peculator

English

Etymology

From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).

Noun

peculator (plural peculators)

  1. A person who peculates; an embezzler

Anagrams

Interlingua

Noun

peculator (plural peculatores)

  1. embezzler

Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from pecūlātus, perfect passive participle of pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from pecūlium (“private property”) + -or, agential ending.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tor/, [pɛ.kuːˈɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

pecūlātor m (genitive pecūlātōris); third declension

  1. embezzler
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.53
      mox compertum publicam pecuniam avertisse ut peculatorem flagitari iussit.
      it being soon discovered that he had embezzled the public money, he directed that he should be prosecuted as a peculator.
  2. vocative singular of pecūlātor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pecūlātor pecūlātōrēs
genitive pecūlātōris pecūlātōrum
dative pecūlātōrī pecūlātōribus
accusative pecūlātōrem pecūlātōrēs
ablative pecūlātōre pecūlātōribus
vocative pecūlātor pecūlātōrēs

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • peculator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • peculator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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