caesum

Latin

Etymology

From the supine form of caedo (“I cut, strike, kill”).

Noun

caesum n (genitive caesī); second declension

  1. comma
  2. pause, stop
  3. killing, slaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative caesum caesa
genitive caesī caesōrum
dative caesō caesīs
accusative caesum caesa
ablative caesō caesīs
vocative caesum caesa

Participle

caesum

  1. inflection of caesus:
    1. nominative/accusative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • “caesum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caesum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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