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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Latin Word of the Day: Clepta, ae

Latin Word of the Day: clepta, ae
Part of speech: noun
Declension: first
Gender: masculine
Meaning in English: thief

Nominative singular: clepta
Nominative plural: cleptae
Genitive singular: cleptae
Genitive plural: cleptarum
Dative singular: cleptae
Dative plural: cleptis
Accusative singular: cleptam
Accusative plural: cleptas
Ablative singular: clepta
Ablative plural: cleptis
Vocative singular: clepta
Vocative plural: cleptae

The dictionary says this word isn't the source of English words such as kleptomania and kleptocracy. Rather, it says both clepta, cleptae and its English counterparts came from Greek.