adulterium

Latin

Etymology

From adulterō + -ium.

Noun

adulterium n (genitive adulteriī or adulterī); second declension

  1. adultery
    Synonym: stuprum
  2. adulteration, contamination

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adulterium adulteria
Genitive adulteriī
adulterī1
adulteriōrum
Dative adulteriō adulteriīs
Accusative adulterium adulteria
Ablative adulteriō adulteriīs
Vocative adulterium adulteria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  • adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adulterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • adulterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • adulterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adulterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adulterium. First attested in 1626–1639.

Pronunciation

Noun

adulterium n

  1. (Middle Polish) adultery (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse)
    Synonyms: cudzołóstwo, zdrada małżeńska

Declension

noun
  • adultyzm
verb

References

  • Kazimierz Żelazko (25.09.2014) “ADULTERIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
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