adulter

See also: adùlter

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin adulterō.

NounEdit

adulter (plural adulters) (now rare)

  1. An adulterer, especially a male one.

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VerbEdit

adulter (third-person singular simple present adulters, present participle adultering, simple past and past participle adultered) (now rare)

  1. To commit adultery.
  2. To pollute something; to adulterate.

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

adulter

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

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

DeclensionEdit

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

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DescendantsEdit

  • Italian: adultero
  • Gallo-Italic:

NounEdit

adulter m (genitive adulterī); second declension

  1. adulterer or adulteress, paramour
  2. bastard
    • Vulgate, Hebrews 12.8:
      adulteri et non filii estis.
      You are bastards and not sons.

DeclensionEdit

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

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ReferencesEdit

  • 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

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French adultère.

NounEdit

adulter n (plural adultere)

  1. adultery

DeclensionEdit