caducus

Latin

Etymology

From cadō (“I fall”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈduː.kus/, [kaˈduː.kʊs]

Adjective

cadūcus (feminine cadūca, neuter cadūcum); first/second declension

  1. That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, drooping.
  2. That easily falls, inclined to fall
  3. (poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed.
  4. (figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile.
  5. (law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cadūcus cadūca cadūcum cadūcī cadūcae cadūca
Genitive cadūcī cadūcae cadūcī cadūcōrum cadūcārum cadūcōrum
Dative cadūcō cadūcae cadūcō cadūcīs cadūcīs cadūcīs
Accusative cadūcum cadūcam cadūcum cadūcōs cadūcās cadūca
Ablative cadūcō cadūcā cadūcō cadūcīs cadūcīs cadūcīs
Vocative cadūce cadūca cadūcum cadūcī cadūcae cadūca

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • caducus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caducus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caducus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • caducus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • caducus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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