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atram

atram is a Latin form of ater, meaning “black, dark; gloomy, deadly”. It is the accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus 2.11.1: risi nivem atram teque hilari animo esse et prompto ad iocandum valde me iuvat. de Pompeio adsentior tibi vel tu potius mihi. nam, ut scis, iam pridem istum canto Caesarem. mihi crede, in sinu est neque ego discingor. cognosce nunc Idus Decimus erat Caelio dies.

All forms of ater (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.