Peculiar, proper or speciall: belonging to one. Peculiaris. Suet. Speciall: particuler. Me verò peculiaris quædam impedit ratio. Plin. iun. A certayne peculiar and particuler consideration. Testis peculiaris alicuius. Cic. Hoc mihi peculiare fuerit. Cic. Peculiari inuidia naturæ. Plin. By a certaine peruliar spite and displeasure of nature toward it. Exoritur peculiare edictum repentinum, Nequis frumentÛ de area tolleret. Cic. There is set forth sodenly a proclamation perticularly for that time, forbidding, &c.

Properly: specially: peculiarly: perticularly.

I. Lit.: peculiaris causa, concerning property, Dig. 41, 2, 44: peculiari nomine, on account of property, ib. 14, 12, 16.—

II. Transf.

A. One's own, belonging to one (cf. proprius): etiam opilio, qui pascit alienas oves, aliquam habet peculiarem, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 36: ovem tibi dabo peculiarem, id. Merc. 3, 1, 27: ut peculiare aliquid in fundo pascere liceat, Varr. R. R. 1, 17: aedes, Dig. 15, 1, 22; 23: nummi, ib. 12, 1, 31: vinum, ib. 33, 6, 9: vectigalibus peculiares servos praeposuit, belonging to him, his own, Suet. Caes. 76: prolatos manu sua e peculiaribus loculis suis id. Galb. 12.—

B. One's own, belonging particularly to one's self, not held in common with others; proper, special, peculiar: venio ad Lysaniam, peculiarem tuum, Deciane, testem, Cic. Fl. 21, 51: hoc mihi peculiare fuerit, id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 3: edictum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, 36; Liv. 3, 19, 9: quasi proprio suo et peculiari deo, Suet. Aug. 5: Africae peculiare, quod in oleastro inserit, Plin. 17, 18, 30, 129: haec sunt peculiaria Arabiae, id. 12, 17, 38, 77; 19, 8, 41, 140: me peculiaris quidem impedit ratio, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 16; 10, 2, 2: luce peculiari nitere, Mart. 4, 64, 8: ut sis ei populus peculiaris, Vulg. Deut. 26, 18: in populum peculiarem, id. ib. 14, 2.—

C. Singular, particular, extraordinary, peculiar (post-Aug.): peculiari merito, Suet. Vit. 4: peculiare munus, Just. 36, 4, 3.—Adv.: pĕcūlĭārĭ-ter.

A. As private property: quaedam etiam ignorantes possidemus, id est quae servi peculiariter paraverunt, Dig. 41, 2, 3; 20, 6, 8.—

B. Especially, particularly, peculiarly: folia peculiariter cruribus vitiosis utilia, Plin. 26, 8, 33, 50: medicinae peculiariter curiosus, id. 25, 2, 3, 7; Quint. 1, 2, 16; 11, 3, 130; 8, 2, 8 (but in Plin. 36, 20, 37, 145, the correct read. is peculiaris, not peculiarius; v Sillig ad h. l.).