peculiaris Latin · revision 9579

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *peḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛ.kuː.liˈaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.ku.liˈaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pecūliāris''' (neuter pecūliāre, adverb pecūliāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pecūlium]] “private property” with the suffix [[-āris]]; ⟨pecūlium⟩ is from [[pecū]] “cattle”, property in cattle being the oldest kind of wealth.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨pecū⟩ to [[ine-pro|*peḱ-u-|t=cattle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of what is one's own.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In law it meant of someone's ''pecūlium'', the property a slave or son could hold, as in Gaius, and Ulpian's ''pecūliāre vīnum'' was wine bought from such funds; generally it meant one's own, personal, private, as in Plautus; and singular, exceptional, particular, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant peculiar, unique, special, and was used of the chosen people.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS)^(Köbler 2010) Medieval Latin used it of a monk's private things and of the worship proper to feasts.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|peculiar]] (mid-15th century, “belonging exclusively to one person”) came through Old French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the exceptional.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''peculiar'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(law)'' Of a [[m|en|peculium]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # One's own, personal, private.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Singular, special, [[m|en|peculiar]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pecūliāriter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pecūlium]]

+ * [[pecū]]

+ * [[pecūnia]]

+ * [[en|peculiar]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}