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paupero

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Italian

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Noun

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paupero m (plural pauperi)

  1. pauper, somebody who is extremely poor
    Synonym: povero
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Latin

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Etymology

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From pauper +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pauperō (present infinitive pauperāre, perfect active pauperāvī, supine pauperātum); first conjugation

  1. to impoverish, to make poor
    • 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus, IV.vii, Lines 757-758.
      boni me viri pauperant, improbi augent
      The good men impoverish me, the wicked enrich

Conjugation

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References

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  • paupero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paupero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers