noun · femininefirst declension
repetundae
repetundae f pl (genitive repetundārum)
Meaning
- femininepluralextortion, misappropriation
Ceterum composita seditione civili Cornelium Dolabellam consularem et triumphalem repetundarum postulavit; [...]
Now, already leading civil trouble, he (Caesar) charge Cornelius Dolabella of extortion, a consul who had had the honour of a triumph; …121 AD, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume 1.4: - femininepluralbribery
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | repetundae |
| genitive | — | repetundārum |
| dative | — | repetundīs |
| accusative | — | repetundās |
| ablative | — | repetundīs |
| vocative | — | repetundae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis
- to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted).
rĕpĕtundae, ārum, v. repeto
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
repetundae ārum, f
, see repeto.
Origins
Ellipsis of pecuniae repetundae (“(sums of) money to be given, reclaimed back”). See pecunia and repetundus.