LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

cētera1

cētera n pl (genitive cēterōrum)
Classical[ˈkeː.tɛ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛː.te.ra]

Meaning

  1. the other things, the rest
    ad cētera ēgregiusoutstanding from every aspect

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

the other things
cētera — in Seneca, ch. XXII

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—cētera
genitive—cēterōrum
dative—cēterīs
accusative—cētera
ablative—cēterīs
vocative—cētera

cētĕra, cētĕro, cētĕrum, v. ceterus, II.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe
  2. Proto-Italic*ke
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁e-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éteros
  5. Proto-Italic*eteros
  6. Latincētera

Proto-Italic *ke-eterosder. Latin cēterus Latin cēterum Latin cetera Plural of cēterum.

adverb
cētera2
cētera (not comparable)
Classical[ˈkeː.tɛ.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛː.te.ra]

Meaning

  1. not comparablefor the rest (adverbial use of the accusative plural of the noun)

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

cētera adv.
acc plur. of ceterus, for the rest, otherwise, in all else: praeter nomen cetera ignarus populi R., S.: hastile cetera teres praeterquam ad extremum, L.: hac in re unā dissimiles, at cetera paene gemelli, H.: cetera Graius, V.: cetera similes Batavis, nisi, etc., Ta.: egregius cetera, Ta.: cetera parce, puer, bello, V.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe
  2. Proto-Italic*ke
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁e-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éteros
  5. Proto-Italic*eteros
  6. Latincētera

Proto-Italic *ke-eterosder. Latin cēterus Latin cēterum Latin cetera Plural of cēterum.

Quick answers

What does cētera mean in Latin?
cētera, a noun, means “the other things, the rest”.
What is the genitive of cētera?
The genitive singular is cēterōrum. cētera is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce cētera?
In classical Latin, [ˈkeː.tɛ.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃɛː.te.ra].
Where does cētera come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe → Proto-Italic *ke → Proto-Indo-European *h₁e- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éteros → Proto-Italic *eteros → Latin cētera.