Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1317.pecūnia on page 1317
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pecūnia money
pecūnia is a Latin Noun that primarily means money.
Definitions for pecūnia
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
money
English derivatives:
pecuniary impecunious; cp. peculation
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Property, possessions, wealth.
- 2
Money. (b) (accepted or offered as a bribe). (c) (personified, or as a goddess).
Sentences with pecūnia
Latin to English
Cīvēs pecūniā vīcit.Compare He conquered the citizens with/by money.
Agricolae pecūniā saepe carēbant.Compare The farmers often lacked money.
Animus eius pecūniā tangī nōn poterat.Compare His soul could not be touched by money.
Aliī studiō pecūniae atque laudis trahuntur, nōs dēbēmus amōre vēritātis sapientiaeque trahī.Compare Others are drawn by eagerness for (lit., of) money and fame; we ought to be drawn by love of truth and wisdom.
Cum cōnsul haec verba dīxisset, senātus respondit pecūniam ad hanc rem collātam esse.Compare When the consul had spoken these words, the senate replied that money had been brought together for this purpose.
Pecūnia ipsa nōn est mala: sed rēs mentis animīque plūs opis ad fēliciter vīvendum offerunt.Compare Money itself is not bad; but the things of the mind and the soul offer more help for living happily.
Ego dīvitiās sapientiae antepōnō. Nōn enim arbitror hominēs vītam fēlīcem sine cōpiā pecūniae reperīre posse.Compare For my part I place wealth ahead of wisdom. For I do not think that human beings can find a happy life without a great deal of money.
Tyrannus imperat ut pecūnia fīat; et pecūnia fit. At ille stultus nōn sentit hanc pecūniam sine bonā fidē futūram esse nihil.Compare A tyrant commands that money be made; and money is made. But that fool does not perceive that this money will be nothing without good faith.
Declension table for pecūnia
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | pecūnia | pecūniae |
| Gen. | pecūniae | pecūniārum |
| Dat. | pecūniae | pecūniīs |
| Acc. | pecūniam | pecūniās |
| Abl. | pecūniā | pecūniīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 14.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1317.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "pecūnia, pecūniae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/pecunia-pecuniae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 14.pecūnia, pecūniae on page 14
