Meaning of ulterior | Babel Free

Definitions

1. comparative degree of ulter
   comparative, declension-3
2. further, more remote
   comparative, declension-3
3. on the farther side, that is beyond, the farthest extremity of a place
   comparative, declension-3
4. more extreme, worse
   comparative, declension-3, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“quis est ulterior?”

Which is further?

“Gallia ulterior”

transalpine Gaul

“Caesarī cum id nūntiātum esset, eōs per prōvinciam nostram iter facere cōnārī, mātūrat ab urbe proficīscī, et quam māximīs potest itineribus in Galliam ūlteriōrem contendit, et ad Genāvam pervenit.”

Caesar, when this had been reported [to him] — that [the Helvetii] were attempting to make a journey through our Province [in Gaul] — he hastened to set out from [near] the city [of Rome], and proceeded by the fastest possible forced marches into Farther Gaul, and arrived at Geneva.

“quo quid ulterius privato timendum foret?”

Which would be a worse thing to be feared, having been deprived of it?

CEFR level