ceterus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- caeterus (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (“here”) + contrastive *-(e)teros. Compare with citer. See also cis, hic.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.te.rus/, [ˈkeːt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.te.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪erus]
Adjective edit
cēterus (feminine cētera, neuter cēterum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | cēterus | cētera | cēterum | cēterī | cēterae | cētera | |
Genitive | cēterī | cēterae | cēterī | cēterōrum | cēterārum | cēterōrum | |
Dative | cēterō | cēterō | cēterīs | ||||
Accusative | cēterum | cēteram | cēterum | cēterōs | cēterās | cētera | |
Ablative | cēterō | cēterā | cēterō | cēterīs | |||
Vocative | cētere | cētera | cēterum | cēterī | cēterae | cētera |
The form *cēterus is hypothetical; this word is unattested in the masculine nominative singular in Classical Latin. The masculine nominative singular form cēter would be equally consistent with the attested forms.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- ceterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) as regards the rest; otherwise: ceteris rebus (not cetera)
- (ambiguous) to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
- (ambiguous) as regards the rest; otherwise: ceteris rebus (not cetera)
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag