taeter

== Latin == === Alternative forms === tēter === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from *taed-ro-; see taedeō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtae̯.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ter] === Adjective === taeter (feminine taetra, neuter taetrum, comparative taetrior, superlative taeterrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) foul, noisome, disgusting (smell) offensive, revolting, foul shocking, hideous, loathsome ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ==== Synonyms ==== foedus pūtidus ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: tetro → Portuguese: tetro → Spanish: tetro === References === “taeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “taeter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 223.5