saplutus

Latin

Alternative forms

• zaplutus (emendation)

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈpluː.tus/, [s̠äˈpɫ̪uːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈplu.tus/, [säˈpluːt̪us]

Adjective

saplūtus (feminine saplūta, neuter saplūtum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax, colloquial) very rich, filthy rich

   Synonyms: praedīves, perdīves

   Antonyms: inops, egēns, perpauper

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	saplūtus	saplūta	saplūtum		saplūtī	saplūtae	saplūta
genitive	saplūtī	saplūtae	saplūtī		saplūtōrum	saplūtārum	saplūtōrum
dative	saplūtō	saplūtae	saplūtō		saplūtīs
accusative	saplūtum	saplūtam	saplūtum		saplūtōs	saplūtās	saplūta
ablative	saplūtō	saplūtā	saplūtō		saplūtīs
vocative	saplūte	saplūta	saplūtum		saplūtī	saplūtae	saplūta

Derived terms

• Saplūtus, Saplūtius

Proper noun

saplūtus m

1. Alternative letter-case form of Saplūtus.

References

• J. N. Adams (2007 December 13) The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎^[1], 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.