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ALITER, otherwise. This term is frequently used to point out a difference between two decisions; as, a point of law has been decided in a particular way, in such a case, aliter in another case. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The totaliter aliter or Wholly Other mixed with the
familiar. In the passage to which this tercet alludes, Virgil
compares the activity of busy bees with the labor of the cyclops:
"Non aliter, si parva licet componere magnis" (Not otherwise,
if it is allowed to compare small things with great) (Georgics 4. Alexander ille superbissimus bello Europae Asiam
haud aliter coniungere potuir. |
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