proper noun · neutersecond declension
Caudium
Caudium n sg (genitive Caudiī or Caudī)
Classical[ˈkau̯.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaːu̯.di.um]
Meaning
- neutersingularan ancient town on the Appian Way between Benevento and Capua in modern Campania region, Italy
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Caudium | — |
| genitive | Caudiī Caudī | — |
| dative | Caudiō | — |
| accusative | Caudium | — |
| ablative | Caudiō | — |
| vocative | Caudium | — |
| locative | Caudiī | — |
Caudium, ii, n.,
I. a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,
II. Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d'Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137;
and Caudinae Fauces, Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132: saltus, Liv. 9, 7, 5: proelium, Cic. Sen. 12, 41: clades, Liv. 9, 16, 2: legiones, id. 25, 6, 12: jugum, Quint. 3, 8, 3: pax, Liv. 9, 7, 4: foedus, Flor. 2, 18, 7: Samnites, Liv. 23, 41, 13.—Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.