Galician

Verb

ater ‎(first-person singular present ateño, first-person singular preterite ativen, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

Conjugation

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- ‎(“fire”) (whence Proto-Iranian *ātar- ‎(“fire”), Umbrian [script needed] ‎(atru), Oscan [script needed] ‎(Aadíriis), Old Irish áith ‎(“kiln”)).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

āter m ‎(feminine ātra, neuter ātrum); first/second declension

1. dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark
2. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
3. (poetic, rare) malevolent
4. (poetic) obscure

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

• comparative: ātrior, superlative: āterrimus

Synonyms

• (black, dark): fuscus

Antonyms

• (dull black): albus

Related terms

• atrōcitās
• atrōciter
• atrōx

Derived terms

• albus an āter sit
• ātra bīlis
• ātrāmentum
• ātritās

Descendants

• French: âtre
• Italian: atro
• Portuguese: atro
• Spanish: atro

References

• ater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ater”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ater in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin attinēre ‎(“to attain”), present active infinitive of attineō.

Verb

ater ‎(first-person singular present indicative atenho, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

Conjugation

Related terms

• deter
• suster
• ter