ater

See also atter, āter, åter, and ǡter

Galician

Etymology

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”)

Verb

ater (first-person sg present ateño, first-person sg preterite ativen, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ater (irregular)

infinitive			ater
gerund			atendo
past participle			atido
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	ateño	ates	aten	atemos	atendes, atedes	ateñen
	imperfect	atiña	atiñas	atiña	atiñamos	atiñades	atiñan
	preterite	ativen	ativeches	ativo	ativemos	ativestes	ativeron
	pluperfect	ativera	ativeras	ativera	ativeramos	ativerades	ativeran
	future	aterei	aterás	aterá	ateremos	ateredes	aterán
	conditional	atería	aterías	atería	ateriamos	ateriades	aterían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	ateña	ateñas	ateña	ateñamos	ateñades	ateñan
	preterite	ativese	ativeses	ativese	ativésemos	ativésedes	ativesen
	future	ativer	ativeres	ativer	ativermos	ativerdes	ativeren
imperative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	aten	—	—	atede, atende	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		ater	ateres	ater	atermos	aterdes	ateren

Related terms

• abster
• conter
• deter
• entreter

• manter
• reter
• soster
• ter

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Latin

Etymology

Related to atrox (“cruel, fierce, frightful”), from Proto-Indo-European *atro-ek, from root *h₁eh₂ter-, *eh₂ter- (“fire”) (whence Sanskrit अथर्वन् (átharvan) and Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱 (ātarš, “fire”), Umbrian ... (atru), Oscan ... (Aadíriis), Irish áith (“kiln”).) + *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Adjective

āter m (feminine ātra, neuter ātrum); first/second declension

1. black, dark
2. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
3. (poetic, rare) malevolent
4. (poetic) obscure

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	āter	ātra	ātrum		ātrī	ātrae	ātra
genitive	ātrī	ātrae	ātrī		ātrōrum	ātrārum	ātrōrum
dative	ātrō	ātrae	ātrō		ātrīs	ātrīs	ātrīs
accusative	ātrum	ātram	ātrum		ātrōs	ātrās	ātra
ablative	ātrō	ātrā	ātrō		ātrīs	ātrīs	ātrīs
vocative	āter	ātra	ātrum		ātrī	ātrae	ātra

• comparative: ātrior, superlative: āterrimus

Synonyms

• (black, dark): fuscus, niger

Related terms

• ātritās
• ātrōcitās
• atrōciter
• ātrox

Derived terms

• albus an ater sit
• atra bilis

Descendants

• French: âtre
• Italian: atro
• Portuguese: atro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”)

Verb

ater (first-person singular present indicative atenho, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb ater

Notes:

• This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: conter, suster.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ater
Personal	ater	ateres	ater	atermos	aterdes	aterem
Gerund
	atendo
Past participle
Masculine	atido			atidos
Feminine	atida			atidas
Indicative
Present	atenho	aténs	atém	atemos	atendes	atêm
Imperfect	atinha	atinhas	atinha	atínhamos	atínheis	atinham
Preterite	ative	ativeste	ateve	ativemos	ativestes	ativeram
Pluperfect	ativera	ativeras	ativera	ativéramos	ativéreis	ativeram
Future	aterei	aterás	aterá	ateremos	atereis	aterão
Conditional	ateria	aterias	ateria	ateríamos	ateríeis	ateriam
Subjunctive
Present	atenha	atenhas	atenha	atenhamos	atenhais	atenham
Imperfect	ativesse	ativesses	ativesse	ativéssemos	ativésseis	ativessem
Future	ativer	ativeres	ativer	ativermos	ativerdes	ativerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	atém	atenha	atenhamos	atende	atenham
Negative (não)	-	atenhas	atenha	atenhamos	atenhais	atenham

Related terms

• deter
• suster
• ter