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exter

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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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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter

    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 , Vergilius, Aeneis 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".)

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

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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

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