ceterus

Latin

Alternative forms

caeterus (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (“here”) + contrastive *-(e)teros. Confer with citer. See also cis, hic.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.te.rus/, [ˈkeːt̪ɛrʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.te.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪erus]

Adjective

cēterus (feminine cētera, neuter cēterum); first/second-declension adjective

the other, remainder, rest
ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect
besides, also

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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

cēterīs pāribus
et cētera

References

“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 (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
ceterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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)
Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag