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adulterinus

adulterinus

Latin

Adjective

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

adulterous, unchaste
not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

Synonyms

(unchaste, impure): adulter, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, incestus

Antonyms

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

Related terms

adulteritās
adulterium
adulterō

Descendants

English: adulterine
Italian: adulterino

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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adulterinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- bad money; base coin: nummi adulterini