peculiaris

Latin

Etymology

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From pecūlium +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.kuː.liˈaː.ris/, [pɛkuːlʲiˈäːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.ku.liˈa.ris/, [pekuliˈäːris]

Adjective

pecūliāris (neuter pecūliāre, adverb pecūliāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. private
2. personal
3. peculiar, specific
4. singular, exceptional

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pecūliāris	pecūliāre		pecūliārēs	pecūliāria
Genitive	pecūliāris			pecūliārium
Dative	pecūliārī			pecūliāribus
Accusative	pecūliārem	pecūliāre		pecūliārēs pecūliārīs	pecūliāria
Ablative	pecūliārī			pecūliāribus
Vocative	pecūliāris	pecūliāre		pecūliārēs	pecūliāria

Descendants

• Catalan: peculiar
• English: peculiar
• Portuguese: peculiar
• Spanish: peculiar

References

• “peculiaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “peculiaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• peculiaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.