lucripeta

Latin

Etymology

From lucrum (“profit, advantage, love of gain”) +‎ -i- +‎ petō (“ask, seek, attack”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luˈkri.pe.ta/, [ɫ̪ʊˈkrɪpɛt̪ä] or IPA(key): /lukˈri.pe.ta/, [ɫ̪ʊkˈrɪpɛt̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈkri.pe.ta/, [luˈkriːpet̪ä] or IPA(key): /lukˈri.pe.ta/, [lukˈriːpet̪ä]

Noun

lucripeta m (genitive lucripetae); first declension

  1. a gain seeker, one fond of lucre

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lucripeta lucripetae
Genitive lucripetae lucripetārum
Dative lucripetae lucripetīs
Accusative lucripetam lucripetās
Ablative lucripetā lucripetīs
Vocative lucripeta lucripetae

References
  • “lucripeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lucripeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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