taeter

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin temtrum, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. See also tenebrae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtae̯.ter/, [ˈt̪äe̯t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ter/, [ˈt̪ɛːt̪er]

Adjective

1. offensive, foul, noisome
2. shocking, hideous, loathsome

Derived terms

• taetricus

Descendants

• Italian: tetro
• Portuguese: tetro
• Spanish: tetro

Synonyms

• foedus
• pūtidus

References

• “taeter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press