exter

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Dutch

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Noun

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exter m (plural exters, diminutive extertje n)

  1. Obsolete form of ekster.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *eksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros, from *h₁eǵʰs (whence ex); equivalent to ex (out of, from within) +‎ -ter (-ly, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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exter (feminine extera, neuter exterum, comparative exterior, superlative extrēmus or extimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. on the outside, outward, external, outer, far, remote
    Synonyms: adventīcius, aliēnus, barbaricus, barbarus, exōticus, extrāneus, peregrīnus, prosēlytus
  2. of another country; foreign, strange
    Synonym: extrārius
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.350:
      “[...] Et nōs fās extera quaerere rēgna.”
      “[It is] right for us, too, to seek a foreign realm.”
      (The context can be understood as someplace “external to” or “far from” one’s homeland as well as “foreign” or “strange”.)

Inflection

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First/second-declension adjective (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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Verb

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exter

  1. second-person singular imperative of exteren