Italian

Noun

alea f ‎(plural alee)

1. risk
2. uncertainty

Related terms

• aleatorio

Latin

Etymology

Originally "pivot-bone" or "joint-bone," since bones were used as early dice; from axis.

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

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Italian: alea

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Romanian

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

Synonyms

• acele

Pronoun

alea

1. feminine plural of ăla those ones

Spanish

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.