repetunda

Latin

Etymology

From repetō

Noun

repetunda f (genitive repetundae); first declension

1. recovery (of money)
2. (in the plural) extortion

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	repetunda	repetundae
Genitive	repetundae	repetundārum
Dative	repetundae	repetundīs
Accusative	repetundam	repetundās
Ablative	repetundā	repetundīs
Vocative	repetunda	repetundae

References

• repetunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted): postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis