cachecticus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχεκτῐκός (kăkhektĭkós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈkʰɛk.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈkɛk.ti.kus]

Adjective

cachecticus (feminine cachectica, neuter cachecticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. sickly, consumptive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cachecticus	cachectica	cachecticum		cachecticī	cachecticae	cachectica
genitive	cachecticī	cachecticae	cachecticī		cachecticōrum	cachecticārum	cachecticōrum
dative	cachecticō	cachecticae	cachecticō		cachecticīs
accusative	cachecticum	cachecticam	cachecticum		cachecticōs	cachecticās	cachectica
ablative	cachecticō	cachecticā	cachecticō		cachecticīs
vocative	cachectice	cachectica	cachecticum		cachecticī	cachecticae	cachectica

Related terms

• cachecta

References

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