ădultĕrīnus — Lewis & Short
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.