# ater
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈteːɾ]

### Verb

ater (first-person singular present ateño, first-person singular preterite ativen, past participle atido)
* (reflexive) to conform, comply

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* abster
* conter
* deter
* entreter
* manter
* reter
* soster
* ter

## Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Verb

ater
* to send, to deliver

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* ātrus

### Etymology

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”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.ter/, [ˈäːt̪ɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ter/, [ˈäːt̪er]

### Adjective

āter (feminine ātra, neuter ātrum, comparative ātrior, superlative āterrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
* dull black (as opposed to niger, shining black); dark
* gloomy, sad, dismal, unlucky
* (poetic, rare) malevolent
* (poetic) obscure

#### Declension

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

#### Synonyms

* (black, dark): fuscus

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “dull black”): albus

#### Derived terms

* albus an āter sit
* ātra bīlis
* ātrāmentum
* ātricapillus
* ātritās

#### Related terms

* atrōcitās
* atrōciter
* atrōx

#### Descendants

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

#### See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text) :
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |

### References

* “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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin attinēre (“to attain”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈte(ʁ)/ [aˈte(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈte(ʁ)/ [aˈte(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈte(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈte(ʁ)/ [aˈte(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈte(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈteɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈteɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈte.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧ter

### Verb

ater (first-person singular present atenho, first-person singular preterite ative, past participle atido)
* (reflexive) to conform, comply

#### Related terms

* deter
* suster
* ter

## Southwestern Dinka
### Noun

ater (plural ateer)
* enemy

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

## Waigali
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *ãtari, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈteɾ/

### Adverb

ater (Nisheigram)
* in

#### Derived terms

* ateri

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “ater”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎