peculatus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tus/, [pɛkuːˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.kuˈla.tus/, [pekuˈläːt̪us]
Noun edit
pecūlātus m (genitive pecūlātūs); fourth declension
- embezzlement of public money or property, peculation
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pecūlātus | pecūlātūs |
| Genitive | pecūlātūs | pecūlātuum |
| Dative | pecūlātuī | pecūlātibus |
| Accusative | pecūlātum | pecūlātūs |
| Ablative | pecūlātū | pecūlātibus |
| Vocative | pecūlātus | pecūlātūs |
Descendants edit
- Spanish: peculado
References edit
- “peculatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “peculatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peculatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to embezzle money: peculatum facere (Rab. Perd. 3. 8)
- to accuse some one of malversation, embezzlement of public money: accusare aliquem peculatus, pecuniae publicae
- to embezzle money: peculatum facere (Rab. Perd. 3. 8)
- “peculatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “peculatus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin