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
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...viro, donec cum tonitru voce missa ex aethere adulterum se Iuppiter confessus est. ARGVMENTVM II Amore captus Alcumenas..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."
