cautes

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cōs (“whetstone”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”).

Noun

cautēs f (genitive cautis); third declension

  1. A rough, pointed rock

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cautēs cautēs
genitive cautis cautum
dative cautī cautibus
accusative cautem cautēs
ablative caute cautibus
vocative cautēs cautēs

References

  • cautēs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cautes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cautes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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