adjectivethird declension
ulterior
ulterior (comparative, neuter ulterius)
Classical[ʊɫˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[ulˈtɛː.ri.or]
Meaning
- comparativefurther, more remote
quis est ulterior?
Which is further? - comparativeon the farther side, that is beyond, the farthest extremity of a place
Gallia ulterior
transalpine GaulCaesarī cum id nūntiātum esset, eōs per prōvinciam nostram iter facere cōnārī, mātūrat ab urbe proficīscī, et quam māximīs potest itineribus in Galliam ūlteriōrem contendit, et ad Genāvam pervenit.
Caesar, when this had been reported [to him] — that [the Helvetii] were attempting to make a journey through our Province [in Gaul] — he hastened to set out from [near] the city [of Rome], and proceeded by the fastest possible forced marches into Farther Gaul, and arrived at Geneva.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.7 - comparativefigurativelymore extreme, worse
quo quid ulterius privato timendum foret?
Which would be a worse thing to be feared, having been deprived of it?
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
longius porrōulterius — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 13
ultrā, longiusulterius — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8
quī trāns est, longiusulterior -ius — in Aeneis, ch. 15
farther
ulterior -ius — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ulterior | ulterior | ulterius |
| genitive | ulteriōris | ulteriōris | ulteriōris |
| dative | ulteriōrī | ulteriōrī | ulteriōrī |
| accusative | ulteriōrem | ulteriōrem | ulterius |
| ablative | ulteriōre ulteriōrī | ulteriōre ulteriōrī | ulteriōre ulteriōrī |
| vocative | ulterior | ulterior | ulterius |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ulteriōrēs | ulteriōrēs | ulteriōra |
| genitive | ulteriōrum | ulteriōrum | ulteriōrum |
| dative | ulteriōribus | ulteriōribus | ulteriōribus |
| accusative | ulteriōrēs ulteriōrīs | ulteriōrēs ulteriōrīs | ulteriōra |
| ablative | ulteriōribus | ulteriōribus | ulteriōribus |
| vocative | ulteriōrēs | ulteriōrēs | ulteriōra |
ultĕrĭor, us, v. ulter, I.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ūlterior ius, adj.
comp, farther, on the farther side, that is beyond, more remote (for sup. see ultimus): quis est ulterior? T.: Gallia, i. e. transalpine, Cs.: pars urbis, L.: ripa, V.: Ulterius medio spatium, O.—Fig., more extreme, worse: quo quid ulterius privato timendum foret? L.—Plur m. as subst, the more remote persons, those farther on, those beyond: cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant, Cs.: proximi ripae neglegenter, ulteriores exquisitius, Ta.—Plur n. as subst, that which is beyond, things beyond, farther, more: pudor est ulteriora loqui, O.—Neut. As adv., beyond, farther on, farther: abire, O.: Ulterius nihil est, nisi, etc., O.—Further, more, longer, in a greater degree: Ulterius ne tende odiis, V.: ulterius dare corpus leto, O.
Origins
From ulter + -ior.
Descendants
- Englishulterior
- Frenchultérieur
- Italianulteriore
- Portugueseulterior
- Romanianulterior
- Spanishulterior
In English words that came into English from ulterior
- ulteriorulterior