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.

Translations

adulterate — see adulterate

• Japanese: 姦通する (kantsū suru)

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Latin

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension, masculine nominative 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	adulterae	adulterō		adulterīs	adulterīs	adulterīs
accusative	adulterum	adulteram	adulterum		adulterōs	adulterās	adultera
ablative	adulterō	adulterā	adulterō		adulterīs	adulterīs	adulterīs
vocative	adulter	adultera	adulterum		adulterī	adulterae	adultera

Synonyms

• (unchaste): adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Antonyms

• (unchaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Derived terms

• adulterīnus
• adulterium

Noun

adulter m (genitive adulterī); second declension

1. adulterer or adulteress, paramour

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	adulter	adulterī
genitive	adulterī	adulterōrum
dative	adulterō	adulterīs
accusative	adulterum	adulterōs
ablative	adulterō	adulterīs
vocative	adulter adultere	adulterī

Descendants

• Portuguese: adúltero

Related terms

• adulterātiō
• adulterātor
• adulterātrīx

• adulteritās
• adulterō

References

• adulter in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879