peculator Latin · revision 10123

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la pecūlor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛ.kuːˈɫaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.kuˈlaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pecūlātor''' ''m'' (genitive pecūlātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pecūlor|-tor|t1=to embezzle]], from [[pecūlium]] “private property”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Köbler connects it with [[pecus]] “cattle”.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, and the OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite his ''Dē officiīs''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an embezzler of public money, a peculator, as in Cicero, Tacitus and Valerius Maximus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|embezzler]] of public money, [[m|en|peculator]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pecūlātōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pecūlor]]

+ * [[pecūlātus]]

+ * [[pecūlium]]

+ * [[en|peculate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}