peculio
See also: pecúlio
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pecūlium (“property, savings”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”).
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Noun edit
peculio m (plural peculi)
- (obsolete) livestock
- Synonym: bestiame
- (obsolete, figurative) herd
- (Roman law) a small fortune whose management (but not property) is conceded by the head of household to a son or servant
- (dated) savings
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Latin edit
Noun edit
pecūliō
References edit
- “peculio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- peculio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- peculio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “peculio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pecūlium (“property, savings”). Compare Aragonese pegullo, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peculio m (plural peculios)
Further reading edit
- “peculio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014