Derived from Archaic Latin uls (“beyond”) from the pronominal stem il- whence also Latin ille and from the stem ol-.[1] Compare alter.
ulter (feminine ultra, neuter ultrum, comparative ulterior, superlative ultimus, adverb ultrō); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Only the comparative ulterior and the superlative ultimus occur in classical Latin; the positive is not found until later.
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ulter | ultra | ultrum | ultrī | ultrae | ultra | |
Genitive | ultrī | ultrae | ultrī | ultrōrum | ultrārum | ultrōrum | |
Dative | ultrō | ultrō | ultrīs | ||||
Accusative | ultrum | ultram | ultrum | ultrōs | ultrās | ultra | |
Ablative | ultrō | ultrā | ultrō | ultrīs | |||
Vocative | ulter | ultra | ultrum | ultrī | ultrae | ultra |