LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cadīvus

cadīvus (feminine cadīva, neuter cadīvum)
Classical[kaˈdiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈdiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefallen (said of fruit)
  2. adjectiveepileptic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecadīvuscadīvacadīvum
genitivecadīvīcadīvaecadīvī
dativecadīvōcadīvaecadīvō
accusativecadīvumcadīvamcadīvum
ablativecadīvōcadīvācadīvō
vocativecadīvecadīvacadīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecadīvīcadīvaecadīva
genitivecadīvōrumcadīvārumcadīvōrum
dativecadīvīscadīvīscadīvīs
accusativecadīvōscadīvāscadīva
ablativecadīvīscadīvīscadīvīs
vocativecadīvīcadīvaecadīva

cădīvus, a, um, adj. cado (an access. form of caducus).
I. Of fruit, falling of itself: mala, Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 15, 17, 18, § 60.—
II. In medic. lang., having the falling sickness or epilepsy, epileptic, Marc. Emp. 20.

Origins

From cado (“to fall”).

Quick answers

What does cadīvus mean in Latin?
cadīvus, a adjective, means “fallen (said of fruit); epileptic”.
How do you pronounce cadīvus?
In classical Latin, [kaˈdiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈdiː.vus].