ceterus

Latin

Alternative forms

• caeterus (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (“here”) + contrastive *-(e)teros. Compare with citer. See also cis, hic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.te.rus/, [ˈkeːt̪ɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.te.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪erus]

Adjective

cēterus (feminine cētera, neuter cēterum); first/second-declension adjective

1. the other, remainder, rest

   ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect

2. besides, also

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cēterus	cētera	cēterum		cēterī	cēterae	cētera
Genitive	cēterī	cēterae	cēterī		cēterōrum	cēterārum	cēterōrum
Dative	cēterō		cēterō		cēterīs
Accusative	cēterum	cēteram	cēterum		cēterōs	cēterās	cētera
Ablative	cēterō	cēterā	cēterō		cēterīs
Vocative	cētere	cētera	cēterum		cēterī	cēterae	cētera

The form *cēterus is hypothetical; this word is unattested in the masculine nominative singular in Classical Latin. The masculine nominative singular form cēter would be equally consistent with the attested forms.

Derived terms

• cēterīs pāribus
• et cētera

References

• “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• ceterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) as regards the rest; otherwise: ceteris rebus (not cetera)
    
  • (ambiguous) to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
    
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag