English

Noun

iter ‎(plural iters)

1. (anatomy) A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
   • 1916, Mayo Clinic, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation (page 869)

     This fluid passes through the main iters which connect the various ventricles and filters through the thin membranes of the brain and cord, equalizing the pressure at all points.

Italian

Noun

iter m ‎(invariable)

1. procedure, course

Synonyms

• procedura, corso

Anagrams

• erti
• etri
• irte
• reti

Latin

Etymology

Conflation of an r/n-stem (where both stems are incorporated, thus gen. itineris from normal *itinis and analogic *iteris), from Proto-Indo-European reconstructed as *h₁éy-tr̥ ~ *h₁i-tén-, from *h₁ey- (whence eō). Cognate with Hittite itar.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ter/, [ˈɪ.tɛr]

Noun

iter n ‎(genitive itineris); third declension

1. A route, whether
   1. A journey.
   2. A march.
   3. A course.
   4. A path; a road.
   5. (Medieval, law) A court circuit.
2. (Medieval, medicine) A passage.

Usage notes

Used in the phrase in itinere to mean abroad.

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Synonyms

• (road): via

Derived terms

• itinerārium
• itinerārius
• itinerātor
• itineror
• porta itinerī longissima

Descendants

• English: itinerary, iter
• Italian: iter

References

• iter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iter”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to finish a very long journey: longum itineris spatium emetiri
    
  • to return from a journey: ex itinere redire
    
  • on a journey; by the way: in itinere
    
  • travelling day and night: itinera diurna nocturnaque
    
  • to spare oneself the trouble of the voyage: labore supersedēre (itineris) (Fam. 4. 2. 4)
    
  • by forced marches: magnis itineribus (Sall. Iug. 37)
    
  • by the longest possible forced marches: quam maximis itineribus (potest)
    
  • to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
    
  • (ambiguous) to obstruct a road; to close a route: iter obstruere
    
  • (ambiguous) (1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare): iter facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to travel together: una iter facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land): iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)
    
  • (ambiguous) to journey towards a place: iter aliquo dirigere, intendere
    
  • (ambiguous) travel by land, on foot: iter terrestre, pedestre
    
  • (ambiguous) a day's journey: iter unius diei or simply diei
    
  • (ambiguous) an impassable road: iter impeditum
    
  • (ambiguous) to march: iter facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to traverse a route: iter conficere (B. C. 1. 70)
    
  • (ambiguous) to quicken the pace of marching: iter maturare, accelerare
    
  • (ambiguous) to march without interruption: iter continuare (B. C. 3. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) not to interrupt the march: iter non intermittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere
    
  • (ambiguous) to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) a breach: iter ruina patefactum
    
• iter in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iter in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Turkish

Verb

iter

1. third-person singular present simple indicative positive of itmek
2. third-person singular present simple indicative negative of itmemek

See also

• iter itmez