dēpecūlor
Meaning
- deponentto despoil, pillage, rifle, plunder, embezzle
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Vastare · Populari · Diripere · Agere ferre · Expilare · Spoliare · Peculari
1. Vastare (from ustus?) means to lay waste, from rage or from policy to destroy the property of an enemy, like πέρθειν, πορθεῖν; whereas populari, diripere, and agere ferre, to plunder for one’s own use; populari, on a great scale, for example, to lay waste all the crops, and drive off the herds; diripere, on a small scale, to break into the houses, and break open the closets; agere ferre includes both meanings, like ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν. 2. Spoliare and populari mean to plunder, in a state of open warfare; whereas expilare and peculari, depeculari, in a state of peace; expilare (ψιλόω) by open force; peculari (dimin. of πέκω) by fraud, and by secretly purloining the property of the state. Cic. Parad. vi. 1. Si socios spolias, ærarium expilas. (iv. 339.)
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpecūlor | dēpecūlābar | dēpecūlābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | dēpecūlāris dēpecūlāre | dēpecūlābāris dēpecūlābāre | dēpecūlāberis dēpecūlābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dēpecūlātur | dēpecūlābātur | dēpecūlābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | dēpecūlāmur | dēpecūlābāmur | dēpecūlābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | dēpecūlāminī | dēpecūlābāminī | dēpecūlābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dēpecūlantur | dēpecūlābantur | dēpecūlābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēpecūler | dēpecūlārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | dēpecūlēris dēpecūlēre | dēpecūlārēris dēpecūlārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | dēpecūlētur | dēpecūlārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | dēpecūlēmur | dēpecūlārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | dēpecūlēminī | dēpecūlārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | dēpecūlentur | dēpecūlārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēpecūlāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēpecūlāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēpecūlātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēpecūlātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēpecūlantor | — |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēpecūlārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | dēpecūlātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | dēpecūlātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | dēpecūlāns | — |
| perfect participle | dēpecūlātus dēpecūlāta, dēpecūlātā, dēpecūlātae, dēpecūlātam, dēpecūlātārum, dēpecūlātās, dēpecūlāte, dēpecūlātī, dēpecūlātīs, dēpecūlātō, dēpecūlātōrum, dēpecūlātōs | — |
| future participle | dēpecūlātūrus dēpecūlātūra, dēpecūlātūrā, dēpecūlātūrae, dēpecūlātūram, dēpecūlātūrārum, dēpecūlātūrās, dēpecūlātūre, dēpecūlātūrī, dēpecūlātūrīs, dēpecūlātūrō, dēpecūlātūrōrum, dēpecūlātūrōs, dēpecūlātūrum | dēpecūlandus dēpecūlanda, dēpecūlandā, dēpecūlandae, dēpecūlandam, dēpecūlandārum, dēpecūlandās, dēpecūlande, dēpecūlandīs, dēpecūlandōrum, dēpecūlandōs |
Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17.—laudem honoremque alicujus, i. e. to detract from, diminish, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36.!*? In pass. signif.: ubi senatus intellexit populum depeculari (ἀποσυλοῦσθαι), Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.: me impune irrisum esse habitum, depeculatum eis, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83 (dub. v. depeculatus).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēpecūlor
Latin dē- Latin pecūlor Latin dēpecūlor From dē- + pecūlor.