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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kakós, “bad”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cācus m sg (genitive Cācī); second declension
- (Roman mythology) A fire-breathing giant and son of Vulcan, who was killed by Hercules.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Cacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cacus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray