repetunda

Latin

Etymology

From repetō

Noun

repetunda f (genitive repetundae); first declension

  1. recovery (of money)
  2. (in the plural) extortion

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative repetunda repetundae
Genitive repetundae repetundārum
Dative repetundae repetundīs
Accusative repetundam repetundās
Ablative repetundā repetundīs
Vocative repetunda repetundae

References
  • repetunda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accuse a person of extortion (to recover the sums extorted): postulare aliquem repetundarum or de repetundis
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