ater

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”), present active infinitive of attineō.

ater (first-person singular present ateño, first-person singular preterite ativen, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hatəD, compare Malay hantar.

ater

1. to send, to deliver

From Proto-Italic *ātros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (whence Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š (“fire”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru), Oscan 𐌀𐌀𐌃𐌝𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (aadíriis), Old Irish áith (“kiln”)).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ter/, [ˈäːt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ter/, [ˈäːt̪er]

āter (feminine ātra, neuter ātrum, comparative ātrior, superlative āterrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark
2. gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
3. (poetic, rare) malevolent
4. (poetic) obscure

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

• (black, dark): fuscus

• (antonym(s) of “dull black”): albus

• atrōcitās
• atrōciter
• atrōx

• → French: âtre
• → Italian: atro
• → Portuguese: atro
• → Spanish: atro

• “ater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ater”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ter

ater (first-person singular present atenho, first-person singular preterite ative, past participle atido)

1. (reflexive) to conform, comply
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of ater
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of ater

• deter
• suster
• ter

ater (plural ateer)

1. enemy

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005