adulter

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See also: adùlter

English

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Etymology

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From Latin adulterō.

Noun

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adulter (plural adulters)

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

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Verb

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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.

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Adjective

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adulter

  1. inflection of adult:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Latin

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Etymology

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Back-formation from adulterō.

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Adjective

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adulter (feminine adultera, neuter adulterum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. adulterous, unfaithful, unchaste
  2. (by extension) counterfeit, false

Declension

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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

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  • Italian: adultero
  • Gallo-Italic:

Noun

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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.

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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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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French adultère.

Noun

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adulter n (plural adultere)

  1. adultery

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