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altrinsecus

altrinsĕcus, adv. [for alterim-secus from alter-secus] (ante- and post-class.; ante-class. only in Plaut. in the foll. exs.).
  • At or on the other side: quid, malum, adstas? quin retines altrinsecus? Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 36 (446); so id. Ps. 3, 2, 73 (862); 1, 3, 123 (352); id. Rud. 4, 4, 114 (1158); id. Merc. 5, 4, 16 (977): fenestrae, quae foris (outwardly) urbem prospiciunt, et altrinsecus (within) fores, etc., Ap. Met. 1, 21, 12; so id. ib. 2, 18, 19.—With gen.: aedium, Ap. Met. 3, 17, 10.—
  • II (Postclass.) From or on both sides, = ab utrāque parte: venientes altrinsecus, Lact. 8, 6; so Amm.25, 7; Treb. Poll. Gall. p. 309; Fulg. Prisc. Serm. p. 560, 9: utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit, over against each other on each side, Vulg. Gen. 15, 10: bracchiola duo altrinsecus (fecit), stays on each side, ib. 2 Par. 9, 18.—Cf. Hand, Turs. I. pp. 282-284.

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