peculio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕcūlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [peculium],

I to give one something for one's self , as one's private property; hence, comic. in mal. part., Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 10.

II —Hence, pĕ-cūlĭātus . a, um, P. a., furnished with property of his own , that has private property.

A Lit.: servus, Dig. 21, 1, 18 fin. ; 19, 1, 13.—

B Transf.

1 Furnished , provided with money: bene peculiatus, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1: libertus satis peculiatus, Ap. Met. 10, 17, 4.—

2 In mal. part.: pulchre pensilibus peculiati, Auct. Priap. 53.