pecuniarius Latin · revision 4287

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛ.kuː.niˈaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.ku.niˈaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pecūniārius''' (feminine pecūniāria, neuter pecūniārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|pecunia|-ārius|t1=money]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The TLL also records a rare third-declension form [[m|la|pecūniāris]].^(TLL) [[m|la|pecūnia]] comes from [[pecu]] “cattle”, from [[ine-pro|*peḱu-|t=livestock]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero, in the speech for Roscius of Ameria, speaks of a partner in a money matter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of or involving money, pecuniary, as ''rēs pecūniāria'' a money matter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Caesar speaks of large rewards in money, and Tacitus and Quintilian use it too.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913) The jurists speak of a money penalty and a money judgement.^(Georges 1913)

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+ Medieval writers used it of debts and money cases.^(DMLBS) English ''pecuniary'' is recorded around 1500.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of a money matter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar speaks of rewards in money.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1500 – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|pecuniary]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of money, [[m|en|pecuniary]], financial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pecunia|alt=pecūnia]]

+ * [[en|pecuniary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}