cacabus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos), a loanword ultimately of Semitic or Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ka.bʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ka.bus]
- Hyphenation: cā‧ca‧bus
Noun
cācabus m (genitive cācabī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cācabus | cācabī |
| genitive | cācabī | cācabōrum |
| dative | cācabō | cācabīs |
| accusative | cācabum | cācabōs |
| ablative | cācabō | cācabīs |
| vocative | cācabe | cācabī |
Derived terms
- cācabāceus
- cācabātus
- cācabulus
- *cacculus
Descendants
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: cácabu
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: cácabo, (possibly) cachucha
- → Old High German: chachala
References
- “cacabus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "cacabus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cacabus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.