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
- M
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..." - P
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..."
