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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PECCAVI

[L. I have offended. ] A colloquial word used to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PECCAVI

Pec *ca "vi. Etym: [L.]

Defn: I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense. Aubrey.

New American Oxford Dictionary

peccavi

pec ca vi |pəˈkävē, -ˈkāvī pəˈkɑvi | ▶exclam. archaic used to express one's guilt. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘I have sinned. ’

Oxford Dictionary

peccavi

peccavi |pɛˈkɑːviː | ▶exclamation archaic used to express one's guilt. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘I have sinned ’.