ădultĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [adulter].
I Adulterous : liberi adulterino sanguinen nati, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 14; and of animals, not full-blooded : pullus adulterinus et degener, id. 10, 3, 3, § 10.—But oftener,
II That has assumed the nature of something foreign (cf. the etym. of adulter), not genuine , false , counterfeit , impure : symbolum, a false seal , Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 32; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p 28 Müll.: adulterina signa dicuntur alienis anulis facta; and Cic. : testamentum signis adulterinis obsignare, Clu. 14, 41: nummus, id. Off. 3, 23, 91: semina, Varr. R. R. 1, 40: claves, Sall. J. 12.