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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

adulter

1. inflection of adult:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈdul.ter/, [äˈd̪ʊɫ̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdul.ter/, [äˈd̪ul̪t̪er]

Adjective

adulter (feminine adultera, neuter adulterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (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

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adulter	adulterī
Genitive	adulterī	adulterōrum
Dative	adulterō	adulterīs
Accusative	adulterum	adulterōs
Ablative	adulterō	adulterīs
Vocative	adulter	adulterī

Descendants

• Catalan: adúlter
• English: advoutrer
• French: adultère
• Old French: avoistre
  • Middle French: avoutre
    • French: avoutre
    • Bourguignon: aivoutre
• Old Irish: adaltair
• Portuguese: adúltero
• Spanish: adúltero

Related terms

• adulterātiō
• adulterātor
• adulterātrīx
• adulteritās
• adulterō

 

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.