Italian

Alternative forms

• pecuglio (archaic)

Noun

peculio m ‎(plural peculi)

1. (obsolete) livestock
2. (obsolete, figuratively) herd
3. (Roman law) A small fortune whose management (but not property) is conceded by the head of household to a son or servant.
4. (dated) savings

Synonyms

• (1): bestiame
• (2): armento, gregge, mandria
• (4): capitale, gruzzolo

Derived terms

• peculiare
• peculiarità

Latin

Noun

pecūliō

1. dative singular of pecūlium
2. ablative singular of pecūlium

References

• peculio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PECULIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “peculio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• peculio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pecūlium ‎(“property, savings”). Cf. also the inherited regional doublet pegullo.

Noun

peculio m ‎(plural peculios)

1. savings, scraps