lucripeta

Latin

Etymology

From lucrum (“profit, advantage, love of gain”) +‎ -i- +‎ petō (“ask, seek, attack”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈkri.pe.ta/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkrɪpɛt̪ä] or IPA^(key): /lukˈri.pe.ta/, [ɫ̪ʊkˈrɪpɛt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈkri.pe.ta/, [luˈkriːpet̪ä] or IPA^(key): /lukˈri.pe.ta/, [lukˈriːpet̪ä]

Noun

lucripeta m (genitive lucripetae); first declension

1. a gain seeker, one fond of lucre

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lucripeta	lucripetae
Genitive	lucripetae	lucripetārum
Dative	lucripetae	lucripetīs
Accusative	lucripetam	lucripetās
Ablative	lucripetā	lucripetīs
Vocative	lucripeta	lucripetae

References

• “lucripeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucripeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.