adulteram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulterus, adultera, adulterum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
adulterous, unchaste;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →adulter, adultera, adulterum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
impure/adulterated; mixed/crossbred (plant); adulterous, unchaste; of adulterer;; forged/counterfeit; debased (coinage); [~ clavis => skeleton/false key];
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →adultera, adulterae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adulteress; mistress; unchaste woman;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...arbitror, potest: ut in eo qui, cum adulteram deprensam occidisset, adulterum, qui tum effugerat, postea in foro occidit..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...maritum, sed ne Silius summa adeptus sperneret adulteram scelusque inter ancipitia probatum veris mox pretiis aestimaret. nomen tamen..."
