ceterus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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 ceterus

    From Proto-Italic *ke-eteros, from *ke (“here”) +‎ *eteros (“other”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. the other, remainder, rest
      ad cetera egregius ― outstanding from every aspect
      • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.41:
        Ceteri crura brachiaque (nam pectus tegebatur) foede laniavere; pleraque vulnera feritate et saevitia trunco iam corpori adiecta.
        The rest foully tore apart his legs and arms (for his chest was covered); a great many wounds were put upon his body with fierceness and savagery, [even] after his head had been cut off.
    2. besides, also
    3. other(s)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    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

    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 (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
    • “ceterus”, 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)
    • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cēterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
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