LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

adulterīnus

adulterīnus (feminine adulterīna, neuter adulterīnum)
Classical[a.dʊɫ.tɛˈriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.dul.teˈriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveadulterous, unchaste
  2. adjectivenot genuine, false, counterfeit, impure

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeadulterīnusadulterīnaadulterīnum
genitiveadulterīnīadulterīnaeadulterīnī
dativeadulterīnōadulterīnaeadulterīnō
accusativeadulterīnumadulterīnamadulterīnum
ablativeadulterīnōadulterīnāadulterīnō
vocativeadulterīneadulterīnaadulterīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeadulterīnīadulterīnaeadulterīna
genitiveadulterīnōrumadulterīnārumadulterīnōrum
dativeadulterīnīsadulterīnīsadulterīnīs
accusativeadulterīnōsadulterīnāsadulterīna
ablativeadulterīnīsadulterīnīsadulterīnīs
vocativeadulterīnīadulterīnaeadulterīna

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

nummi adulterini
bad money; base coin.

ădultĕrīnus, a, um, adj. adulter.
I. Adulterous: liberi adulterino sanguinen nati, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 14; and of animals, not full-blooded: pullus adulterinus et degener, id. 10, 3, 3, § 10.—But oftener,
II. That has assumed the nature of something foreign (cf. the etym. of adulter), not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure: symbolum, a false seal, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3. 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p 28 Müll.: adulterina signa dicuntur alienis anulis facta; and Cic.: testamentum signis adulterinis obsignare, Clu. 14: nummus, id. Off. 3, 23: semina, Varr. R. R. 1, 40: claves, Sall. J. 12.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin adulterīnus From adulter (“adulterous”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Englishadulterine
  • Frenchadultérine
  • Italianadulterino
  • Spanishadulterino

In English words that came into English from adulterīnus

  • adulterineadulterīnus

Quick answers

What does adulterīnus mean in Latin?
adulterīnus, a adjective, means “adulterous, unchaste; not genuine, false, counterfeit, impure”.
How do you pronounce adulterīnus?
In classical Latin, [a.dʊɫ.tɛˈriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.dul.teˈriː.nus].