peculiaris

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Latin

Etymology

From pecūlium +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

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

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.