adulterare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adultero, adulterare, adulteravi, adulteratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
commit adultery, defile (w/adultery); falsify, counterfeit, debase, corrupt;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...esse symbolum. quotque innocenti ei dixit contumelias! adulterare eum aibat rebus ceteris. NIC. Habetin aurum? id mihi dici..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...prehendisses, sine iudicio inpune necares; illa te, si adulterares sive tu adulterarere, digito non auderet contingere, neque..."
