adulter

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See also: adùlter

English

Etymology

From Latin adulterō.

Noun

adulter (plural adulters)

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

Derived terms

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

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

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).

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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Descendants

  • Italian: adultero
  • Gallo-Italic:

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).

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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Related terms

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 articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) adulter adulterul (niște) adultere adulterele
genitive/dative (unui) adulter adulterului (unor) adultere adulterelor
vocative adulterule adulterelor
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