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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Italiote Ancient Greek ζάπλουτος (záploutos, “very rich”), for δια- (dia-) + πλοῦτος (ploûtos). Attested once in this use in Petronius' Satyricon, and as a name in inscriptions. Said to have been current in Italian Greek dialects.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saplūtus (feminine saplūta, neuter saplūtum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax, colloquial) very rich, filthy rich
- Synonyms: praedīves, perdīves
- Antonyms: inops, egēns, perpauper
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Proper noun
saplūtus m
- Alternative letter-case form of Saplūtus.
References
- J. N. Adams (2007 December 13) The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 438-439
Further reading
- “zaplutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zaplutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.