English → Latin
“adultery” in Latin
adulteriumadultery; adulteration, contaminationadulterōto commit adultery (with); to falsify, counterfeit, adulterate; to pollute, corrupt, defilecommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin
The English word adultery itself goes back to Latin ad, through adulterium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adultery
adulterium. To commit adultery, adulterare: adulterium inire, committere, facere: conjugii fidem violare (to break one’s marriage vow: all of single acts): adulteria exercere (of the habit): with anybody’s wife, alicujus uxorem adulterare, or adulterio cognoscere. Taken in adultery, in adulterio deprehensus: in stupro comperta (of a female).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adultery?
- The usual Latin words for “adultery” are adulterium, adulterō, committō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.