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adultero
adultero
Italian
Adjective
adultero m (feminine singular adultera, masculine plural adulteri, feminine plural adultere)
Noun
adultero m (plural adulteri, feminine adultera)
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Verb
adultero
- first-person singular present indicative of adulterare
Latin
Etymology
From ad- + altero ("to alter"). The vowel change is the same as is between alo, ad-ulesco and ad-ultus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdul.te.roː/, [aˈdʊɫ.tɛ.roː]
Verb
adulterō (present infinitive adulterāre, perfect active adulterāvī, supine adulterātum); first conjugation
- I commit adultery (with); adulterate, pollute, corrupt, defile.
- (figuratively) I falsify, counterfeit, adulterate.
Inflection
Derived terms
- adulterātiō
- adulterātor
- adulterātus
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Descendants
- English: adulterate
- French: adultérer
References
- adultero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adultero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adultero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.