saplutus
Latin
FWOTD – 14 March 2025
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): [saˈpɫuː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈpluː.t̪us]
Adjective
saplūtus (feminine saplūta, neuter saplūtum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax legomenon, colloquial) very rich, filthy rich
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
- alternative letter-case form of Saplūtus.
References
- J. N. Adams (13 December 2007) 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.