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Latin
Etymology
From adulterō + -ium.
Noun
adulterium n (genitive adulteriī or adulterī); second declension
- adultery
- Synonym: stuprum
- adulteration, contamination
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adulterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- adulterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “adulterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “adulterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin adulterium. First attested in 1626–1639.
Pronunciation
Noun
adulterium n
- (Middle Polish) adultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse)
- Synonyms: cudzołóstwo, zdrada małżeńska
Declension
Attested forms of adulterium
References
- Kazimierz Żelazko (25.09.2014) “ADULTERIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]