kadamitas

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kalamos (“damaged”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂m-, from *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”); see also Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, Proto-Celtic *klamitos, Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kadamitās f (genitive kadamitātis); third declension (hapax legomenon)

  1. loss, defeat
    • Gaius Marius Victorinus, Ars grammatica VI.8.15K:
      Cn. Pompeius Magnus et scribebat et dicebat kadamitatem pro calamitatem
      Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus wrote and spoke kadamitas for calamitas

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative kadamitās kadamitātēs
genitive kadamitātis kadamitātum
dative kadamitātī kadamitātibus
accusative kadamitātem kadamitātēs
ablative kadamitāte kadamitātibus
vocative kadamitās kadamitātēs

Descendants

  • Latin: calamitās

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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