LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

causidicus

causidicus m (genitive causidicī)
Classical[kau̯ˈsɪ.dɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[kau̯ˈsiː.di.kus]

Meaning

  1. masculinelawyer, attorney
    Nōn enim causidicum nescioquem neque clāmātōrem aut rabulam hōc sermōne nostrō conquīrimus, sed eum virum, quī [...] sit ejus artis antistes [...]106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, de oratore 1.202
    Carpere causidicus fertur mea carmina: quī sit86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 5.33

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Advocatus · Causidicus

Advocatus means in the writers of the silver age ‘a counsel’ in relation to his services and to his client, as his friend and assistant; causidicus, in relation to his station and profession, often with the contemptuous accessory notion of his being a hireling. (vi. 8.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecausidicuscausidicī
genitivecausidicīcausidicōrum
dativecausidicōcausidicīs
accusativecausidicumcausidicōs
ablativecausidicōcausidicīs
vocativecausidicecausidicī

causĭdĭcus (causs-), i, m. causadico,
I. a pleader, advocate (in a contemptuous sense in distinction from orator; cf. Burm. Petr. 46, 7): in somnis videmur ... Causidici causas agere, Lucr. 4, 966: litium advocatus, Quint. 12, 1, 25 Spald.; connected with proclamator and rabula, Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; cf. id. Or. 9, 30; Suet. Claud. 15; Tac. Or. 1 al.; with praeco, Juv. 6, 439; Petr. 46, 7; App. Mag. p. 305, 20; Cod. Th. 2, 10, 1 sqq.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  2. Old Latincaussa
  3. Latincausidicus

Latin -dicus Latin causidicus From causa + -dicus.

Quick answers

What does causidicus mean in Latin?
causidicus, a noun, means “lawyer, attorney”.
What is the genitive of causidicus?
The genitive singular is causidicī. causidicus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce causidicus?
In classical Latin, [kau̯ˈsɪ.dɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kau̯ˈsiː.di.kus].
Where does causidicus come from?
Proto-Italic *kaussā → Old Latin caussa → Latin causidicus.