adulterum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adulterus, adultera, adulterum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
adulterous, unchaste;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →adultera, adulterae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adulteress; mistress; unchaste woman;
gen. pl. - Entry →adulter, adulteri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adulterer; illicit lover, paramour; offspring of unlawful love, bastard (eccl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...viro, donec cum tonitru voce missa ex aethere adulterum se Iuppiter confessus est. ARGVMENTVM II Amore captus Alcumenas..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...uentum est, ut nulla uirum habeat, nisi ut adulterum inritet? Argumentum est deformitatis pudicitia. Quam inuenies tam miseram..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quorum alius illi alas inposuit, alius cornua, alius adulterum illum induxit et abnoctantem, alius saeuum in deos, alius..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fauces freti per quas reuexi nobilem regum manum adulterum secuta per Symplegadas? patruamne Iolcon, Thessala an Tempe petam..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...morte puniit; in Publium Clodium Pompeiae uxoris suae adulterum atque eadem de causa pollutarum caerimoniarum reum testis citatus..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...proterva petulanter, dives effuse, libidinosa meretricio more viveret, adulterum ego putarem si qui hanc paulo liberius salutasset..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Convenit, transeo. Rationem reddere debet reus quare occiderit. "Adulterum" inquit "cum adultera occidere licet". Legem esse certum..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...negat. Quid si confitetur, sed iure a se adulterum dicit occisum (nempe legem esse certum est quae permittat..."
