noun · masculinethird declension
pecūlātor
pecūlātor m (genitive pecūlātōris)
Classical[pɛ.kuːˈɫaː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[pe.kuˈlaː.tor]
Meaning
- embezzler
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.c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.53
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pecūlātor | pecūlātōrēs |
| genitive | pecūlātōris | pecūlātōrum |
| dative | pecūlātōrī | pecūlātōribus |
| accusative | pecūlātōrem | pecūlātōrēs |
| ablative | pecūlātōre | pecūlātōribus |
| vocative | pecūlātor | pecūlātōrēs |
pĕcūlātor, ōris, m. peculor,
I. an embezzler of public money, a peculator, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73; Tac. H. 1, 53; Val. Max. 5, 3, 2; Salv. Gub. Dei, 7, 21.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pecūlātor ōris, m
peculor, an embezzler, peculator , C., Ta.
Origins
From pecūlor (“to embezzle”) + -tor, from pecūlium (“private property”).
Descendants
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In English words that came into English from pecūlātor
- peculatorpecūlātor