ceterus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- caeterus (nonstandard)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *ke-eteros, from *ke (“here”) + *eteros (“other”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.te.rus/, [ˈkeːt̪ɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.te.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪erus]
Adjective
[edit]cēterus (feminine cētera, neuter cēterum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cēterus | cētera | cēterum | cēterī | cēterae | cētera | |
| genitive | cēterī | cēterae | cēterī | cēterōrum | cēterārum | cēterōrum | |
| dative | cēterō | cēterae | cēterō | cēterīs | |||
| accusative | cēterum | cēteram | cēterum | cēterōs | cēterās | cētera | |
| ablative | cēterō | cēterā | cēterō | cēterīs | |||
| vocative | cētere | cētera | cēterum | cēterī | cēterae | cētera | |
The form *cēterus is hypothetical; this word is unattested in the masculine nominative singular in Classical Latin. The masculine nominative singular form cēter would be equally consistent with the attested forms.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ceterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ceterus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “ceterus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) as regards the rest; otherwise: ceteris rebus (not cetera)
- (ambiguous) to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
- (ambiguous) as regards the rest; otherwise: ceteris rebus (not cetera)
- Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112