adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cautus
cautus (feminine cauta, neuter cautum, comparative cautior, superlative cautissimus, adverb cautē or cautim)
Classical[ˈkau̯.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaːu̯.tus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivecautious, careful
- adjectivecircumspect, prudent
- adjectivewary
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī cavet; homō cautus perīculum prius videt.cautus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Castra in Aegyptō
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cautus | cauta | cautum |
| genitive | cautī | cautae | cautī |
| dative | cautō | cautae | cautō |
| accusative | cautum | cautam | cautum |
| ablative | cautō | cautā | cautō |
| vocative | caute | cauta | cautum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cautī | cautae | cauta |
| genitive | cautōrum | cautārum | cautōrum |
| dative | cautīs | cautīs | cautīs |
| accusative | cautōs | cautās | cauta |
| ablative | cautīs | cautīs | cautīs |
| vocative | cautī | cautae | cauta |
cautus, a, um, v. caveo, P. a.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cautus adj. with comp. and sup.
P. of caveo, careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident: cautus est, ubi nihil opust, T.: in periculis: in verbis serendis, H.: lupus, sly, H.: monuerunt, ut cautior esset: ad praesentius malum cautiores, L.: adversus fraudem, L.: erga bona sua, Cu.: cautum dignos adsumere, H.: consilia cautiora: manus, O.: cautissima senectus, Ta.—Safe, secure: nummos, H.: quo mulieri esset res cautior, curavit ut, etc., made more secure.
Origins
From perfect passive participle of caveō.
Descendants
- Portuguesecouto
- Portuguesecoito
- Spanishcoto
- Catalancaut
- Frenchcaut
- Italiancauto
- Portuguesecauto
- Spanishcauto
- Friuliantśot
- Galiciancouto