cadus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “jar”).

Noun

cadus m (genitive cadī); second declension

1. bottle, jar, jug
2. a measure for liquids containing three "urnas", or ~39 liters.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cadus	cadī
genitive	cadī	cadōrum
dative	cadō	cadīs
accusative	cadum	cadōs
ablative	cadō	cadīs
vocative	cade	cadī

Descendants

• ⇒ Asturian: cadollu
• ⇒ Spanish: cadozo
• → Italian: cado
• → Middle French: cade
  • French: cade
  • → English: cade
• → Portuguese: cado

References

• “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cadus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cadus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cadus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin