adulter

See also: adùlter

English

Etymology

From Latin adulterō.

Noun

adulter (plural adulters)

1. (now rare) An adulterer, especially a male one.

Derived terms

• adultress

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• adulterer
• adulteress

Translations

adulterate — see adulterate

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

adulter

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

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from adulterō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdʊɫ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈd̪ul̪.t̪er]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adulter	adultera	adulterum		adulterī	adulterae	adultera
genitive	adulterī	adulterae	adulterī		adulterōrum	adulterārum	adulterōrum
dative	adulterō	adulterae	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

• (antonym(s) of “unchaste”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Derived terms

• adulterīnus
• adulterium

Descendants

• Italian: adultero
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: adùltar, adùlter

Noun

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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	adulter	adulterī
genitive	adulterī	adulterōrum
dative	adulterō	adulterīs
accusative	adulterum	adulterōs
ablative	adulterō	adulterīs
vocative	adulter	adulterī

Synonyms

• (bastard): nothus

Descendants

• Catalan: adúlter
• French: adultère
• Galician: adúltero
• Old French: avoistre
  • Middle French: avoutre
    • French: avoutre
    • Bourguignon: aivoutre
  • Middle English: advouterer, advoutrer, advowtrer
    • English: advoutrer
• Portuguese: adúltero
• Spanish: adúltero
• →⇒ Old Irish: adaltras
  • Irish: adhaltras

Related terms

• adulterātiō
• adulterātor
• adulterātrīx
• adulteritās
• adulterō

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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adultère.

Noun

adulter n (plural adultere)

1. adultery

Declension

Declension of adulter

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	adulter	adulterul		adultere	adulterele
genitive-dative	adulter	adulterului		adultere	adulterelor
vocative	adulterule			adulterelor