pecuniosus Latin · revision 32985

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *peḱ-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛ.kuː.niˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pe.ku.niˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pecūniōsus''' (feminine pecūniōsa, neuter pecūniōsum, comparative pecūniōsior, superlative pecūniōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pecūnia|-ōsus|t1=money]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|pecūnia]] “property” is formed on [[pecu|alt=pecū]] “cattle”, which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*peku-]] and [[ine-pro|*peḱ-u-|t=cattle]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares Umbrian [[m|xum|pequo|t=cattle]], [[sa|पशु|tr=paśú-|t=cattle, animal]] and [[lt|pẽkus|t=cattle]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cicero already explained the word from cattle: in Romulus' time wealth lay in herds and land, and so the rich were called by this word and by [[locuples|alt=locuplētēs]].^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian and Varro repeat the link with [[pecus]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Pro Roscio comoedo'' pairs men rich in property and moneyed.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is well provided with money, moneyed, wealthy, used of men and women and in the comparative and superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it rich, wealthy,^(Stelten 1995) and Wiktionary also gives the sense gainful.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of moneyed men, and of the old word for the rich.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian repeats the derivation from cattle.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Well provided with [[m|en|money]], moneyed, [[m|en|wealthy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|gainful|alt=Gainful]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pecunia|alt=pecūnia]]

+ * [[pecus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}