peculator

English

Etymology

From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).

Noun

peculator (plural peculators)

1. A person who peculates; an embezzler.

Related terms

• peculation
• peculate

Anagrams

• copulater, outparcel, outplacer, parcel out

Interlingua

Noun

peculator (plural peculatores)

1. embezzler

Related terms

• peculato

Latin

Etymology

From pecūlor (“I embezzle”) +‎ -tor, from pecūlium (“private property”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tor/, [pɛkuːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.kuˈla.tor/, [pekuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

pecūlātor m (genitive pecūlātōris); third declension

1. embezzler
   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.53:

     mox compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse ut peculatorem flagitari iussit.

     it being soon discovered that he had embezzled the public money, he directed that he should be prosecuted as a peculator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pecūlātor	pecūlātōrēs
Genitive	pecūlātōris	pecūlātōrum
Dative	pecūlātōrī	pecūlātōribus
Accusative	pecūlātōrem	pecūlātōrēs
Ablative	pecūlātōre	pecūlātōribus
Vocative	pecūlātor	pecūlātōrēs

Synonyms

• interceptor

Related terms

• pecūlāns
• pecūlātus
• pecūlor

Descendants

• English: peculator

References

• “peculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.