adulterinus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin adulter

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin adulterīnus

From adulter (“adulterous”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.dʊɫ.tɛˈriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.dul.teˈriː.nus]

Adjective

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

1. adulterous, unchaste
2. not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

• (antonym(s) of “unchaste, impure”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Related terms

• adulter
• adulterātiō
• adulterātor
• adulterātrīx
• adulteritās
• adulterium
• adulterō

Descendants

• English: adulterine
• French: adultérine
• Italian: adulterino
• Spanish: 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
• “adulterinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • bad money; base coin: nummi adulterini