cachecta
Latin
Alternative forms
- cachectēs
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχέκτης (kăkhéktēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈkʰɛk.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈkɛk.t̪a]
Noun
cachecta m (genitive cachectae); first declension
- a consumptive (sickly person)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cachecta | cachectae |
| genitive | cachectae | cachectārum |
| dative | cachectae | cachectīs |
| accusative | cachectam | cachectās |
| ablative | cachectā | cachectīs |
| vocative | cachecta | cachectae |
Related terms
References
- “căchecta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- căchectēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “234/3”