adulter

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To commit adultery.
  2. (obsolete) To pollute something; to adulterate.

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

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdul.ter/, [aˈdʊɫ.tɛr]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second declension, 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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Derived terms

Noun

adulter m (genitive adulterī); second declension

  1. adulterer or adulteress, paramour

Declension

Second declension, 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

Descendants

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
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