English

Verb

adulter ‎(third-person singular simple present adulters, present participle adultering, simple past and past participle adultered)

1. (obsolete) To commit adultery.
2. (obsolete) To pollute something; to adulterate.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From ad ‎(“to, towards”) + alter ‎(“the other, second”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdul.ter/, [aˈdʊɫ.tɛr]

Adjective

adulter m ‎(feminine adultera, neuter adulterum); first/second declension

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

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Synonyms

• (unchaste): adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Antonyms

• (unchaste): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Derived terms

• adulterīnus
• adulterium

Noun

adulter m ‎(genitive adulterī); second declension

1. adulterer or adulteress, paramour

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be adultere.

Descendants

• English: advoutrer
• French: adultère
• Old French: avoistre
  • Middle French: avoutre
    • French: avoutre
• Old Irish: adaltair
• Portuguese: adúltero

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adulter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.