peculator
English
Etymology
From Latin pecūlātor (“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor (“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium (“private property”).
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Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tor/, [pɛkuːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.kuˈla.tor/, [pekuˈläːt̪or]
Noun
pecūlātor m (genitive pecūlātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: peculator
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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