(Adj.Subst.adv.) : ălĭēnus, a, um2. alius.
* Adj.
* In gen., that belongs to another person, place, object, etc., not one's own, another's, of another, foreign, alien (opp. suus): NEVE. ALIENAM. SEGETEM. PELLEXERIS., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, and Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 99: plus ex alieno jecore sapiunt quam ex suo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88, and Lind. ib. 2, 3, 3: quom sciet alienum puerum (the child of another) tolli pro suo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 61: in aedīs inruit Alienas,id. Ad. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 1, 125: alienae partes anni,Lucr. 1, 182; so Verg. G. 2, 149: pecuniis alienis locupletari,Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137: cura rerum alienarum,id. Off. 1, 9, 30; 2, 23, 83: alienos mores ad suos referre,Nep. Epam. 1, 1: in altissimo gradu alienis opibus poni,Cic. Sest. 20: semper regibus aliena virtus formidolosa est,Sall. C. 7, 2: amissis bonis alienas opes exspectare,id. ib. 58. 10 Herz.: aliena mulier,another man's wife,Cic. Cael. 37: mulier alieni viri sermonibus assuefacta,of another woman's husband,Liv. 1, 46: virtutem et bonum alienum oderunt,id. 35, 43: alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus, alienā memoriā salutamus, alienā operā vivimus,Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19: oportet enim omnia aut ad alienum arbitrium aut ad suum facere,Plin. Ep. 6, 14; so Suet. Claud. 2: alienum cursum alienumque rectorem, velut captā nave, sequi,Plin. Pan. 82, 3; Tac. A. 15, 1 fin.: pudicitiae neque suae neque alienae pepercit,Suet. Calig. 36: epistolas orationesque et edicta alieno formabat ingenio,i. e. caused to be written by another,id. Dom. 20: te conjux aliena capit,Hor. S. 2, 7, 46; 1, 1, 110; so id. ib. 1, 3, 116: vulnus,intended for another,Verg. A. 10, 781: aliena cornua, of Actaeon transformed into a stag, Ov. M. 3, 139: alieno Marte pugnabant, sc. equites,i. e. without horses, as footmen,Liv. 3, 62: aes alienum, lit. another's money; hence, in reference to him who has it, a debt; cf. aes. So also: aliena nomina,debts in others' names, debts contracted by others,Sall. C. 35, 3.
* Subst.
* In reference to relationship or friendship, not belonging to one, alien from, not related or allied, not friendly, inimical, strange, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43: alienus est ab nostrā familiā,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 28; id. Heaut. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.: multi ex finibus suis egressi se suaque omnia alienissimis crediderunt,to utter strangers,Caes. B. G. 6, 31: non alienus sanguine regibus,Liv. 29, 29; Vell. 2, 76.— Hence alienus and propinquus are antith.,Cic. Lael. 5, 19: ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus desim,id. Fam. 1, 9 Manut.: ut tuum factum alieni hominis, meum vero conjunctissimi et amicissimi esse videatur,id. ib. 3, 6.
* Trop.: alienum esse in or ab aliquā re, to be a stranger to a thing, i. e. not to be versed in or familiar with, not to understand: in physicis Epicurus totus est alienus,Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17: homo non alienus a litteris,not a stranger to, not unversed in,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 26.
* Foreign to a thing, i. e. not suited to it, unsuitable, incongruous, inadequate, inconsistent, unseasonable, inapposite, different from (opp. aptus); constr. with gen., dat., abl., and ab; cf. Burm. ad Ov. F. 1, 4; Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 5; Spald. ad Quint. 6, 3, 33; Zumpt, Gr. § 384.
* With gen.: pacis (deorum),Lucr. 6, 69: salutis,id. 3, 832: aliarum rerum,id. 6, 1064: dignitatis alicujus,Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11: neque aliena consili (sc. domus D. Bruti),convenient for consultation,Sall. C. 40, 5 Kritz al.
* Averse, hostile, unfriendly, unfavorable to: illum alieno animo a nobis esse res ipsa indicat,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 40; Cic. Deiot. 9, 24: a Pyrrho non nimis alienos animos habemus,id. Lael. 8 fin.: sin a me est alienior,id. Fam. 2, 17: ex alienissimis amicissimos reddere,id. ib. 15, 4 al.: Muciani animus nec Vespasiano alienus,Tac. H. 2, 74.—Rar. transf. to things; as in the histt., alienus locus, a place or ground unfavorable for an engagement, disadvantageous (opp. suus or opportunus; cf. Gron. Obs. 4, 17, 275): alieno loco proelium committunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 15: alienissimo sibi loco contra opportunissimo hostibus conflixit,Nep. Them. 4, 5 Brem.—So of time unfitting, inconvenient, unfavorable, Varr. R. R. 3, 16: ad judicium corrumpendum tempus alienum,Cic. Verr. 1, 5; id. Caecin. 67: vir egregius alienissimo rei publicae tempore exstinctus,id. Brut. 1; id. Fam. 15, 14.—Of other things: alienum (dangerous, perilous, hurtful) suis rationibus, Sall. C. 56, 5; Cels. 4, 5.
* In medic. lang.
* With ab: alienum a vitā meā,Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: a dignitate rei publicae, Tib. Gracch. ap. Gell. 7, 19, 7: a sapiente,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132: a dignitate,id. Fam. 4, 7: navigationis labor alienus non ab aetate solum nostrā, verum etiam a dignitate,id. Att. 16, 3.—(ε) With inf. or clause as subject: nec aptius est quidquam ad opes tuendas quam diligi, nec alienius quam timeri,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23: non alienum videtur, quale praemium Miltiadi sit tributum, docere,Nep. Milt. 6, 1.
* Of the body, dead, corrupted, paralyzed (cf. alieno, II. B. 2.), Scrib. Comp. 201.
* Of the mind, insane, mad (cf. alieno and alienatio): Neque solum illis aliena mens erat, qui conscii conjurationis fuerant,Sall. C. 37, 1 Herz.
* Ălĭēnus, i, m., a stranger.
* One not belonging to one's house, family, or country: apud me cenant alieni novem,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 21: ut non ejectus ad alienos, sed invitatus ad tuos īsse videaris,Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23: quas copias proximis suppeditari aequius est, eas transferunt ad alienos,id. Off. 1, 14: cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni, id. Am. 5, 19: quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur,Vulg. Gen. 42, 7: a filiis suis an ab alienis?ib. Matt. 17, 24: cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni,Cic. Lael. 5: quod alieno testimonium redderem, in eo non fraudabo avum meum,Vell. 2, 76.
* One not related to a person or thing: in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,Cic. Mil. 28, 76: vel alienissimus rusticae vitae, naturae benignitatem miretur,Col. 3, 21, 3.
* Ălĭēnum, i, n., the property of a stranger: Haec erunt vilici officia: alieno manum abstineant, etc.,Cato, R. R. 5, 1: alieno abstinuit,Suet. Tit. 7: ex alieno largiri,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; so, de alieno largiri,Just. 36, 3, 9: alieni appetens, sui profugus,Sall. C. 5; Liv. 5, 5: in aliena aedificium exstruere,Cic. Mil. 27, 74 (cf.: in alieno solo aedificare,Dig. 41, 1, 7).—Plur.
* The property of a stranger: quid est aliud aliis sua eripere, aliis dare aliena?Cic. Off. 2, 23; Liv. 30, 30: aliena pervadere, a foreign (in opp. to the Roman) province, Amm. 23, 1.
* The affairs or interests of strangers: Men. Chreme, tantumue ab re tuast oti tibi, aliena ut cures, ea, quae nihil ad te attinent. Chrem. Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto,Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 23: aliena ut melius videant quam sua,id. ib. 3, 1, 95.
* Things strange, foreign, not belonging to the matter in hand: Quod si hominibus bonarum rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena ac nihil profutura multumque etiam periculosa petunt, etc.,Sall. J. 1, 5; hence, aliena loqui, to talk strangely, wildly, like a crazy person: Quin etiam, sic me dicunt aliena locutum, Ut foret amenti nomen in ore tuum,Ov. Tr. 3, 19: interdum in accessione aegros desipere et aliena loqui,Cels. 3, 18 (v. alieniloquium).!*? Comp. rare, but sup. very freq.; no adv. in use.

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