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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).

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative exter extera exterum exterī exterae extera
    genitive exterī exterae exterī exterōrum exterārum exterōrum
    dative exterō exterae 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