adultera

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [aˈdʊɫ.tɛ.ra]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdul.te.ra]^[1]

Forms

adultera f (genitive adulterae, masculine adulter); first declension^[1]

Etymology

It is the feminine of adulter “adulterer”.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Cicero's speeches against Catiline.^[3][4] Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant an unchaste woman, a mistress, an adulteress, as in Cicero, and Virgil's Dardanius adulter is Paris.^[2][4]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an adulteress.^[5]

Timeline

• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^[4][3]

Meanings

Noun

1. An adulteress; an unchaste woman, mistress.^[2]

Related words

• adulter
• adulterium
• adulterīnus

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson