ceterum

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Italic *ke

Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éteros

Proto-Italic *eteros

Proto-Italic *ke-eterosder.

Latin cēterus

Latin ceterum

Accusative neuter singular of cēterus, used substantively or adverbially.

Noun

cēterum n (genitive cēterī); second declension

1. the rest

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cēterum	cētera
genitive	cēterī	cēterōrum
dative	cēterō	cēterīs
accusative	cēterum	cētera
ablative	cēterō	cēterīs
vocative	cēterum	cētera

Adverb

cēterum (not comparable)

1. as for the rest
2. moreover, in addition, furthermore (moving on to another topic)
   • Cato the Elder:

     Cēterum cēnseō Carthāginem esse dēlendam

     Furthermore, I recommend that Carthage must be destroyed

3. certainly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cēterum

1. inflection of cēterus:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine/neuter singular

References

• “ceterum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ceterum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ceterum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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)
    
• ceterum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016