi, 1350.

Alius est amor, alius cupido. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: Love is one thing, but Cupid (lust) is another.

Aliam aetatem alia decent. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.9.32. It is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, so compact in Latin. In English we would have to say: Some things are appropriate to one age, but other things are appropriate to other ages.

Aliud alios decet. ~ Note: Here is another one of those incredibly succinct Latin expressions with "aliud...alios." In English, we would have to say: "One thing is suitable for some people, and something else is suitable for other people." Latin manages all that with just three words!

Aliis cavet; non cavet ipse sibi. ~ Note: This is the paradoxical situation of the busybody, who is keeping an eye on others, but not watching out for himself (sibi).

Nil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere. ~ Note: Compare the saying you saw earlier: Necessitas rerum omnium potentissima.

Alia terra alios mores postulat. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings. The "alia terra" here is like the "cuique genti" of the proverb cited above - the land stands by metonymy for the people who live in that land.

Alia vita alios mores postulat. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: Different lives demand different habits.

Alia aetas alios mores postulat. ~ Note: Compare the previous saying - now instead of alia vita, you have alia aetas (age, time of life).

Alia ex aliis eveniunt. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: One thing happens as a result of one thing, other things as a result of other things.

Aliud homini, aliud bovi. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: One things for the man, another for the ox. The saying is adapted from Cicero's De Finibus, 5.

Cras alia evenient. ~ Note: Notice the future tense: evenient.

Aliis lingua, aliis dentes. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.2.72.

Alia aestate, alia hieme. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings - Some things (you do) in summer, other things in winter.

Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est venenum. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: What is food for some people is poison for others.

Alium silere quod voles, primus sile. ~ Note: This is from Seneca's tragedy, Phaedra. Note the way primus agrees with the implied: subject of the infinitive sile, tu: you, first of all, should keep silent.

Sibi non cavere et aliis consilium dare stultum. ~ Note: Both infinitive phrases, sibi non cavere and aliis consilium dare, are used here as nouns.

Quod suave est aliis, aliis fit amarum. ~ Note: You can find this idea expressed in Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 4. It is another one of those aliis...aliis proverbs, "What is sweet to some becomes bitter to others."

Alius alium adiuvat. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: One person helps another.

Esse sibi similes alios fur iudicat omnes. ~ Note: The infinitive esse here has alios omnes as its subject: The thief thinks that all others are like himself.

Aliis prospiciens, non sibi. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.8.74.

Alii aliis rebus delectantur. ~ Note: This restates the previous saying, but this time with a passive verb: Different people are delighted by different things, aliis rebus.

Delectant alia alios. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: different things (alia) delight different people (alios).

Sapienti non nocetur a paupertate, non a dolore, non ab aliis tempestatibus vitae. ~ Note: The words are from one of Seneca's letters to Lucilius, 85.

Alia committenda, alia celanda. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.10.20. It is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: "some things... other things..." with two different gerundives - "some things are to be handed over, other things are to be kept hidden."

Aliud est celare; aliud est tacere. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings, and here you have infinitives being used as nouns: It is one thing to conceal something; it is another thing (merely) to keep silent.

Honorans alios, se ipsum honorat. ~ Note: Compare the earlier saying, "Qui honorat parentes suos, se ipsum honorat." Note how the participial phrase here (honorans) accomplishes the same thing as the relative clause (qui honorat).

Qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo. ~ Note: You will find this saying in the Biblical book of Sirach, 27.

Alii serunt, alii metunt. ~ Note: This is another of those "aliud…aliud" sayings: Some people do the sowing, but other people reap the harvest.

Alia tentanda est via. ~ Note: The gerundive, tentanda, agrees with the subject: via, "Another way must be tried."

Alia vita, alia diaeta. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.9.6.

Alius est qui seminat, et alius est qui metit. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B169.

Aliud noctua sonat, aliud cornix. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.2.74.

Tunc alios culpa, cum tu fueris sine culpa. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1376. You can also find the saying in this form: Tunc alios culpa, cum tu sis sine culpa.

Fallacia alia aliam trudit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.2.63, and it is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, A284.

Quod reticere voles alios, prius ipse taceto. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1106.

Aliorum medicus, ipse ulceribus scates. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.5.38.

Qui sibimet vivit, aliis merito est mortuus. ~ Note: You can also find the saying expressed this way: Qui sibi modo vivit, merito aliis est mortuus.

Etsi per multos coccyx cantaverit annos, edere nescit adhuc aliud quam dicere Cuc-cuc. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 384; it is a verse couplet.

Quascumque in arca condit aggestas opes avarus, aliis abstulit atque sibi. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet: Quascumque in arca condit aggestas opes / avarus, aliis abstulit atque sibi. (Scaliger)

Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, nec sua cernunt, hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen.