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Webster 1913 Edition

Peculator

Pec′u-laˊtor

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Noun.
[L.]
One who peculates.
“Peculators of the public gold.”
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peculator

PEC'ULATOR

, n.[L.] One that defrauds the public by appropriating to his own use money entrusted to his care.

Definition 2024

peculator

peculator

English

Noun

peculator ‎(plural peculators)

  1. A person who peculates; an embezzler

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Interlingua

Noun

peculator ‎(plural peculatores)

  1. embezzler

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from pecūlātus, perfect passive participle of pecūlor ‎(“I embezzle”), from pecūlium ‎(“private property”) + -or, agential ending.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pe.kuːˈlaː.tor/, [pɛ.kuːˈɫaː.tɔr]

Noun

pecūlātor m ‎(genitive pecūlātōris); third declension

  1. embezzler
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.53
      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.
  2. vocative singular of pecūlātor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative pecūlātor pecūlātōrēs
genitive pecūlātōris pecūlātōrum
dative pecūlātōrī pecūlātōribus
accusative pecūlātōrem pecūlātōrēs
ablative pecūlātōre pecūlātōribus
vocative pecūlātor pecūlātōrēs

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Etymology

From Latin pecūlātor ‎(“embezzler”), from Latin pecūlor ‎(“I embezzle”), from Latin pecūlium ‎(“private property”).

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