repetundus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From repeto + -undus (early variant of -endus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.peˈtun.dus/, [rɛpɛˈt̪ʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.peˈtun.dus/, [repeˈt̪un̪d̪us]
Participle
[edit]repetundus (feminine repetunda, neuter repetundum); first/second-declension participle
- (rare) Alternative form of repetendus
- 70 BCE, Cicero, Divinatio in Caecilium 17.4:
- Reliquum est iam ut illud quaeramus, cum hoc constet, Siculos a me petisse, ecquid hanc rem apud vos animosque vestros valere oporteat, ecquid auctoritatis apud vos in suo iure repetundo socii populi Romani, supplices vestri, habere debeant.
- 86 BCE – c. 35 BCE, Sallust, The histories (fragments) 1.Oratio Lepidi.6:
- Quin solus omnium post memoriam humani <generis> supplicia in post futuros conposuit, quis prius iniuria quam vita certa esset, pravissumeque per sceleris inmanitatem adhuc tutus fuit, dum vos metu gravioris serviti a repetunda libertate terremini.
Usage notes
[edit]Other than a handful of exceptions (quoted above), used only in legal formulas as a modifier of the ablative or genitive plural of pecūnia (with the noun sometimes omitted by ellipsis).
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | repetundus | repetunda | repetundum | repetundī | repetundae | repetunda | |
| genitive | repetundī | repetundae | repetundī | repetundōrum | repetundārum | repetundōrum | |
| dative | repetundō | repetundae | repetundō | repetundīs | |||
| accusative | repetundum | repetundam | repetundum | repetundōs | repetundās | repetunda | |
| ablative | repetundō | repetundā | repetundō | repetundīs | |||
| vocative | repetunde | repetunda | repetundum | repetundī | repetundae | repetunda | |