exter
Latin
Alternative forms
- exterus
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs-tero-, from *h₁eǵʰs (whence ex).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ster/, [ˈɛk.stɛr]
Adjective
exter (feminine extera, neuter exterum); first/second declension
- On the outside, outward, external, outer.
- Of another country; foreign, strange.
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | exter | extera | exterum | exterī | exterae | extera | |
| Genitive | exterī | exterae | exterī | exterōrum | exterārum | exterōrum | |
| Dative | exterō | exterō | exterīs | ||||
| Accusative | exterum | exteram | exterum | exterōs | exterās | extera | |
| Ablative | exterō | exterā | exterō | exterīs | |||
| Vocative | exter | extera | exterum | exterī | exterae | extera | |
- comparative: exterior, superlative: extrēmus or extimus
Synonyms
- (foreign, strange): adventīcius, aliēnus, barbaricus, barbarus, exōticus, extrāneus, peregrīnus, prosēlytus
- (outward, external): extrārius, externus
Derived terms
- externus
- extrā
Descendants
- Italian: estero
- Ladin: ester
References
- exter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- exter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Luxembourgish
Verb
exter
- second-person singular imperative of exteren