pecuniosus

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

pĕcūnĭōsus, a, um, adj. [pecunia], that has much money, moneyed, rich, wealthy.

I Lit. (class.): tum erat res in pecore et locorum possessionibus, ex quo pecuniosi et locupletes vocabantur, Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16: homines copiis rei familiaris locupletes et pecuniosi, id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44: feminae pecuniosiores, Suet. Aug. 25: homo pecuniosissimus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 24; 1, 16, 47. —

II Transf., that brings money , gainful : artes, Mart. 5, 56, 8.

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