LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

cacoēthes

cacoēthes n (genitive cacoēthis)
Classical[ka.koˈeː.tʰɛs]Ecclesiastical[ka.koˈɛː.tes]

Meaning

  1. A malignant tumour or disease.
    His igitur auditis quiſpiam, & ſimplicium medicamentorũ uiribus intellectis, diſcernere роterit, quæ maiores noſtri ad ulcera cacoëthe pharmaca cõſcripſerint:ſicut mox Aſclepiades, cognomento Pharmacion, in tertio τῶμἐχτὸς in hunc modum tradidit.1530, Galenus with Ioannem Guinterium [Johann Guenther], Clavdii Galeni pergameni, medicorvm principis, De compositione medicamentorvm ΚΑΤᾺ ΓΈΝΗ [kata genē] lib. VII, volume VII, Basel: [Ex officina Andreae Cratandri], →OCLC, page [40]:
    Cacoëthe ulcera, ex dyſepulotis clariùs intelliguntur; quæ enim ex humorum confluxu, vel multorŭ, vel acrimum oriuntur, ita, ut locus affectus talem diſpoſitionem, quâ id, quod influit, bonum ſit licèt, tamen ipſum corrumpat, non habeat, Dyſepulota nomino: quæ verò dictam diſpoſitionem jam obtinent, præcipuo vocabulo cacoëthe, i.e. maligna, appello.1628, Bartolommeo Castelli with Emmanuel Stupanus, Lexicon medicvm græco-latinum, compendiosiss[imum] à Bartholomæo Castello Messanense inchoatum, nunc vero mystarum Apollineorum in commodum publicum, Basel: Impensis Joh. Jacobi Genathi [Johan Jakob Genath], →OCLC, page 48:
  2. Mania, especially for writing.
    Nam de me ita ſcribit: Quem ſatis notum paſſim Gallia tota inſanabile contradicendi cacoëthes fecit. Et primò quidem circa jejunii materiam, quæ eſt рræ manibus, quibus in Diſſertationis noſtræ locis inſanabile contradicendi cacoëthes apparet?1731, Jean de Launoy, Joannis Launoii … Opera omnia : ad selectum ordinem revocata : ineditis opusculis aliquot, notis nonnullis dogmaticis, historicis et criticis : auctoris vita : variis monumentis tum ad Launonium tum ad scripta ipsius pertinentibus, praefationibus cuique volumini affixis, indicibus locupletissimis : aucta et illustrata …, volume II, part 2, Coloniae Allobrogum: Fabri & Barrillot, Sociorum; Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum, →OCLC, page 689:
    Nam ſi diſcedas, laqueo tenet ambitioſi / Conſuetudo mali: tenet inſanabile multos / Scribendi cacoëthes, & ægro in corde ſeneſcit.1791, Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, translated by Martin Madan, A New and Literal Translation of the I, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XIII, & XIV Satires of Juvenal, with Copious Explanatory Notes; by which this Difficult Satirist is Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Dublin: Printed by W. McKenzie, No. 33, College-Green, →OCLC, page 168:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecacoēthescacoētha
genitivecacoēthiscacoēthum
dativecacoēthīcacoēthibus
accusativecacoēthescacoētha
ablativecacoēthecacoēthibus
vocativecacoēthescacoētha

căcŏēthĕs, is, n., = κακόηθες, τό (bad state or habit);
I. in medic. lang., an obstinate, malignant disease, Cels. 5, 28, n 2; Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7.—Plur. cacoëthe = κακοήθη, τά, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132; 24, 10, 47, § 78. —Hence,
B. Trop., an incurable passion for writing or scribbling: insanabile Scribendi cacoëthes, Juv. 7, 52.

Origins

Derived from Ancient Greek κακόηθες (kakóēthes), the neuter form of κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”).

In English words that came into English from cacoēthes

  • cacoethescacoēthes

Quick answers

What does cacoēthes mean in Latin?
cacoēthes, a noun, means “A malignant tumour or disease.; Mania, especially for writing.”.
What is the genitive of cacoēthes?
The genitive singular is cacoēthis. cacoēthes is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce cacoēthes?
In classical Latin, [ka.koˈeː.tʰɛs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ka.koˈɛː.tes].