peculio

See also: pecúlio

Italian

Alternative forms

• pecuglio (archaic)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Latin pecūlium (“property, savings”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈkuljo/, [peˈkuː.l̺jo]
• Hyphenation: pe‧cu‧lio

Noun

peculio m (plural peculi)

1. (obsolete) livestock
2. (obsolete, figuratively) herd
3. (Roman law) A small fortune whose management (but not property) is conceded by the head of household to a son or servant.
4. (dated) savings

Synonyms

• (1): bestiame
• (2): armento, gregge, mandria
• (4): capitale, gruzzolo

Derived terms

• peculiare
• peculiarità

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) pecūliō

1. dative singular of pecūlium
2. ablative singular of pecūlium

References

• “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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pecūlium (“property, savings”). Cf. also the inherited regional doublet pegullo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈkuljo/ [peˈku.ljo]

Noun

peculio m (plural peculios)

1. savings, scraps, nest egg