adulterinus

Latin

Etymology

From adulter (“adulterous”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.dul.teˈriː.nus/, [äd̪ʊɫ̪t̪ɛˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dul.teˈri.nus/, [äd̪ul̪t̪eˈriːnus]

Adjective

adulterīnus (feminine adulterīna, neuter adulterīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. adulterous, unchaste
2. not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	adulterīnus	adulterīna	adulterīnum		adulterīnī	adulterīnae	adulterīna
Genitive	adulterīnī	adulterīnae	adulterīnī		adulterīnōrum	adulterīnārum	adulterīnōrum
Dative	adulterīnō		adulterīnō		adulterīnīs
Accusative	adulterīnum	adulterīnam	adulterīnum		adulterīnōs	adulterīnās	adulterīna
Ablative	adulterīnō	adulterīnā	adulterīnō		adulterīnīs
Vocative	adulterīne	adulterīna	adulterīnum		adulterīnī	adulterīnae	adulterīna

Synonyms

• (unchaste, impure): adulter, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "unchaste, impure"): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Related terms

• adulter
• adulteritās
• adulterium
• adulterātiō
• adulterātor
• adulterātrīx
• adulterō

 

Descendants

• English: adulterine
• French: adultérine
• Italian: adulterino
• Spanish: adulterino

References

• “adulterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adulterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adulterinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • bad money; base coin: nummi adulterini