LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

adulterium

adulterium n (genitive adulteriī or adulterī)

Meaning

  1. neuteradultery
  2. neuteradulteration, contamination

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadulteriumadulteria
genitiveadulteriī
adulterī		adulteriōrum
dativeadulteriōadulteriīs
accusativeadulteriumadulteria
ablativeadulteriōadulteriīs
vocativeadulteriumadulteria

ădultĕrĭum, ii, n. adulter.
I. Adultery: Adulterium est cum aliena uxore coire, Quint. 7, 3, 10: qui in adulterio deprehenditur, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275: mulierem in adulterio deprehensam, Vulg. Joan. 8, 3: cum aliqua facere, Cat. 67, 36: inire, Vell. 2, 45: adulteria exercere, Suet. Aug. 69: adulterio cognoscere alicujus uxorem, Just. 22, 1: vasa adulteriis caelata, decorated with immodest figures, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140.—Of brutes: nec (elephanti) adulteria novere, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13; id. 10, 34, 52, § 104.—Of plants, an ingrafling, inoculating, Manil. 5, 266.—
II. Adulteration: omnia in adulterium mellis excogitata, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80: mercis, id. 19, 3, 15, § 44.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Latinadulterium

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterum/alteram Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin adulterō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin adulterium From adulterō + -ium.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanadulteri
  • Englishadultery
  • Frenchadultère
  • Englishadvowtryfrom Old French avoltierge
  • Englishavowtryfrom Old French avoltierge
  • Portugueseadultério
  • Romanianadulter
  • Spanishadulterio
  • Asturianadulteriu
  • Polishadulterium
Gallo-Italic
  • Romagnoladultéri

In English words that came into English from adulterium

  • adulteryadulterium

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAdulteriumAdulterium adultery. Greek Among the Athenians, if a man caught another in the act of criminal intercourse (μοιχεία) with his wife, he might kill him …

Quick answers

What does adulterium mean in Latin?
adulterium, a noun, means “adultery; adulteration, contamination”.
What is the genitive of adulterium?
The genitive singular is adulteriī. adulterium is neuter, second declension.
Where does adulterium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Latin adulterium.