adultera Latin · revision 9844

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la adulter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈdʊɫ.tɛ.ra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdul.te.ra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''adultera''' ''f'' (genitive adulterae, masculine adulter); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[adulter]] “adulterer”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero's speeches against Catiline.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an unchaste woman, a mistress, an adulteress, as in Cicero, and Virgil's ''Dardanius adulter'' is Paris.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an adulteress.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|adulteress]]; an unchaste woman, mistress.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adulter]]

+ * [[adulterium]]

+ * [[adulterīnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}