cautum
Latin
Etymology
Substantivisation of cautus (“protected, guaranteed, stipulated”), past participle of caveō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.tum/, [ˈkäu̯t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.tum/, [ˈkäːu̯t̪um]
Noun
cautum n (genitive cautī); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) provisions (of a law)
- (Medieval Latin) protected territory, district subject to an immunity
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cautum | cauta |
| Genitive | cautī | cautōrum |
| Dative | cautō | cautīs |
| Accusative | cautum | cauta |
| Ablative | cautō | cautīs |
| Vocative | cautum | cauta |
Adjective
cautum
- inflection of cautus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- cautum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cautum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 161