taeter

See also: Täter

Latin

Alternative forms

tēter

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from *taed-ro-; see taedeō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtae̯.ter/, [ˈt̪äe̯t̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ter/, [ˈt̪ɛːt̪er]

Adjective

taeter (feminine taetra, neuter taetrum, comparative taetrior, superlative taeterrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	taeter	taetra	taetrum	taetrī	taetrae	taetra
Genitive	taetrī	taetrae	taetrī	taetrōrum	taetrārum	taetrōrum
Dative	taetrō	taetrae	taetrō	taetrīs
Accusative	taetrum	taetram	taetrum	taetrōs	taetrās	taetra
Ablative	taetrō	taetrā	taetrō	taetrīs
Vocative	taeter	taetra	taetrum	taetrī	taetrae	taetra

Synonyms

Derived terms

taetricus

Descendants

→ Italian: tetro
→ Portuguese: tetro
→ Spanish: tetro

References

“taeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“taeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
taeter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 223.5

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