cachecta

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cachectēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχέκτης (kăkhéktēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

cachecta m (genitive cachectae); first declension

  1. 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

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