ater

See also: Ater, atter, āter, ǡter, äter, and åter

Galician

Etymology

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”), present active infinitive of attineō.

Verb

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

Related terms

• abster
• conter
• deter
• entreter

• manter
• reter
• soster
• ter

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (whence Proto-Iranian *ātar- (“fire”), Umbrian 𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌀 (atru), Oscan 𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌓𐌝𐌃𐌀𐌀 (Aadíriis), Old Irish áith (“kiln”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ter/, [ˈäːt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ter/, [ˈäːt̪er]

Adjective

āter (feminine ātra, neuter ātrum, comparative ātrior, superlative āterrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark
2. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
3. (poetic, rare) malevolent
4. (poetic) obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	āter	ātra	ātrum		ātrī	ātrae	ātra
genitive	ātrī	ātrae	ātrī		ātrōrum	ātrārum	ātrōrum
dative	ātrō	ātrae	ātrō		ātrīs
accusative	ātrum	ātram	ātrum		ātrōs	ātrās	ātra
ablative	ātrō	ātrā	ātrō		ātrīs
vocative	āter	ātra	ātrum		ātrī	ātrae	ātra

Synonyms

• (black, dark): fuscus

Antonyms

• (dull black): albus

Derived terms

• albus an āter sit
• ātra bīlis
• ātrāmentum
• ātritās

Related terms

• atrōcitās
• atrōciter
• atrōx

Descendants

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

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “ater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ater”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin to attain, present active infinitive of attineō.

Verb

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

Related terms

• deter
• suster
• ter