adulter

English

Verb

adulter (third-person singular simple present adulters, present participle adultering, simple past and past participle adultered)

  1. (obsolete) To commit adultery.
  2. (obsolete) To pollute something; to adulterate.

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

adulter

  1. inflected form of adult

Latin

Etymology

From ad (“to, towards”) + alter (“the other, second”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdul.ter/, [aˈdʊɫ.tɛr]

Adjective

adulter (feminine adultera, neuter adulterum); first/second declension

  1. adulterous, unchaste
  2. (by extension) counterfeit, false

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative adulter adultera adulterum adulterī adulterae adultera
genitive adulterī adulterae adulterī adulterōrum adulterārum adulterōrum
dative adulterō adulterō adulterīs
accusative adulterum adulteram adulterum adulterōs adulterās adultera
ablative adulterō adulterā adulterō adulterīs
vocative adulter adultera adulterum adulterī adulterae adultera

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Noun

adulter m (genitive adulterī); second declension

  1. adulterer or adulteress, paramour

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative adulter adulterī
genitive adulterī adulterōrum
dative adulterō adulterīs
accusative adulterum adulterōs
ablative adulterō adulterīs
vocative adulter1 adulterī

1May also be adultere.

Descendants

References

  • adulter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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