peccavi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin peccāvī (“I have sinned”).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
peccavi
- An expression of guilt or culpability.
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Noun edit
peccavi (plural peccavis)
- An act of saying ‘peccavi’; an admission of guilt or responsibility.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 772:
- He heard the little man's rapid exhausted breathing as he began with the opening flourish of his peccavi, ‘Father, I have sinned.’
Italian edit
Verb edit
peccavi
Latin edit
Verb edit
peccāvī
- first-person singular perfect active indicative of peccō - I have sinned.