alea

Etymology

From Latin ālea.

Noun

alea f (plural alee)

1. risk
2. uncertainty

Etymology

Originally "pivot-bone" or "joint-bone", since bones were used as early dice; from axis (via a form *axlea).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.le.a/, [ˈaː.ɫe.a]

Noun

ālea f (genitive āleae); first declension

1. (games) a die
   • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum divi Iuli.33

     Caesar: ... "Iacta alea est", inquit.

     Caesar said ... "the die is cast".

2. (games) any game involving dice
3. (gambling) the game of chance

Noun

āleā

1. ablative singular of ālea

References

• alea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• alea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• alea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alea in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• alea in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• alea in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From ale, from Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.le̯a/

Determiner

alea

1. feminine plural nominative form of ăla those
2. feminine plural accusative form of ăla

Pronoun

alea

1. feminine plural of ăla those ones

Verb

alea

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of alear.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of alear.