altricial (altrisial)

[ Alto-rilievo. Hermes, Eurydice, and Orpheus: in the Museo Nazionale, Naples. altropathy (al-trop'a-thi), n. [L. alter, another, + Gr. -παθία, Better still to convey the altruistic conception, and in more natural contrast with autopathy, there might in like manner be substituted for sympathy the allied expre ion altropathy , which, to a certain extent, would come to the aid of the stronger term philanthropy. L. F. Ward , Dynam. Sociol., II. 371. altruism (al'trö-izm), n. [F. altruisme, altrui , another, other people (= Pr. altrui = OF. altrui , F. autrui ), prop. the objective case, sing. and pl., of altro , other (= OF. altre , F. autre ), alter , other: see alter . In the colloquial Latin of later times, alter , like many other pronominal words, was strengthened by the addition of hic , this; hence dat. * alter i -huic, contr. to * altruic , altrui , which became the com mon 162 dial. locco, loucch, a dunce, Sp. loco, a madman, loco, adj., = Pg. lou louco, Pr. locou, mad.] 1. The specific name of a kind of owl, Strix or Syrnium aluco, co, the European tawny owl.-2. [ cap.] A aluminium