adulterinus

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Latin

Etymology

From adulter (adulterous) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adulterīnus (feminine adulterīna, neuter adulterīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adulterous, unchaste
  2. not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative adulterīnus adulterīna adulterīnum adulterīnī adulterīnae adulterīna
genitive adulterīnī adulterīnae adulterīnī adulterīnōrum adulterīnārum adulterīnōrum
dative adulterīnō adulterīnae adulterīnō adulterīnīs
accusative adulterīnum adulterīnam adulterīnum adulterīnōs adulterīnās adulterīna
ablative adulterīnō adulterīnā adulterīnō adulterīnīs
vocative adulterīne adulterīna adulterīnum adulterīnī adulterīnae adulterīna

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References

  • adulterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulterinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulterinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • bad money; base coin: nummi adulterini