ater

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”), present active infinitive of attineō.

ater (first-person singular present ateño, first-person singular preterite ativen, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (whence Proto-Iranian *ātar- (“fire”), Umbrian 𐌖𐌓𐌕𐌀 (atru), Oscan 𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌓𐌝𐌃𐌀𐌀 (Aadíriis), Old Irish áith (“kiln”)).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ter/, [ˈaː.tɛr]

āter (feminine ātra, neuter ātrum); first/second declension

1. dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark
2. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
3. (poetic, rare) malevolent
4. (poetic) obscure

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

• comparative: ātrior, superlative: āterrimus

• (black, dark): fuscus

• (dull black): albus

• albus an āter sit
• ātra bīlis
• ātrāmentum
• ātritās

• atrōcitās
• atrōciter
• atrōx

• French: âtre
• Italian: atro
• Portuguese: atro
• Spanish: atro

• ater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ater in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

From Latin to attain, present active infinitive of attineō.

ater (first-person singular present indicative atenho, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

• deter
• suster
• ter