saplutus
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== Latin ==
=== 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.tus]
=== Adjective ===
saplūtus (feminine saplūta, neuter saplūtum); first/second-declension adjective
(hapax legomenon, colloquial) very rich, filthy rich
Synonyms: praedīves, perdīves
Antonyms: inops, egēns, perpauper
==== Declension ====
First/second-declension adjective.
==== 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.