peculiumn.

Brit.

/pᵻˈkjuːlɪəm/, U.S.

/pəˈkjuliəm/

Inflections: Plural peculia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pecūlium.

Etymology: < classical Latin pecūlium money or property managed by a person incapable of legal ownership, private property, in post-classical Latin also the people of God (6th cent.) < pecū flock, herd, (plural) farm animals, occasionally also money ( < the same Indo-European base as fee n.¹) + a suffix of uncertain origin. With sense 1 compare earlier peculiar n. 3a.Ancient etymologists (e.g. Varro De Lingua Latina 5. 95) explain the derivation of Latin pecūlium as due to the fact that wealth originally consisted in livestock; this is supported by the prevalent senses of the other words from this Indo-European base (see fee n.¹).

1. That which is allocated to a particular individual; a private or exclusive possession; (also) the particular concern of an individual. Also figurative. Now literary and historical.In some later instances, influenced by sense 2. In religious contexts, cf. peculiar people n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > private property > a piece of

peculium1609

perquisite1793

appanage1835

1609 R. Cottington True Hist. Disc. Muley Hamets sig. J2^v The More may haue..Concubines as many as he will keepe..: for being his owne proper peculium, they are to be at his disposing.

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul iii. iii. 358 He also ought to have demonstrated, that all Mankind are not the Peculium of some Spirits or other.

1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ ii. 51 They [sc. the Jews] were his peculium, his chosen People, and..He was in a more eminent manner their God.

1771 E. Burke Let. to Bp. Chester in Corr. (1844) I. 297 This is the peculium of blame, which your lordship has portioned out to me, and separated from the common stock.

1852 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity (1858) 348 Believe not that they..have snatched it [sc.this planet] as their peculium quite out of the Supreme Hand.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iv. i. 304 Each had a share of copra, her peculium, to dispose of for herself.

1922 E. T. Raymond Mr. Lloyd George iv. 60 Wales continues his own electoral appanage, his political peculium.

1962 G. Williams Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation vi. 230 The evidence of widespread indebtedness..[is testimony to] the growing practice of dispensing a peculium or pocket-money for individual monks.

1990 New Eng. Q. 63 382 They attired themselves in borrowed robes, which come the millennium had to be returned to Jehovah's true Peculium, who were waiting at the gates of the Celestial City.

2. Roman Law. The property which a paterfamilias allowed a member of his family, or a master allowed his slave, to hold and administer, and, within limits, to alienate, as though it were his or her own. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > property allowed to child or slave

peculium1681

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. ii. 21 Servants being wholly their Masters, they could have nothing of their own[..]; so that their peculium, which their Masters committed to them, to Negotiat with, was wholly in their Masters power.

1721 W. Strahan tr. J. Domat Civil Law I. 668/1 There was likewise another sort of Peculium.

1767 J. Steuart Inq. Polit. Oecon. I. ii. vi. 193 Why was a peculium given to slaves, but to engage them to become dextrous?

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 370 The peculium over which full power was vested in the son was extended by Augustus..to all which he might acquire in military service.

1918 U. B. Phillips Amer. Negro Slavery xix. 392 The heightening of slave prices at such a rate as to keep the cost of freedom always greater than the generality of the slaves can pay with their own accumulated savings or peculia.

1998 Class. Philol. 93 99 Daughters might also have a peculium (if their paterfamilias was still alive).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peculium
释义	peculiumn. Brit. /pᵻˈkjuːlɪəm/, U.S. /pəˈkjuliəm/ Inflections: Plural peculia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pecūlium. Etymology: < classical Latin pecūlium money or property managed by a person incapable of legal ownership, private property, in post-classical Latin also the people of God (6th cent.) < pecū flock, herd, (plural) farm animals, occasionally also money ( < the same Indo-European base as fee n.¹) + a suffix of uncertain origin. With sense 1 compare earlier peculiar n. 3a.Ancient etymologists (e.g. Varro De Lingua Latina 5. 95) explain the derivation of Latin pecūlium as due to the fact that wealth originally consisted in livestock; this is supported by the prevalent senses of the other words from this Indo-European base (see fee n.¹). 1. That which is allocated to a particular individual; a private or exclusive possession; (also) the particular concern of an individual. Also figurative. Now literary and historical.In some later instances, influenced by sense 2. In religious contexts, cf. peculiar people n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > private property > a piece of peculium1609 perquisite1793 appanage1835 1609 R. Cottington True Hist. Disc. Muley Hamets sig. J2^v The More may haue..Concubines as many as he will keepe..: for being his owne proper peculium, they are to be at his disposing. 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul iii. iii. 358 He also ought to have demonstrated, that all Mankind are not the Peculium of some Spirits or other. 1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ ii. 51 They [sc. the Jews] were his peculium, his chosen People, and..He was in a more eminent manner their God. 1771 E. Burke Let. to Bp. Chester in Corr. (1844) I. 297 This is the peculium of blame, which your lordship has portioned out to me, and separated from the common stock. 1852 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity (1858) 348 Believe not that they..have snatched it [sc.this planet] as their peculium quite out of the Supreme Hand. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iv. i. 304 Each had a share of copra, her peculium, to dispose of for herself. 1922 E. T. Raymond Mr. Lloyd George iv. 60 Wales continues his own electoral appanage, his political peculium. 1962 G. Williams Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation vi. 230 The evidence of widespread indebtedness..[is testimony to] the growing practice of dispensing a peculium or pocket-money for individual monks. 1990 New Eng. Q. 63 382 They attired themselves in borrowed robes, which come the millennium had to be returned to Jehovah's true Peculium, who were waiting at the gates of the Celestial City. 2. Roman Law. The property which a paterfamilias allowed a member of his family, or a master allowed his slave, to hold and administer, and, within limits, to alienate, as though it were his or her own. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > property allowed to child or slave peculium1681 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. ii. 21 Servants being wholly their Masters, they could have nothing of their own[..]; so that their peculium, which their Masters committed to them, to Negotiat with, was wholly in their Masters power. 1721 W. Strahan tr. J. Domat Civil Law I. 668/1 There was likewise another sort of Peculium. 1767 J. Steuart Inq. Polit. Oecon. I. ii. vi. 193 Why was a peculium given to slaves, but to engage them to become dextrous? 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 370 The peculium over which full power was vested in the son was extended by Augustus..to all which he might acquire in military service. 1918 U. B. Phillips Amer. Negro Slavery xix. 392 The heightening of slave prices at such a rate as to keep the cost of freedom always greater than the generality of the slaves can pay with their own accumulated savings or peculia. 1998 Class. Philol. 93 99 Daughters might also have a peculium (if their paterfamilias was still alive). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609
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