The corpus record — Latin

peculor

to defraud the public

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Pro L. Murena 1 · 0.95/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
In C. Verrem 8 · 0.8/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 1 · 0.75/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 1 · 0.48/10k
Jugurtha 1 · 0.47/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pĕcūlor — Lewis & Short

pĕcūlor, āri,

I v. dep. n. [peculium], to defraud the public, to embezzle the public money, to peculate: rem publicam, Flor. 3, 17, 3.—Hence, pĕcūlans, antis, P. a.—As subst. plur.: pĕcūlantĭa, ium, n., peculations: vestra, Commod. 70, 13.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. peculor (scan p. 516; entry #8430).

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