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ădulter, -tĕra

ădulter, -tĕra · adj

adulterous

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What it meant

ădulter, -tĕra — Lewis & Short

ădulter, -tĕra, -tĕrum, adj. (Rudd. I. p. 51, n. 36), for adulterinus,

I adulterous, unchaste: crines, finely-curled hair, like that of a full-dressed paramour, Hor. C. 1, 15, 19: mens, that thinks only of illicit love, Ov. Am. 3, 4, 5: clavis, a key to the chamber of a courtesan, id. A. A. 3, 643.—

II Transf., counterfeit, false: imitatio solidi, Cod. Th. 9, 22, 1.

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