Latin edit

Etymology edit

From adulterō +‎ -ium.

Noun edit

adulterium n (genitive adulteriī or adulterī); second declension

  1. adultery
    Synonym: stuprum
  2. adulteration, contamination

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adulterium adulteria
Genitive adulteriī
adulterī1
adulteriōrum
Dative adulteriō adulteriīs
Accusative adulterium adulteria
Ablative adulteriō adulteriīs
Vocative adulterium adulteria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants edit

References edit

  • adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • adulterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • adulterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin adulterium. First attested in 1626–1639.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

adulterium n

  1. (Middle Polish) adultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse)
    Synonyms: cudzołóstwo, zdrada małżeńska

Declension edit

Related terms edit

noun
verb

References edit

  • Kazimierz Żelazko (25.09.2014) “ADULTERIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]