repetundae Latin · revision 32960

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *pt-(e)i-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''repetundae''' ''f pl'' (genitive repetundārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is short for ''pecūniae repetundae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|repetō|t=to claim back]]: the feminine plural of its gerundive, agreeing with an omitted [[pecunia|alt=pecūniae]], money to be reclaimed.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|petō]] to [[itc-pro|*pet-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*pt-(e)i-|t=to fly]], the sense moving from flying towards to making for and seeking.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who writes that Lucius Piso was the first to carry a law on money to be reclaimed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is money or other property extorted by a provincial governor and to be restored, and so the offence of extortion; later it referred to any official who took bribes.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The full phrase ''dē pecūniīs repetundīs'' is Cicero's, in such expressions as to accuse of extortion and the court set up for it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) With ''pecūniae'' left out it appears in ''repetundārum causa'', ''crīmen'' and ''lēx'' in Quintilian and Tacitus, and ''repetundārum reus'' or ''damnārī'' in Tacitus and Suetonius;^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caelius already writes ''dē repetundīs'' in a letter to Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary glosses it extortion and bribery.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the law and the court for extortion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of extortion cases.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of men charged with and convicted of extortion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(law)'' Money extorted by a provincial governor, to be restored; the offence of [[m|en|extortion]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(later)'' [[m|en|bribery|alt=Bribery]] by any official.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[repeto|alt=repetō]]

+ * [[pecunia|alt=pecūnia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}