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ădultĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [adulter].

  1. 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,
  2. 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.

ădultĕrĭo, ōnis. A word formed by Laberius = adulter, acc. to Non. 70, 5; or adulterium, acc. to Gell. 16, 7, the latter of whom censures this form.

ădultĕrĭtas, ātis, = adulterium, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7.

ădultĕrĭum, ii, n. [adulter].

  1. 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.
  2. II. Adulteration: omnia in adulterium mellis excogitata, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80: mercis, id. 19, 3, 15, § 44.