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“peculiar” in Latin
propriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) opecūliārisprivate; personal; peculiar, specificprīvātusapart from the state; unofficial, private; peculiar, special, personal, individualsingulārissingular, unique, unusual; alone, single, solitary; nonpareil, peerless, unequalled. unmatched, exceptional
The English word peculiar itself goes back to Latin pecus, through pecūliāris.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
peculiar
proprius (in Cic. only with the genitive; opposed to communis): meus (tuus, suus, etc., i. e.; my, thy, his, etc., own). (The words are found in this connection and order.) proprius et meus; praecipuus et proprius (special and peculiar): peculiaris (that anyone alone possesses as a property). (The words are found in this connection and order.) peculiaris et proprius: privatus (that belongs to anyone as private property; opposed to publicus): singularis (characteristic of a person or thing): a custom common to all or quite peculiar to you, consuetudo communis vel tua solius et propria: the peculiar property of liberty is to live as one pleases, libertatis proprium est vivere ut velis: a thirty has its peculiar nature, rei est natura propria et sua: this is peculiar to myself, hic meus et mos; sum natura ita generatus: it is peculiar to mankind, est natura sic generata hominis vis, etc. (see Cic., Fin., 5, 15, 43): by peculiar right, jure quodam suo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for peculiar?
- The usual Latin words for “peculiar” are proprius, pecūliāris, prīvātus; also singulāris. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.