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ădultĕrĭum , ii, n. adulter.
I. Adultery: “Adulterium est cum aliena uxore coire,” Quint. 7, 3, 10: “qui in adulterio deprehenditur,” Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275: “mulierem in adulterio deprehensam,” Vulg. Joan. 8, 3: “cum aliqua facere,” Cat. 67, 36: “inire,” Vell. 2, 45: “adulteria exercere,” Suet. Aug. 69: “adulterio cognoscere alicujus uxorem,” Just. 22, 1: “vasa adulteriis caelata,” decorated with immodest figures, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 140.—Of brutes: “nec (elephanti) adulteria novere,” Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 13; id. 10, 34, 52, § 104.—Of plants, an ingrafling, inoculating, Manil. 5, 266.—
II. Adulteration: “omnia in adulterium mellis excogitata,” Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80: “mercis,” id. 19, 3, 15, § 44.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • New Testament, John, 8.3
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.68
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 69
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.44
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.13
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.104
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 3.10
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