"pecunia" meaning in Latin

See pecunia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /peˈkuː.ni.a/ [Classical-Latin], [pɛˈkuːniä] [Classical-Latin], /peˈku.ni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [peˈkuːniä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From an unattested adjective *pecūnus "having cattle" plus -ia, the first from pecū (“cattle”) + -nus. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*peḱ-|id=livestock}}, {{suffix|la|pecū|-nus|nocat=1|t1=cattle}} pecū (“cattle”) + -nus Head templates: {{la-noun|pecūnia<1>}} pecūnia f (genitive pecūniae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pecūnia<1>}} Forms: pecūnia [canonical, feminine], pecūniae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pecūnia [nominative, singular], pecūniae [nominative, plural], pecūniae [genitive, singular], pecūniārum [genitive, plural], pecūniae [dative, singular], pecūniīs [dative, plural], pecūniam [accusative, singular], pecūniās [accusative, plural], pecūniā [ablative, singular], pecūniīs [ablative, plural], pecūnia [singular, vocative], pecūniae [plural, vocative]
  1. money Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-pecunia-la-noun-jSrItY6t
  2. wealth Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-pecunia-la-noun-c5v0hPfx
  3. (figuratively) cash, ready money, liquid wealth Tags: declension-1, figuratively Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-pecunia-la-noun-jqUUqtpY Disambiguation of Money: 34 21 45 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ia Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 40 2 2 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 41 1 1 57 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 97 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 19 29 52 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia: 5 5 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pecūlātor, pecūlātus, pecūlium, pecūniārius, pecūniōsus, pecus
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: pecunia",
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      "text": "→ Italian: pecunia"
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            "Fundamental"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/peˈku.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[peˈkuːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pecunia"
}
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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        },
        {
          "english": "I have a catapult. Unless you give me all of the money, I will fling an enormous rock at your head.",
          "text": "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.",
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        }
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          "cash",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/peˈku.ni.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[peˈkuːniä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pecunia"
}

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