aes alienum

See also: æs alienum

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “another’s money”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯s a.liˈeː.num/, [ˈäe̯s̠ älʲiˈeːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes a.liˈe.num/, [ˈɛs äliˈɛːnum]

Noun

aes aliēnum n (genitive aeris aliēnī); third declension

1. borrowed money, debt
   • 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 2.84:

     Quam ob rem ne sit aes alienum, quod rei publicae noceat, providendum est

     We should take care, therefore, that there is no debt that would endanger the common welfare

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	aes aliēnum	aera aliēna
genitive	aeris aliēnī	aerum aliēnōrum
dative	aerī aliēnō	aeribus aliēnīs
accusative	aes aliēnum	aera aliēna
ablative	aere aliēnō	aeribus aliēnīs
vocative	aes aliēnum	aera aliēna

References

• “aes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aes alienum” on page 71/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)