pecu
See also: peču
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“cattle”). Cognate with Sanskrit पशु (paśu), Lithuanian pekus and Proto-Germanic *fehu (whence English fee, German Vieh, Low German Veeh, Dutch vee, Danish fæ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.kuː/, [ˈpɛkuː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ku/, [ˈpɛːku]
Noun
pecū n (genitive *pecūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (neuter, dative/ablative plural in -ubus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pecū | pecua |
Genitive | *pecūs | pecuum |
Dative | pecū | pecubus |
Accusative | pecū | pecua |
Ablative | pecū | pecubus |
Vocative | pecū | pecua |
In the singular, only attested in the ablative.
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References
- “pecu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pecu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pecu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454