noun · femininethird declension
concaedēs
concaedēs f (genitive concaedis)
Meaning
- an abattis, an abatis, a barricade (generally of trees or logs)
117, Tacitus, Annals, Liber I, 50
But the Roman general in a forced march, cut through the Caesian forest and the barrier which had been begun by Tiberius, and pitched his camp on this barrier, his front and rear being defended by intrenchments, his flanks by timber barricades.378—391, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Liber XVI, 12, 15
...but having blocked the paths everywhere with a thick barricade of trees...
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
saepēs arborum caesārumconcaedēs -is (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | concaedēs | concaedēs |
| genitive | concaedis | concaedium |
| dative | concaedī | concaedibus |
| accusative | concaedem | concaedēs concaedīs |
| ablative | concaede | concaedibus |
| vocative | concaedēs | concaedēs |
con-caedes, ium (
I. sing. abl. concaede, Amm. 16, 12, 15), f., an abattis, barricade of felled trees (post-Aug.), Amm. 16, 12, 15; 17, 10, 6.—Plur., Veg. Mil. 3, 22; Tac. A. 1, 50; Amm. 16, 11, 8.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
con-caedēs ium, f
an abattis, barricade of felled trees: latera concaedibus munitus, Ta.
Origins
From con- + caedēs. Literally "a cutting down together".