cadus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “jar”).

Noun

cadus m (genitive cadī); second declension

  1. bottle, jar, jug
  2. a measure for liquids containing three "urnas", or ~39 liters.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cadus cadī
Genitive cadī cadōrum
Dative cadō cadīs
Accusative cadum cadōs
Ablative cadō cadīs
Vocative cade cadī

Descendants
  • → Italian: cado
  • → Middle French: cade
  • → Portuguese: cado

References
  • “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cadus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cadus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cadus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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