adulter
English
Verb
adulter (third-person singular simple present adulters, present participle adultering, simple past and past participle adultered)
- (obsolete) To commit adultery.
- (obsolete) To pollute something; to adulterate.
Translations
adulterate — see adulterate
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
adulter
- inflection of adult:
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)
- adulterous, unchaste
- (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
Noun
adulter m (genitive adulterī); second declension
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
- Old Irish: adaltair
- Portuguese: adúltero
- Spanish: adúltero
Related terms
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.
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