verbsecond conjugation
caveō
caveō (present infinitive cavēre, perfect active cāvī, supine cautum)
Classical[ˈka.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.ve.o]
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Meaning
- to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide
Caveat emptor.
Buyer beware. - with accusativeto beware of, keep away from, avoid
Cave canem.
Beware of the dog.c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 29 - with ablativewith dativeto guard against, to be on one's guard against, to take care that (not)
- imperativewith ablativewith dativebeware not to!, refrain from!, make sure that not, mind that you don't!
Cave sīs tē videam!
Make sure I don't see you again!Nunc audāx cave sīs, precēsque nostrās/ōrāmus, cave dēspuās, ocelle!
Beware of being haughty now, I beg you, and don't reject my desperate request, my jewel!c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 50.13–14 - with dativeto look out in the interests of
- to make legal provisions (for or against), to order, decree, stipulate
- to give surety or guarantees, to secure bail; to pledge, certify
- to procure bail or surety from
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
perīculum videō et mē servō; cavē serpentem!caveō -ēre cāvī — in Mille Verba, Castra in Aegyptō
attentus sumcaveō -ēre — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 2
prōvideō nē quid mali fīatcaveō -ēre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 4, 14
prōvideō nē quid malī fīatcaveō -ēre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4
to beware of
caveō -ēre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 7
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Rete · Cassis · Plaga
Retia (from ῥῆχος, ἀράχνη,) is the most general expression for fishing and hunting nets; casses and plagæ are implements used in hunting only; casses (from κοττάνη), nets for catching the smaller wild animals; plagæ (from πλέξαι), nets of a stronger texture to get larger animals into one’s power by entangling them. Hor. Ep. 2, 32. Aut trudit acres apros in obstantes plagas, aut amite levi rara tendit retia. (vi. 304.)
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | caveō | cavēbam | cavēbō | cāvī | cāveram cāram | cāverō cārō |
| 2nd sg. | cavēs | cavēbās | cavēbis | cāvistī cāstī | cāverās cārās | cāveris cāris |
| 3rd sg. | cavet | cavēbat | cavēbit | cāvit cāt | cāverat cārat | cāverit cārit |
| 1st pl. | cavēmus | cavēbāmus | cavēbimus | cāvimus cāmus | cāverāmus cārāmus | cāverimus cārimus |
| 2nd pl. | cavētis | cavēbātis | cavēbitis | cāvistis cāstis | cāverātis cārātis | cāveritis cāritis |
| 3rd pl. | cavent | cavēbant | cavēbunt | cāvērunt cārunt, cāvēre | cāverant cārant | cāverint cārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | caveam | cavērem | cāverim cārim | cāvissem cāssem |
| 2nd sg. | caveās | cavērēs | cāverīs cārīs | cāvissēs cāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | caveat | cavēret | cāverit cārit | cāvisset cāsset |
| 1st pl. | caveāmus | cavērēmus | cāverīmus cārīmus | cāvissēmus cāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | caveātis | cavērētis | cāverītis cārītis | cāvissētis cāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | caveant | cavērent | cāverint cārint | cāvissent cāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | caveor | cavēbar | cavēbor |
| 2nd sg. | cavēris cavēre | cavēbāris cavēbāre | cavēberis cavēbere |
| 3rd sg. | cavētur | cavēbātur | cavēbitur |
| 1st pl. | cavēmur | cavēbāmur | cavēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | cavēminī | cavēbāminī | cavēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | caventur | cavēbantur | cavēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cavear | cavērer |
| 2nd sg. | caveāris caveāre | cavērēris cavērēre |
| 3rd sg. | caveātur | cavērētur |
| 1st pl. | caveāmur | cavērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | caveāminī | cavērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | caveantur | cavērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | cavē | cavēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | cavēte | cavēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | cavētō | cavētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | cavētō | cavētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | cavētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | caventō | caventor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | cavēre | cavērī |
| perfect infinitive | cāvisse cāsse | cautum esse |
| future infinitive | cautūrum esse | cautum īrī |
| present participle | cavēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | cautus |
| future participle | cautūrus cautūra, cautūrā, cautūrae, cautūram, cautūrārum, cautūrās, cautūre, cautūrī, cautūrīs, cautūrō, cautūrōrum, cautūrōs, cautūrum | cavendus |
gerundcavendī, cavendō, cavendumsupinecautum, cautū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- cavere (in iure) (Off. 2. 65)
- to point out what precautions, what formal steps must be taken to insure immunity.
- testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
- to prescribe in one's will.
căvĕo, cāvi, cautum, (2
I. d pers. sing. scanned cavĕs, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 19; imper. cavĕ, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Capt. 2, 3, 71; id. Most. 1, 4, 13 et saep.: Cat. 50, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38; Prop. 1, 7, 25; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 435; old sup. CAVĭTVM, C. I. L. 1, 200, 6 sq.), 3, v. n. and a. [root SKOF- or KOF-, to be wary; whence Gr. θυοσκόος, ἀκούω, etc.; Lat. causa, cura; cf. also Germ. scheuen; Engl. shy], to be on one's guard, either for one's self or (more rarely) for another; hence,
I. In gen., with and without sibi, to be on one's guard, to take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid, = φυλάσσομαι, and the Fr. se garder, prendre garde, etc.; constr., absol., with ub, and in a course of action with ne or ut (also ellipt. with the simple subj.); or, as in Greek, with acc. (= φυλάσσομαί τι); hence also pass. and with inf., and once with cum.
A. Absol.:
qui consulte, docte, atque astute cavet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 14: faciet, nisi caveo, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 8: ego cavebo, id. Ad. 4, 2, 12; 1, 1, 45: erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 93; Quint. 8, 3, 47: cum animum attendisset ad cavendum, Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; Suet. Claud. 37: metues, doctusque cavebis, Hor. S. 2, 7, 68.—Esp. freq. in the warning cave, look out! be careful! Ter. And. 1, 2, 34; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. C. 1, 14, 16; Ov. M. 2, 89.—B. With ab and abl.:
eo mi abs te caveo cautius, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 42; id. Ps. 1, 5, 59; 4, 7, 128: si abs te modo uno caveo, id. Most. 3, 3, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 44: sibi ab eo, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 87: navis Aps quă cavendum nobis sane censeo, id. Men. 2, 2, 70: pater a me petiit Ut mihi caverem a Pseudolo servo suo, id. Ps. 3, 2, 108: a crasso infortunio, id. Rud. 3, 5, 53: ille Pompeium monebat, ut meam domum metueret, atque a me ipso caveret, Cic. Sest. 64, 133: caveo ab homine impuro, id. Phil. 12, 10, 25: a Cassio, Suet. Calig. 57: a veneno, Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64: ab insidiis, Sall. J. 108, 2: monitum ut sibi ab insidiis Rufini caveret, App. Mag. 87, p. 329, 16; id. M. 2, p. 117, 3.—2. With the simple abl.:
caveo malo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 39: infortunio, id. Rud. 3, 5, 48: id. Cas. 2, 6, 59; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Pers. 3, 1, 41: ipsus sibi cavit loco, i. e. got out of the way, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 12.—3. With cum (rare):
Hercle, mihi tecum cavendum est, with you, I must look out for myself, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 21.—4. With adversus, Quint. 9, 1, 20. —
C. Followed by a final clause.
1. With ne, to take heed that... not, to be on one's guard lest: qui cavet ne decipiatur, vix cavet;
cum etiam cavet, etiam cum cavisse ratus est, saepe is cautor captus est, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 5 and 6: caves, ne videat, etc., Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 6: ego me scio cavisse, ne ulla merito contumelia Fieri a nobis posset, id. Hec. 3, 5, 20; Afran. ap. Non. p. 111, 14; Lucr. 4, 1141: cavete, judices, ne nova ... proscriptio instaurata esse videatur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Div. 2, 40, 84; id. Fam. 3, 12, 4; 11, 21, 4; Sall. J. 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 37: cave, ne, Cat. 61, 152; Hor. C. 3, 7, 24; id. S. 2, 3, 177; id. Ep. 1, 6, 32; 1, 13, 19; Ov. M. 2, 89; 10, 685: cave sis, ne, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 215: caveto ne, Cato, R. R. 5, 6: caveas, ne, Hor. S. 2, 1, 80: caveant, ne, id. A. P. 244: cavendum est, ne, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 140; Quint. 4, 3, 8; 12, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 67; Quint. 9, 4, 23; 5, 11, 27.— 2. With ut ne (rare):
quod ut ne accidat cavendum est, Cic. Lael. 26, 99.—3. With a simple subj.; so only imper.: cave or cavete (cf. age), beware of, take care not, etc.:
cave geras, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 79: dixeris, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 12: faxis cave, id. And. 4, 4, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 13; Hor. S. 2, 3, 38: sis, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29: contingas, Lucr. 2, 755: despuas, Cat. 50, 19: ignoscas, Cic. Lig. 5, 14: existimes, id. Fam. 9, 24, 4: putes, id. ib. 10, 12, 1 al.—Rarely with 1st pers.: cave posthac, si me amas, umquam istuc verbum ex te audiam, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 5, 4, 9.—With 3d pers.: resciscat quisquam, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 37: te fratrum misereatur, Cic. Lig. 5, 14: roget te, Hor. S. 2, 5, 75: cave quisquam flocci fecerit, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 5: armis concurrant arma cavete, Verg. A. 11, 293.—And like age, cave with a verb in plur.: cave dirumpatis, Plaut. Poen. prol. 117.—4. With ut, to take care that:
cauto opu'st, Ut sobrie hoc agatur, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 29; cf. D. 2, infra: tertium est, ut caveamus, ut ea, quae, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 39, 141: quaero quid sit, quod... tam accurate caveat et sanciat, ut heredes sui dent, etc., id. Fin. 2, 31, 101: caverat sibi ille adulter omnium ut suorum scelerum socium te adjutoremque praebeas, id. Pis. 12, 28; Liv. 3, 10, 14; Plin. Pan. 39, 1: cavebitur ut, etc., Col. 2, 8, 3; cf. under II. A.—Very rarely with ut omitted, take care to, be sure to (late Lat.): sed heus tu... cave regrediare cenā maturius, App. M. 2, p. 122, 32; 2, p. 124, 35.—D. As act.
1. With acc. of pers. or thing against which warning is given or beed taken, to guard against, to be aware of, to beware of, etc.:
profecto quid nunc primum caveam, nescio, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 104: tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admittere'st, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 23; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 23: caveamus fulminis ictum, Lucr. 6, 406: cave canem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320; v. canis: interventum alicujus, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 1: omnia, id. Fam. 11, 21, 4: me, id. Dom. 11, 28: vallum caecum fossasque, Caes. B. C. 1, 28: quam sit bellum cavere malum, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: vim atque opes, Tac. A. 11, 1; cf. Suet. Tib. 72: male praecinctum puerum, id. Caes. 456: periculum, id. ib. 81; id. Galb. 19: insidias, id. Caes. 86; Tac. A. 13, 13: exitum, Suet. Tib. 83: annum, id. Ner. 40: maculas, Hor. A. P. 353: jurgia, Ov. A. A. 1, 591: hunc tu caveto, Hor. S. 1, 4, 85: proditorem, Quint. 7, 1, 30: hoc caverat mens provida Reguli, had prevented, Hor. C. 3, 5, 13: cave quicquam, be a little careful, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 61.—2. Pass.: quid cavendum tibi censere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 437, 22:
cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68: cetera, quae quidem consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur, id. Att. 10, 16, 2; Quint. 8, 2, 2; 9, 4, 143; 11, 3, 27 (cf. id. 6, 5, 2): in hoc pestifero bello cavendo, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: quod multis rationibus caveri potest, id. Off. 2, 24, 84; Sall. J. 67, 2: prius quod cautum oportuit, Postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 14: ego tibi cautum volo, id. Pers. 3, 1, 41: satis cautum tibi ad defensionem fore, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35, § 88: quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis Cautum est, Hor. C. 2, 13, 14: id modo simul orant ac monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur, Liv. 3, 52, 11; cf. B. 1. supra: cauto opus est, care must be taken, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64; id. Most. 4, 2, 21; id. Merc. 2, 3, 133.—3. With inf.:
in quibus cave vereri ( = noli), Cic. Att. 3, 17, 3: caveret id petere a populo Romano, quod, etc., Sall. J. 64, 2: caveto laedere, Cat. 50, 21: occursare capro caveto, Verg. E. 9, 25: commisisse cavet, quod, etc., Hor. A. P. 168: cave Spem festinando praecipitare meam, Ov. P. 3, 1, 139: ut pedes omnino caveant tinguere, Plin. 8, 42, 68, § 169.II. Esp.
A. Law t. t., to take care for, provide, order something, legally, or (of private relations) to order, decree, dispose of in writing, by will, to stipulate, etc.:
cum ita caverent, si, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31: duae sunt praeterea leges de sepulcris, quarum altera privatorum aedificiis, altera ipsis sepulcris cavet, id. Leg. 2, 24, 61: cautum est in Scipionis legibus ne plures essent, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, § 123: cautum est lege XII. Tab., ut, etc., Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 15: cavebatur ut, etc., Suet. Aug. 1; so, id. ib. 65; id. Tib. 75: quae legibus cauta sunt, Quint. 5, 10, 13: aliā in lege cautum, Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 119: cautum est de numero, Suet. Caes. 10; cf. id. Aug. 40: heredi caveri, Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120; cf. id. Fam. 7, 6, 2: si hoc, qui testamentum faciebat, cavere noluisset, id. Leg. 2, 21, 53: testamento cavere ut dies natalis ageretur, id. Fin. 2, 31, 103; cf. Suet. Aug. 59; id. Dom. 9; id. Tib. 50: sibi se privatim nihil cavere... militibus cavendum, quod apud patres semel plebi, iterum legionibus cautum sit ne fraudi secessio esset, to make conditions, stipulate, Liv. 7, 41, 2.—B. In the lang. of business.
1. Cavere ab aliquo, to make one's self secure, to procure bail or surety:
tibi ego, Brute, non solvam, nisi prius a te cavero, amplius, etc., Cic. Brut. 5, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 55; cf. infra 2.; and cautio, II.—So absol.: quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem, to take security, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.—2. To make one secure by bail or surety (either written or oral), to give security, to guarantee (cf. supra 1., and cautio;
syn.: spondeo, cautionem praesto), Cic. Clu. 59, 162; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142: pecunia, quam mihi Stichus Titii servus caverat, Dig. 46, 3, 89: cavere summam, ib. 29, 2, 97: chirographum, ib. 46, 3, 89: cautionem, ib. 46, 8, 6: civitates obsidibus de pecuniā cavent, Caes. B. G. 6, 2: quoniam de obsidibus inter se cavere non possent, id. ib. 7, 2; cf. Liv. 9, 42; 24, 2: cavere capite pro re aliquā, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 38: jurejurando et chirographo de eā re, Suet. Calig. 12: cavere in duplum, id. Aug. 41; Tac. A. 6, 17.—Rarely, cavere personae publicae, to give security before a public authority, Just. Inst. 1, 11, 3.—C. In boxing, etc., to parry, to ward off a blow:
adversos ictus cavere ac propulsare, Quint. 9, 1, 20; 5, 13, 54; cf. id. 9, 4, 8; 4, 2, 26.—D. Cavere alicui.
1. To keep something from one, to protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of (cf.:
prohibeo, defendo, provideo): scabiem pecori et jumentis caveto, Cato, R. R. 5, 7: melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3: mihi meisque, id. Top. 1, 4; id. Fam. 7, 6, 2: veterani, quibus hic ordo diligentissime caverat, id. Phil. 1, 2, 6; cf.: qui in Oratore tuo caves tibi per Brutum, Caes. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4: quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi, Ov. A. A. 1, 84: securitati, Suet. Tit. 6: concordiae publicae, Vell. 2, 48, 5; Petr. 133; Sil. 8, 493.— 2. Affirmatively, to take care for, attend to a thing for a person, provide: Ba. Haec ita me orat sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam... Id, amabo te, huic caveas. Pi. Quid isti caveam? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8; 1, 1, 10; cf. I. C. 3. supra.—Hence, cautus, a, um, P. a.
A. Neutr., careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident (syn.: providus, prudens;
class. in prose and poetry): ut cautus est, ubi nihil opu'st, Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 3: parum cauti providique, Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 117: cauti in periculis, id. Agr. 1, 9, 27: in scribendo, id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3: in credendo, id. Att. 10, 9, 3: in verbis serendis, Hor. A. P. 46: mensor, Ov. M. 1, 136: mariti, id. ib. 9, 751: lupus, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 50: vulpes, id. ib. 1, 1, 73 et saep.: quem certi homines monuerunt, ut cautior esset, Cic. Sest. 18, 41: dubium cautior an audentior, Suet. Caes. 58.—Constr. with ad: ad praesentius malum cautiores, Liv. 24, 32, 3; Tib. 1, 9, 46; Quint. 6, 1, 20. —With adversus: parum cautus adversus colloquii fraudem, Liv. 38, 25, 7.—With erga: erga bona sua satis cautus, Curt. 10, 1, 40.—With contra: contra quam (fortunam) non satis cauta mortalitas est, Curt. 8, 4, 24.—With inf.: cautum dignos assumere, Hor. S. 1, 6, 51.—With gen.: rei divinae, Macr. S. 1, 15.—b. Transf. to inanimate things:
consilium, Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; Tac. A. 11, 29: cautissima senectus, id. H. 2, 76: pectus, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 8. manus, Ov. F. 2, 336: terga, id. Tr. 1, 9, 20: arma, Sil. 14, 188: timor, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 65.—Subst.: cauta, ōrum, n.: legum, the provisions, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—B. Pass. (acc. to I. B. 1., and II. B.), made safe, secured:
cautos nominibus rectis expendere nummos, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105: cautus ab incursu belli, Luc. 4, 409: quo mulieri esset res cautior (that her property might be made more secure), curavit, ut, etc., Cic. Caecin. 4, 11.—2. Trop., safe, secure (rare):
in eam partem peccare, quae est cautior, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56: (civitates) murorum firmitate cautissimae, Amm. 14, 8, 13.—Adv.: cau-tē. 1. (Acc. to caveo, I. A.) Cautiously:
caute et cogitate rem tractare, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 46: pedetentimque dicere, Cic. Clu. 42, 118: et cum judicio, Quint. 10, 2, 3 et saep. —Comp., Cic. Deiot. 6, 18; Quint. 2, 15, 21; 9, 2, 76; Hor. C. 1, 8, 10 al.—Sup., Cic. Att. 15, 26, 3.—2. (Acc. to caveo, I. B. 1.) With security, cautiously, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
aliter nec caute nec jure fieri potest, id. Att. 15, 17, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
caveō (imper. cave for cavē, T., H., O., Pr.), cāvī, cautus, ēre
1 CAV-, to be on one's guard, take care, take heed, beware, guard against, avoid: Faciet, nisi caveo, T.: erunt (molesti) nisi cavetis. Cautum est, inquit: non fuisse difficile cavere, to take precautions, Cs.: cum animum attendisset ad cavendum, N.: metues, doctusque cavebis, H.— Cave, look out! be careful! T., H.: ab istoc cavendum intellego, T.: ab eruptionibus, Cs.: caveo ab homine impuro: monent, ut ipsis ab invidiā caveatur, L.: sibi cavit loco, i. e. got out of the way, T.: caves, ne videat, etc., T.: cavet ne emat ab invito: cavere necubi hosti oportunus fieret, S.: ne sim spernenda, Exemplo caveo, am warned by, O.: cavendum est, ne, etc.: non admissum ... venio, sed cautum ne admittant, to prevent, L.: quod ut ne accidat cavendum est. — Beware of, take care not, be sure you do not: cave dixeris, T.: cave faxis Te quicquam indignum, H.: cave sis mentiaris: cave roget te, H.: armis concurrant arma cavete, V.: caveri foedere, ut, etc., that provision should be made: cavisse deos ut libertas defendi posset, L.—With acc, to guard against, be aware of, beware of, provide against, keep clear of: tu, quod cavere possis, stultum admitterest, T.: cur hoc non caves?: cavebat Pompeius omnia, ne, etc.: vallum, Cs.: hunc tu caveto, H.: hoc caverat mens provida, had prevented, H.: Fata cavens, V.: cavenda est etiam gloriae cupiditas: Quid quisque vitet, numquam homini satis Cautum est, H.: in quibus cave vereri (i. e. noli): caveret id petere a populo R., quod, etc., S.: occursare capro caveto, V.: commisisse cavet, quod, etc., H. —In law, to take care for, provide, order, decree, dispose of, stipulate: cum ita caverent, si: altera (lex) ipsis sepulcris cavet: de quibus (agris) foedere cautum est: sibi se privatim nihil cavere, to stipulate, L.: si cautum esset eos testimonium non esse dicturos. — With ab, to make oneself secure, procure bail, take surety: obsidibus inter se, Cs.: nisi prius a te cavero, ne quis amplius, etc.: ab sese caveat neminem esse acturum, etc., take security: quid ita Flavio sibi cavere non venit in mentem.—To make secure, give security, guarantee, C.: (civitates) obsidibus de pecuniā cavent, Cs.: quoniam obsidibus cavere inter se non possint, Cs.—With dat, to keep from, protect, have a care for, make safe, take care of: quod regi amico cavet, non reprehendo: melius ei cavere volo, quam ipse aliis solet: aliis cavit, non cavet ipsi sibi, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *kaweō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁éyeti, an iterative from *(s)kewh₁-. Cognate with Ancient Greek κοέω (koéō), Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “wise, poet, seer, sage”), Lithuanian kavoti (“safeguard, tend”), Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ), Old Armenian ցուցանեմ (cʻucʻanem, “to show”), English show.
Descendants
- Frenchchoyerfrom Vulgar Latin *cavicare