ceterus

Latin

Alternative forms

• caeterus (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (“here”) + contrastive *-(e)teros. Confer with citer. See also cis, hic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.te.rus/, [ˈkeː.t̪ɛ.ɾʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.te.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛː.t̪ɛ.rus]

Adjective

cēterus (feminine cētera, neuter cēterum); first/second-declension adjective (rarely used in nominative masculine singular)

1. the other, remainder, rest
2. besides, also

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

Derived terms

• cēterīs pāribus
• et cētera

References

• 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 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)
    
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag