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pĕcūlĭāris , e, adj. peculium,
I.of or relating to private property.
I. Lit.: “peculiaris causa,concerning property, Dig. 41, 2, 44: “peculiari nomine,on account of property, ib. 14, 12, 16.—
II. Transf.
A. One's own, belonging to one (cf. proprius): “etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, aliquam habet peculiarem,Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36: “ovem tibi dabo peculiarem,id. Merc. 3, 1, 27: “ut peculiare aliquid in fundo pascere liceat,Varr. R. R. 1, 17: “aedes,Dig. 15, 1, 22; 23: “nummi,ib. 12, 1, 31: “vinum,ib. 33, 6, 9: “vectigalibus peculiares servos praeposuit,belonging to him, his own, Suet. Caes. 76: prolatos manu sua e peculiaribus loculis suis id. Galb. 12.—
C. Singular, particular, extraordinary, peculiar (post-Aug.): “peculiari merito,Suet. Vit. 4: “peculiare munus,Just. 36, 4, 3.—Adv.: pĕcūlĭārĭ-ter .
A. As private property: “quaedam etiam ignorantes possidemus, id est quae servi peculiariter paraverunt,Dig. 41, 2, 3; 20, 6, 8.—
B. Especially, particularly, peculiarly: “folia peculiariter cruribus vitiosis utilia,Plin. 26, 8, 33, § 50: “medicinae peculiariter curiosus,id. 25, 2, 3, § 7; Quint. 1, 2, 16; 11, 3, 130; 8, 2, 8 (but in Plin. 36, 20, 37, § 145, the correct read. is peculiaris, not peculiarius; v Sillig ad h. l.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.10.3
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.36
    • Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 26.18
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 5
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.1
    • Plautus, Mercator, 3.1
    • Suetonius, Galba, 12
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 76
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.7
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.50
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.8.16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 19.9
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 2.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.8
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.130
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